New year’s gratings

This week Eimear Daly is joined by Paul Robson and Ian Vanderhorn to cover discordant sounds emanating from FX markets. They start with Sterling’s grapple with stagflation fears, moving on to the strength of the dollar against emerging market currencies and CAD performance following political upset in Canada. None of which is a reason to do Dry January. 

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NB. This episode was recorded on 9 December 2025

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