by Prem Raja | Aug 13, 2023 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
After positive UK GDP data, the Pound traded a little higher on Friday after a relatively disappointing performance over the week- the data showed that the UK economy has in fact still grown a little through this current cost of living crisis- for those of you in the...
by Prem Raja | Aug 6, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week the main event was the BoE interest rate hike, where the Central Bank raised interest rates by 25bps- but kept the stance of more hikes COULD happen if inflation were to go higher again, and that rates will stay high for at least a couple of years before any...
by Prem Raja | Jul 30, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Apologies for the lack of reports over the last few weeks- I have been in the process of moving house and now finally have my office set up so we are back to regular scheduled programming. The markets have been very volatile over the past week with the main catalysts...
by Prem Raja | Jun 25, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
As I mentioned last week, we were expecting a 25 bps hike from the BoE, however after another high inflation reading, the Central Bank had to make a more aggressive move on Thursday and decided to go with a 50 bps hike- stating that things are worse than they...
by Prem Raja | Jun 18, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling exchange rates had a brilliant end to the week with GBPUSD closing at 1.2817 and GBPEUR closing at 1.1716- both very interesting levels for Sterling sellers globally. The main reason for the gains is that we have seen the Dollar index weaken slightly and thus...
by Prem Raja | Jun 11, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
The GBPEUR exchange rate has hit a new 2023 high of 1.17 on Friday afternoon- Sterling has technically been strong over the last month or so with back-to-back gains against the Euro and Dollar. The reason for the strength has now been due to interest rate hike bets-...
by Prem Raja | May 29, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
The last week was pretty volatile for markets- with traders now pricing in more BoE hikes this year (Expected to reach 5.5%) following inflation data showing no sign of cooling yet. Naturally, this helped push the GBPEUR rate higher into the 1.15 area- but...
by Prem Raja | May 28, 2023 | Misc.
by Prem Raja | May 1, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
With just a 4 day week ahead of us in the UK before the King’s Coronation, we have a relatively volatile week on the cards with Central Banks as the key focus- which could present some great opportunities for those buying and selling Sterling. First of all, on...
by Prem Raja | Apr 23, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week we saw the Pound weaken slightly after disappointing retail sales figures- this was also coupled with Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab’s resignation. Most of the drop in retail sales seems to have come from food (Which is where a lot of the inflation...
