by Prem Raja | Oct 31, 2021 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
October was a relatively strong month for Sterling with pretty hawkish comments coming from the Bank of England over the month giving markets an opportunity to begin pricing in interest rate hikes before 2022- and more next year. We have seen GBPEUR rise from 1.15 to...
by Prem Raja | Sep 12, 2021 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling exchange rates (predominantly against the Euro) will enter the next week a lot stronger, after pretty good momentum for Pound to Euro exchange rates over the last few days- despite a pretty risk-off market on stocks and commodities through the latter half of...
by Prem Raja | Sep 5, 2021 | Brexit, EU, EUR, GBP, USD
Towards the end of last week, we saw GBP claw back losses against the U.S Dollar following underwhelming employment figures on Friday. The NFP report came in at 235k which was a huge miss with expectations at 750k jobs created. This data release confirmed that...
by Prem Raja | Aug 30, 2021 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The last week was pretty much solely focused on Jackson Hole- which ended up being a slightly dull affair by all measures- there was no “informal nod” that QE tapering would be beginning straight away, so it seems we now wait for the Fed meeting in...
by Prem Raja | Aug 23, 2021 | Brexit, EU, EUR, GBP, USD
This week has begun on a slightly quieter note- with the main event being Jackson Hole Thursday-Friday this week- Sterling exchange rates ended last week slightly lower across the board after a surge in the U.S Dollar and some poor UK Data- it was positive to see a...
by Prem Raja | Aug 1, 2021 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling managed to recover its losses against the Euro going into the end of July and managed to recover to 1.39 against the Dollar. We saw the Dollar Index strengthen through July which managed to take away momentum from most assets over the last 30 days, but since...
