This level has become a key threshold for GBP/USD rates in recent times, with the current economic climate restricting any major advancements for the pound.
US Economy
Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged; Signals No More Increases Likely This Year
The Federal Reserve expressed increasing concern about slowing economic growth as it left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and showed little appetite for raising them in the near future.
Fed Hikes Rate, Lowers 2019 Projection to 2 Increases
Gold Silve Reports (GSR) – As markets had expected, the central bank took the target range for its benchmark funds rate to 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent.
Federal Reserve will Meet this Week to Talk Monetary Policy
Gold Silver Reports (GSR ) – That has drawn the ire of major critic Dr. Ron Paul, former Texas congressman and advocate of smaller government, free trade and freer markets.
Brexit vote: EU President Says UK Remaining is only option ‘if a Deal is Impossible, and No one wants No Deal’
The president of the European Council has dared British politicians to back remaining in the EU after Theresa May’s Brexit deal was voted down by the House of Commons by a historic margin of failure.
Crude Just had its Worst Month in a Decade, and its Next Move Depends on Saudi Arabia and Trump
West Texas Intermediate, or U.S. crude, lost 21 percent in November, tumbling to its lowest level in a year and logging its worst performance since October 2008.
Fed Points to December rate hike but is worried about Tariffs and Debt
Minutes released Thursday from the Nov. 7-8 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, pointed toward the strong likelihood of another quarter-point adjustment in the central bank’s benchmark rate target next month.
Fed Set for a Broad Review on How it Conducts Policy in 2019
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Central bank officials announced Thursday that they will look at “strategies, tools, and communication practices” the Fed uses to formulate monetary policy.
Breaking News – Fed’s Vice Chairman Clarida: Would Not Agree That Fed Hikes Are Going Too Far Or Too Fast -Will Set Policy To Meet Congressional Goals
Fed’s Vice Chair Clarida: Gradual Approach Has Served The Fed Well – CNBC -Policy Rate Is Barely Above Inflation Rate -Fed Needs To Be Data dependent
Trump is Showing He ‘Actually Wants’ a Trade Deal With China, Stanford Expert Says
Trump’s Thursday Twitter post is evidence of that, Lanhee Chen, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, told CNBC on Friday. In fact, he said, the tweet — about a “long and very good conversation” with China’s president — is one of several “smoke signals” that show the White House truly hopes to resolve its ongoing dispute with the world’s second-largest economy.