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Fading trade deal euphoria deals the US dollar a blow

Last week of the massive Trump climbdown on Chinese tariffs buoyed the dollar but the bump faded
Leah Zhang
19 May 2025
FX Market Updates
26/2/2019
Sterling hits three-week highs on reports of Article 50 delay. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will be delivering his semi-annual testimony to Congress.
FX Market Updates
25/2/2019
Sterling rises as political events lower chance of no-deal Brexit. Trump pushes back on the 1st March deadline for a US-China trade deal.
FX Market Updates
22/2/2019
US Dollar buffeted by mixed macroeconomic news. Theresa May continues to approach EU leaders for compromise on the NI backstop, with little success.
FX Market Updates
21/2/2019
Federal Reserve unsure of need for future rate hikes. Sterling rose on positive Brexit comments from Chancellor Philip Hammond.
In The News
20/2/2019
While the state of the Brexit deal is currently uncertain, here at Ebury we are prepared for whatever the outcome.
FX Market Updates
20/2/2019
Pound hits two-week high ahead of crucial May-Juncker meeting. Investors await FOMC minutes out tonight to see if the current rate hike cycle is at an end.
FX Market Updates
19/2/2019
Is a US-China trade deal on the horizon? Theresa May continues to try and find an alternative to the NI backstop before the next parliament vote.
FX Market Updates
18/2/2019
Euro hovers near bottom of its range as Sterling sinks on Brexit jitters. A mixed bag of data out of the US does little to move the Dollar.