by Prem Raja | May 16, 2022 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Sterling opened on Monday on a softer note with GBPEUR trading around 1.1750-1.18 and GBPUSD trading between 1.22-1.23. Fortunately, a higher close on Monday has given hope for a better Tuesday. Sterling has a few risks surrounding it currently, one of which being...
by Prem Raja | Mar 27, 2022 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
We are now entering the end of the month and the financial year- currently, GBPEUR is sitting at 1.20 and GBPUSD is just under 1.32. After a pretty hot CPI release for the UK, and a relatively disappointing budget- GBP has been under pressure over the last couple of...
by Prem Raja | Feb 27, 2022 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
In last week’s article I mentioned that the focus for exchange rates would be the ongoing tensions between Russia & Ukraine- over the last few days we saw these tensions escalate after Russia began an invasion of Ukraine on February 24th- this kicked off a...
by Prem Raja | Feb 13, 2022 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
We are now 2 months into 2022, and it seems this year is going to be just as eventful as the last couple! We had plenty of announcements and data releases last week which managed to push Sterling exchange rates higher, with GBPEUR closing above 1.19 on the week and...
by Prem Raja | Dec 19, 2021 | Brexit, Crypto, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week saw a week full of Central Bank decisions which ultimately have begun to dictate how exchange rates will look from January 2022- the first major event was the Fed announcing that they will be speeding up their tapering of QE, and begin looking at raising...
by Prem Raja | Nov 21, 2021 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The Pound had a great week last week after a number of supportive data releases in the UK including positive employment numbers, rising inflation, and an improvement in Retail spending. All three of these have now put the idea of an interest rate hike from the BoE...