Bugger off Brexit

As we mentioned in the previous update, it´s been a green morning for us so far today. The economic calendar looks quite green as well. 

The French payrolls grew by 0.4% in the fourth quarter of last year. It´s not a lot considering it´s a three month period, but it´s higher than expected. 

The surprises keep coming from across the channel though. The UK economy seems to have totally forgotten about Brexit, which is coming or is it? I have this feeling that many people in Britain don´t really believe that some day soon the UK will leave the EU. 

That´s one of the reasons for the pickup in the UK economy since the short-lived crash that followed the Brexit referendum. The other one is the improvement of the global economy. 

Today´s UK economic data showed yet another great month. Industrial production came out at 1.1% when it was expected to shrink by 0.2%, construction output grew by 1.8%, trade deficit narrowed a bit, while the manufacturing production jumped by 2.1%.

These are some really good numbers, but they won´t affect the Q4 GDP. GBP/USD made a small jump on these numbers, but the 50 SMA on the H1 forex chart placed a lid on that move so, no trade for us yet. 

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Skerdian Meta Lead Analyst. Skerdian is a professional Forex trader and a market analyst. He has been actively engaged in market analysis for the past 11 years. Before becoming our head analyst, Skerdian served as a trader and market analyst in Saxo Bank's local branch, Aksioner. Skerdian specialized in experimenting with developing models and hands-on trading. Skerdian has a masters degree in finance and investment.
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