The British pound has been on a tear lately and part of the reason are the signs of recovery in the housing market. The following chart illustrates the close correlation between the trade weighted value of the GBP (white line) and the HBOS house price index (red line). The sharp increase in the [...]

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Many people have criticized the U.K. government’s response to the financial crisis and recession but U.K. officials may be having the last laugh. The latest string of economic data has been surprisingly strong. There are signs of stabilization in both the housing and labor markets. Last week, the Bank of England increased the [...]

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For you technicians, hopefully you have caught the major break in GBP/JPY today.

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Over the past 2 weeks, the British pound has soared more than 8 percent against the U.S. dollar. Like many countries around the world, the U.K. has succumbed to higher gas prices but unlike some other countries, the weakness of the British pound has exacerbated the rise in inflation. Hotter consumer prices helped to [...]

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The Euro and British pound have come under severe selling pressure after the ECB and BoE cut interest rates by 50bp. Interest rates are now at historic lows for both central banks and even though the rate announcements were negative for both currencies, the Euro has sold off more aggressively than the British pound [...]

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