{"id":8032,"date":"2021-07-13T13:53:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lanjaronproperty.com\/?p=8032"},"modified":"2021-07-13T13:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:53:09","slug":"currency-news-12th-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lanjaronproperty.com\/currency-news-12th-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Currency News 12th July 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Currency news 12th<\/sup>\u00a0July 2021<\/p>\n
In the last week, the focus for many traders has switched from fears of rising inflation to concerns over the re-emergence of Covid combined with a slowing economy. Almost as the Fed published the minutes from its June FOMC meeting, the market\u2019s attention switched to worries over the recent run of seemingly deteriorating economic data. Risk sentiment became more adverse as stock markets backed away from their recent record highs, yields eased back down, and the safe-haven currencies, the yen, Swiss franc, and the dollar all found support. As is nearly always the case, no single event turned the market; however, the weekly jobless figures were disappointing, as were the Purchasing Managers Indexes. Sterling suffered but not as severely as some other beta currencies and has opened towards the top of its recent range at just below $1.3900 this morning.<\/p>\n
There is plenty to keep analysts busy in the UK this week, with Retail Sales, inflation, and employment data released against a background of increasing Covid infections. After Friday\u2019s disappointing GDP and Manufacturing\u00a0data, sterling could be in for a lively week, and we will be watching the inflation figures particularly carefully. Away from domestic data, the markets are likely to be driven by doubts over the resilience of the current recovery in the US. Last week the US 10-year Treasury Note recorded its sharpest decline in yield in over a year before reversing much of the move of Friday, and as always, the bond market will be closely followed. Against this backdrop, Jerome Powell\u2019s semi-annual monetary policy testimony to Congress will be eagerly dissected for any change in sentiment on Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n