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FX round-up: Pound dips as Foreign Secretary warns EU against miscalculations
Sterling was again on the back foot on Monday, against both the US dollar and the single currency, albeit marginally so.
China 'won't devalue currency' despite trade war fears
China has insisted it will not devalue the yuan, as the country’s escalating trade war with the US continued to take its toll on currencies.
Yen jumps, JGBs slump on reports BoJ mulling policy changes at 31 July meeting
Japanese capital markets are in focus at the start of the week, following reports that rate-setters in Tokyo were mulling ways to reduce the potential side-effects from its so-called policy of 'yield curve control' and of making it more sustainable.
Trump 'not thrilled' about Fed rate hikes, threatens China again
President Donald Trump took the unusual step of explicitly criticised the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates and the potential impact on the US economy, as well threatening to hit China with a new wave of tariffs.
Pound drops to 10-month low after disappointing week of data
Sterling was sent slipping and sliding to below $1. 30 for the first time in 10 months after a series of disappointing economic data points this week lowered expectations for UK interest rates.
China vows revenge as Trump launches 'unacceptable' new tariffs
Global stock markets have been sent crashing as Washington prepares to launch a new $200bn worth of tariffs on Chinese goods, including fruit and vegetables, handbags, refrigerators and clothing.
Next global financial crisis will throw-up opportunities, Mark Mobius says
Emerging market investing legend Mark Mobius is raising new funds in anticipation of buying opportunities on the horizon.
FX round-up: Economists divided on August MPC hike, political uncertainty in focus
Sterling edged higher on Tuesday, even after the European Union's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said Brussels would continue to insist that the single market for goods was inseparable from that for services.
UK GDP growth picks-up to 0.3% in May, backing case for August rate hike
Britain's economy accelerated in May, driven by a surge in construction output, after flat-lining in April, leaving the MPC on track to hike Bank Rate come August, according to some economists.
Chinese inflation edges higher in June, but only temporarily
Price pressures in Asia's largest economy picked-up last month, but that was unlikely to last, analysts said.
FX round-up: Pound slips on political confusion, Beijing fires warning shot?
It was a volatile trading session for Sterling on Monday, as market participants tried to work out what the most likely political scenarios and their implications were following the political tremors at the weekend.
FX round-up: Pound slips despite rising odds for August BoE rate hike
Sterling strengthened on Thursday - but later fell back - as the Governor of the Bank of England left the door open to a hike in Bank Rate when the Monetary Policy Committee.
FX round-up: Bounce in pound stalls ahead of major risk events
The pound continued to grind higher versus the US dollar, propelled by a much better-than-expected reading on the UK services sector, which accounts for the lion's shares of economic activity in the country.
FX round-up: US dollar jumps as own PMI outstrips rivals
A better-than-expected print on the state of factory sector conditions in the States relative to those in China, the euro area and the UK saw the US dollar climb sharply on Monday.
Merkel faces crisis as interior minister offers to resign over migration battle
Germany's political landscape has become clouded by uncertainty after the country’s interior minister, Horst Seehofer, tendered his resignation after a showdown with Chancellor Angela Merkel over immigration.
China Caixin factory sector PMI edges lower in June
A closely-tracked gauge of economic activity in China eased a tad in June, pointing to slightly slower growth in the Asian giant on the back of slower credit growth and trade tensions, economists said.