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The metaphor would be neater if the European Central Bank were to be in Paris rather than Frankfurt...

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Most analysts, and therefore most investors, were caught napping by Friday’s US employment report...

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Less than a week after the European Central Bank president wound up investors with the prospect of higher interest rates...

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After a couple of days of doing fairly well for no very good reason, sterling slipped to the back of the field on Wednesday, again...

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The FX market completed on Friday a five-day flush of not very much happening...

Mostly about inflation  | Weekly Brief 04/02/22
Mostly about inflation | Weekly Brief 04/02/22

With investors’ attention repeatedly dragged towards what was not happening in Ukraine and Russia...

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Last week ended—and this one seems to be beginning—with more words than action. By and large...

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That was a strange day. Russia’s parliament authorised troops to move into Ukraine. The US president...

Mostly about inflation  | Weekly Brief 04/02/22
Mostly about inflation | Weekly Brief 04/02/22

In what became something of a financial market lottery, investors were forced to react first to the prospect...

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Unsurprisingly, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stole all of the headlines last week. Whilst the invasion had...