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Over the last couple of days, we’ve covered the drama surrounding the vote on Theresa May’s Brexit bill, from last week’s resignation threats, to rumors of its cancellation, to confirmation of its cancellation. With May presently in Brussels negotiating with EU policymakers, the postponed “meaningful vote” is now slated to be held in the New Year, s...

It has been a hectic start to the new trading week. Brexit-related headlines and the pound garnered most of the attention, although we have also seen some sharp moves in the likes of the USD/JPY and equity indices.

As we hinted both last week and earlier today, the Parliamentary vote on Theresa May’s Brexit plan has been on its last legs for a while now. In a speech at the House of Commons, the Prime Minister delivered the coup de grâce this afternoon, cancelling tomorrow’s vote and vowing to return to Brussels to renegotiate the controversial Irish border bac...

The GBP/USD has dropped to its session lows while the EUR/GBP has hit 0.9000 on the back of news reports that UK Prime Minister Theresa May is going to delay Tuesday’s parliament vote in order to avoid a huge defeat.

Next week is unquestionably one of the most exciting times you will see in the markets particularly for the GBP/USD and pound crosses as we will have the all-important UK parliamentary vote on the Brexit deal coming up.

According to a report from The Guardian, PM Theresa May could see more government resignations ahead of Tuesday’s Parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal if the Irish backstop is not amended.

For seemingly the first time in months, today’s US jobs report had at least a little potential to influence the imminent Federal Reserve interest rate decision.

Ahead of the November US non-farm payrolls report, we have seen a massive slide in equity prices and then a decent rebound on Thursday as the indices tested their respective support level.

As my colleague Fawad Razaqzada noted earlier today, “it is not a question of whether [OPEC] will decide to cut supplies or not, but by how much.”

The so-called OPEC+ group of oil producers, which includes the traditional players in the oil cartel as well as non-OPEC countries such as Russia, look set to agree on cutting oil production to help shore up prices, defying calls from US President Donald Trump to leave output unchanged and keep prices low.

Despite US stock and bond markets closed in honor of President George H. W. Bush’s passing, we’ve seen a surprising amount of volatility in the FX market.