The Swedish Krona eased slightly today after having a blistering rally yesterday with EUR/SEK hitting a 2-month low. The Riksbank monetary policy meeting minutes revealed a very hawkish tone and core CPI data was higher than anticipated for January, coming in at 0.4% m/m rather than -0.2% anticipated. The central bank raised rates by 50...Read More

Crude oil has had a torrid week so far with wider market movements overshadowing the optimism of China re-joining the global economy. The Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) all tightened monetary policy in the last few days. While stocks have broadly rallied, black gold has struggled to...Read More