Pound Sterling Forecast for September

Pound Sterling Forecast for September

Sterling exchange rates fell at the end of last week after comments from Jackson Hole, bringing GBPEUR down to 1.17 and GBPUSD down to 1.17 as well. Comments from Jackson Hole were still pretty hawkish stating the Fed is looking to raise rates again in September by 75...
Pound to Dollar exchange rate falls to 1.18.

Pound to Dollar exchange rate falls to 1.18.

It was quite a steady week for Sterling exchange rates with GBPEUR hitting 1.19 on Wednesday, and GBPUSD hitting 1.21 on the same day. The strength in Sterling was very quickly put to bed by Friday after UK data releases which caused Sterling to hit 1.17 against the...
BoE Commentary Dampens Pound Sterling Forecasts

Pound to Euro exchange rate steadies.

Last week, we saw the ECB finally raise interest rates by 50 bps for the first time in over a decade. The initial reaction was positive for the Euro, but it seems that many market participants feel that this was too little too late, and following Mario Draghi’s...