After the announcement of an appointment of a special counsel, the dollar recovered some of its losses on hopes for calm, at least a temporary one. But this Mueller effect didn’t even last for 12 hours. A new report by Reuters suggests the Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed conversations with the Russians. While some [...]
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Brits are buying once again. Is this an Easter effect? Perhaps GBP/USD likes the data and breaks above 1.30. The UK was expected to report a rise of 1% in the volume of retail sales in April 2017. This follows a disappointing drop of 1.8% back in March. Year over year, an advance of 2.1% [...]
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Finally some political calm, at least temporary. After the big crash on the Comey memo, we have a greenback comeback. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has appointed a special counsel to investigate a potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians in the run-up to the 2016 elections. Former FBI Director Robert Swan “Bob” [...]
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