Jeremy Stretch Strong Quotations

The statement was a lot more forceful than the market was expecting and that has given Asian currencies a strong boost. Japan is going to have to tolerate a stronger currency, like the rest of the countries in the region.

The U.S economy is continuing to grow strongly and so there's plenty of justification for the Fed to keep raising rates. The dollar's pre-eminence is going to be maintained against the yen and the euro.

If we continue to see strong data coming through talk of higher rates will be perpetuated. Sterling has a pretty positive background.