Foreign Exchange Daily Market Update 04/03/19
Mon, March 04, 2019
Confidence in sterling grows as banks take no-deal risk off the table.
Sterling confidence has grown, as fears of crushing out of the EU turns toward expectations for a deal or delay. with Theresa May having seen off a lawmaker unrest by promising a series of Parliament votes just weeks before the exit date.
Sterling has rallied more than 4% this year, as the risk of a no-deal Brexit loomed. With the risk of a no-deal Brexit now most likely off the table by end-March, as well as the increased effectiveness of pro-deal MPs
The main thing to this is May’s decision to allow lawmakers a say on what happens next if there is no agreement on her deal in a March 12 vote. There will be two further votes in Parliament in subsequent days, on no deal and on delaying Brexit.
Sterling fell 0.3% to $1.323 this morning against the dollar. The remained the same at 1.167 against the Euro.
Data to look out today.
Not much data due out today.
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Data Releases
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Currency |
Event |
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MON | 09:30 | EUR | EUR Euro-Zone Sentix Investor Confidence |
MON | 09:30 | GBP | GBP Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI |
MON | 10:00 | EUR | EUR Euro-Zone Producer Price Index (MoM) |
MON | 10:00 | EUR | EUR Euro-Zone Producer Price Index (YoY) |
MON | 15:00 | USD | USD Construction Spending (MoM) |
MON | 16:30 | USD | USD U.S. to Sell USD48 Bln 3-Month Bills |
MON | 16:30 | USD | USD U.S. to Sell USD39 Bln 6-Month Bills |
MON | 00:01 | GBP | GBP BRC Sales Like-For-Like (YoY) |
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