Jack Crooks
Black Swan Capital
It used to be that spread mattered in the FX world. Maybe it will again someday. Note the big divergence between the direction of the UK-US 2-year interest rate spread and the currency—GBP/USD. Though still in negative territory relative to US rates, the UK relative yield has been on a tear higher. Hmmm….
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