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UK finance minister George Osborne makes a statement at 06.00 GMT before UK markets officially open 27 June 2016 Eamonn gave you the heads-up earlier. We can expect Osborne ( a Remain campaigner and under pressure to resign, as his PM has done) to try and calm the markets in the wake of Brexit...

Here's your Economic Data/Event Calendar for today 27 June 2016 Greetings one and all. I hope everyone got a chance to get some rest after last week's tumultuous events. Data wise it's quiet one today but I have the feeling the market won't be...

PM Modi has announced his short-list for candidates to be next Reserve Bank of India governor 27 June 2016 3 economists, 1 banker Urjit Patel, Rakesh Mohan, Subir Gokarn, Arundhati Bhattacharya Modi keen to select RBI's first MPC with inputs from outgoing gov Rajan Rajan expected to join search c...

New Zealand PM John Key addressing a news conference 27 June 2016 NZ has work to do on trade arrangements Govt has had assurances that trade access won't change for now too early to tell how international finance markets and hence funding costs for local banks will be affected the RBNZ would says...

Kazuo Momma (was the BOJ's executive director overseeing international affairs, until May) It is shared G7, G20 understanding that countries can take various steps, including fx intervention, if necessary Cannot set in advance specific pace of FX moves that justify intervention Don't see need for...

Credit Agricole on the euro We expect the single currency to remain subject to downside risks...

China's PM Li Keqiang speaking: Global trade growth is weak Brexit has increased uncertainty in the global economy Structural reforms needed for global economic recovery More...

AUD/USD showed strong volatility late last week, but ended the week almost unchanged, at 0.7448. There are six events this week. Here is an outlook on the major market-movers and an updated technical analysis for AUD/USD...

EUR/USD was hit hard on the British decision to leave the EU. This was certainly not priced in and many questions are left open. Will we see more falls? Apart from the Brexit fallout, we have elections in Spain,, inflation figures and more PMIs...

After the Brexit, we had a sharp fall of the pound with a significant bounce...

After Brexit won, we had huge volatility. However, it is far from over as scrambling continues around European capitals. And also for the pound things could get ugly...

Voting is now underway in Spain's latest General Election 26 June 2016 Spain heads back to the polling stations again today a result of last December's election failing to produce a stable government. Attempts by acting PM Rajoy and then the opposition parties have all been unsuccessful...

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says her parliament could block the UK's vote to Leave 26 June 2016 Sturgeon has just been speaking on BBC TV where she said "of course" she would ask MSPs to refuse to give there "legislative consent...

In a welcome break from all things Brexit here's the latest thoughts of our guest economist and eminent monetarist John Hearn 26 June 2016 As always we welcome your comments/questions...

The opposition Labour party is having problems of its own 26 June 2016 In the wake of PM Cameron resigning on Friday, although not stepping down just yet, and calls for finance minister Osborne to follow suit we now have Shadow Government unrest further to that which I posted on yesterday...

This article originally written by Boris Schlossberg... Everyone wants to be a big swinging d-ck. Hollywood is full of stories of an underdog who takes on an insane risk and wins against all odds to becomes a hero for life...

The pound continues its journey lower with Brexit still in the frame Regular readers will know I have been a rally seller on GBP pairs, and GBPUSD in particular, for a considerable amount of time now including again earlier today...

A post that isn't about Brexit, so I know it'll be read by no one. I can put in rude pics and everything and they'll be none the wiser...

12 of my favourite saying about trading forex Some are sayings, some are rules. Here's to a great 2016. The trend is your friend Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face Men who pick bottoms get smelly fingers...

Our first article of 2016 from guest economist and eminent monetarist John Hearn "In the UK QE has expanded the money supply by £375 billion and the national debt has grown to over £1...