Stock markets worldwide fell last week as fears about the impact of the coronavirus epidemic and its impact on the global economy slammed risk assets.Stock markets fell for the first week in three, emerging market currencies were sold hard and safe-havens rallied, with the conspicuous exception of the Japanese yen.

Solid economic data out of the UK goes largely unnoticed, with markets looking for Brexit news.

Sterling briefly slipped to its weakest position in three months against a broadly stronger US dollar on Thursday, although mounted somewhat...

Impressive data out of the UK boosts Sterling. Strong PMI data out of the Euro Area initiates modest rally and raises sentiment.

Foreign exchange traders dumped the Japanese yen on Wednesday, flocking instead to the US dollar, which rallied across the board against alm...

Brexit negotiations weigh heavy on the pound, reversing all gains from inflation surprise.

The euro edged below the 1.08 level against the US dollar for the first time since April 2017 on Tuesday, dragged lower by more signs of weakness in the Euro Area economy.Following on from recent underwhelming GDP growth, industrial production and retail sales data, yesterday’s ZEW sentiment indices all fell well short of expectations.

Euro slides below 1.08 level on soft ZEW sentiment data. UK inflation jumps to 6 month highs, dampening the chances of a BoE rate cut.