Euro strength reflects dollar weakness, possibly politically driven, says ECB’s Kocher

On the Today programme this morning Hannah White, director of the Institute for Government thinktank, was asked if she thought it would be a good thing for the Commons privileges committee to investigate the allegations that Keir Starmer lied to MPs about Peter Mandelson’s vetting. She said she thought “the important thing is that the…

The usual major asset correlations were no where to be seen early in the week as top-tier data releases sparked volatile price reactions and individual directional movements. U.S., Japanese and U.K. interest rate developments were front and center, though Middle East tensions and U.S. corporate earnings releases also likely brought some influence on overall…

It’s bee a lively start to the month for gold. It rose as high as $4262 in US trading on Monday and that was the best level since the Oct 21 rout. It also looked like it could be a break above the mid-November interim high and on the way to a retest of the…

British dual nationals may be able to use expired UK passports to prove to airlines they are British when controversial new immigration rules come into force, the Home Office has said. The new rules, coming into force next Wednesday, require anyone coming into the UK with British dual nationality to present a British passport when…