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 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...
by Prem Raja | Oct 12, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Hello all! Apologies for the lack of reports over the last few weeks, I have been travelling but back in the UK now and back on the desk- so far we have had a pretty eventful month with escalations in the Middle East, plenty of news out of the Bank of England and the...
by Prem Raja | Sep 15, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
This week will most probably be the highlight for September; so far Sterling is in a good position as of the close on Friday, and we have a few releases through the week before we get to the Central bank meetings. On Monday we have Eurozone balance of trade data which...
by Prem Raja | Sep 8, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
There has been a significant risk off tone in the markets over the last two weeks- where we have seen stocks sell off, and consequently, Pound Sterling as well. GBPUSD usually gets hit the most in a risk off environment, alongside EURUSD, both down around 1.5% over...
