by Prem Raja | Nov 17, 2024 | Misc.
On Friday UK GDP numbers showed that growth in the UK had slowed down to just 0.1% by September, which has had an instant negative impact on Sterling exchange rates. What this release has shown is that the actions taken in the latest budget will now most definitely...
by Prem Raja | Nov 10, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week was probably the biggest week of the year on financial markets with Trump winning the US Presidential Election, the Bank of England cutting rates by 25 bps and the Fed also cutting rates by 25 bps. The aftermath of these events has resulted in a strong...
by Prem Raja | Nov 3, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Following the bond sell off’s last week after the Chancellor’s Autumn budget, the Pound has managed to steady itself going into the new week, as it seems Gilt investors are convinced of the Government’s spending plans- how this plays out over coming...
by Prem Raja | Oct 27, 2024 | EU, EUR, GBP, USD
Sterling has managed to keep above 1.20 against the Euro but unfortunately slipped below the 1.30 handle against the Dollar. Following a relatively quiet week we saw pretty sideways price action now leading into a pretty busy week going into November- which is...
by Prem Raja | Oct 20, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
On Friday we saw Sterling rise against the Euro above 1.20 following positive retail sales data, giving us the best GBPEUR exchange rate in over 2 years. Retail sales were expected negative,but thanks to good weather and more money in peoples pockets, spending picked...
