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FX round-up: Sterling hit by warning from S&P, poor euro area data
Sterling was trading on the back foot on Tuesday, after ratings agency Standard&Poor's warned that a 'no-deal' Brexit was likely to tip the country into a recession, which might last more than a year.
FX round-up: Sterling drifts lower, Chinese yuan and US inflation in focus
Sterling began the week trading on the backfoot as investors bid their time ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee's decision on Bank Rate and the release of the quarterly Inflation Report, both on Thursday.
FX round-up: Pound weakens further on political uncertainty, Brazil and Argentine peso weaker
Sterling reeled on Wednesday, amid another wave of buying in the US dollar and talk in markets that the Prime Minister might be about to face a leadership challenge over her Brexit strategy.
Loonie jumps after BoC removes reference to 'gradual' rate hikes
Canada's Loonie jumped after the country's central bankers removed a reference to a "gradual" pace of future interest rate hikes from their policy statement following Wednesday's rate meeting.
Euro tumbles as manufacturing and services data disappoints
Business activity declined faster than expected in the euro zone in October, according to a survey of companies the region, sending the single currency tumbling.
FX round-up: Pound knocked lower by political uncertainty
Sterling retreated at the start of the week, weighed down by the risk of a leadership contest, against the backdrop of a stronger US dollar which was continuing to change hands just below its 52-week highs.
FX round-up: Sterling slips against backdrop of EU summit, Turkish lira extends rally
Sterling was lower on Wednesday as markets waited on possible headlines out of the European Union's leaders summit in Brussels, although in theory little was expected in terms of fresh progress.
US pastor Andrew Brunson freed by Turkey
American pastor Andrew Brunson, who had been detained in Turkey, was freed on time served on Friday, according to Bloomberg.
Bitcoin falls 5% as crypto join massive equities selloff
Bitcoin lost around 5% of its market value and dragged ripple, ethereum, stellar, litecoin, EOS and bitcoin cash down with it as cryptocurrencies joined a global sell-off in equities on Thursday.
US CPI falls back more quickly than expected in September
The cost of living in the States slowed a tad more quickly than expected last month on the back of a large drop in the price of second hand vehicles and energy.
EU to offer checks 'away from Irish border' to break deadlock in negotiations
The EU is set to table a proposal that would involve checking goods destined for Ireland close to their source, rather than at ports, in a bid to try and avoid a hard border in Ireland and down the Irish sea.
FX round-up: Sterling higher on reports of progress on Irish backstop
Sterling gained on Thursday after an EU source told Reuters that the UK's latest proposals on how to avoid extensive border checks in Ireland, after Brexit, were "a step in the right direction" and "make finding a compromise possible".
Italian bonds drop as EU finance chiefs frown on Italian budget plans
Italy's longer-term financing costs rose to their highest since early 2014 on Tuesday after euro area finance chiefs gave the 'thumbs down' overnight to the country's budget targets for 2019 which had been unveiled just three days before.