If you have watched the interviews that I recently posted, you will know I have been bearish euros for sometime. However now that the single currency has hit a 1 year low and is closing in on the psychologically important 1.30 level, you may be wondering how much further can it fall. [...]

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The EUR/USD is on a tear, having rallied more than 600 pips or 5 percent over the past 24 hours. The significance of Fed’s actions continue to resonate over the currency markets and even though we have already seen parabolic moves in the pair, I think it will head higher.

Why?

On December 16th, when the [...]

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The British pound hit a high of 1.4605 this morning after falling to a low of 1.4137 yesterday. Although we have a mild improvement in risk appetite that is helping to propel the GBP, CAD, AUD and NZD higher, 2 stories making the wires are responsible for the volatility in the British pound.
Story #1 [...]

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Here is a snippet of my comments about this morning’s price action on FX360.com:
There has been a lot of action in the currency market this morning, mostly centered on the British pound and Euro.
ECB President Trichet is not buckling under pressure. After leaving interest rates unchanged at 2.00 percent, [...]

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The British pound has fallen to a 7 year low against the US dollar and a record low against the Japanese Yen. Over the past 3 trading days, the GBP/USD has dropped more than 1000 pips or 7 percent. Consumer prices were hotter than the market expected, so what has fueled this aggressively [...]

Posted in 2009 british pound forecast, Bank of England, British Pound, Forex Technicals, GBPJPY, Mervyn King, eur/gbp, forex blog 3 Comments »