GBBEF News and Press, iPath Goldman Sachs GBP/USD Exchange Rate ETN From 04/08/24

2024-04-08 08:00:00 ET Summary The jump in US rates after the employment report failed to ignite a sustained rally in the dollar and this has shaken the market's near-term confidence. Japan's labor earnings rose by 1.8% year-over-year in February after the 2.0% pace in January was...

2024-04-06 08:40:00 ET Summary The March US employment data were stronger than expected and lend support to the re-acceleration hypothesis and an extension of US exceptionalism. The week ahead features the US inflation gauges, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of Canada meet...

2024-04-05 07:40:00 ET Summary It seemed that it was the dramatic reversal in US equities that helped drag global shares down today, that forced US rates lower. Asia Pacific equities tumbled, led by more than 1% losses in Japan and South Korea. The 10-year Treasury yield is up...

2024-04-04 07:36:00 ET Summary ISM services prices paid increases moderated to their slowest since March 2020. The Dollar Index saw its second-biggest loss of the year, falling by about 0.50%. Among the large bourses, only Taiwan fell in the Asia Pacific region. Hong Kong ...

2024-04-03 06:50:00 ET Summary The adjustment to US interest rates continues and this helps underpin the US dollar. The dollar is firmer against all the G10 currencies today, while emerging market currencies are mixed. A powerful earthquake off the coast of Taiwan shuttered fa...

2024-04-02 07:12:00 ET Summary The Dollar Index made a new high for the year, a little above 105, which had been anticipated by the new lows recorded by the Bannockburn World Currency Index last week. Most emerging market currencies are softer, but the Turkish lira is extending ye...

2024-04-01 08:45:00 ET Summary The dollar is trading quietly against the G10 currencies as European markets remain on holiday. The dollar bloc currencies are leading with minor gains, perhaps helped on the margins by better-than-expected Chinese PMI, but the Scandis are the laggar...

2024-03-30 09:30:00 ET Summary The macroeconomic and geopolitical developments have not changed substantially over the past month. For all practical purposes, the eurozone and UK economies are stagnant, but the respective central banks also do not appear in any hurry to begin easi...

2024-03-30 05:58:04 ET Summary Financial conditions loosened further, building on the Fed's Q4 dovish pivot. For the quarter, the S&P 500 returned (price and dividends) 10.55%. While 10-year Treasury yields jumped 32 bps during Q1 to 4.20%, corporate Credit notably outperf...

2024-03-28 07:44:00 ET Summary Comments by Fed Governor Waller, urging patience on rates and wanting more evidence that price pressures are moderating, has helped the greenback extend its recent gains. Japanese officials are clearly signaling its willingness to intervene in the fo...