by Prem Raja | Feb 18, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week delivered a blow to the Pound following GDP figures which showed the UK entered a recession last quarter- This wasn’t really news to us however now it has been made official we saw an effect to the exchange rates- both GBPEUR and GBPUSD fell after...
by Prem Raja | Feb 11, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Sterling exchange rates have stayed resilient over the last week with an impressive close on Friday with GBPEUR above 1.17 and GBPUSD above 1.26, following a pretty choppy week. This week we have a lot of data out of the UK which we expect to move the markets,...
by Prem Raja | Feb 4, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, Misc., USD
Last week was generally quite stable for Sterling following the Bank of England decision where rates were held with no real immediate concern for any cuts coming soon- the big news though was the NFP report on Friday which showed that the U.S had added 353k jobs in...
by Prem Raja | Jan 28, 2024 | EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling to Euro exchange rates rose again last week against the Euro following forward guidance given by the ECB. The key reason why we saw another jump in GBPEUR exchange rates is that President Lagarde didn’t rule out a cut in April but definitely, a cut by...
by Prem Raja | Jan 21, 2024 | EU, EUR, GBP, GDP, USD
A pretty well performing week was put to a halt on Sterling following retail sales data showing that UK shoppers were spending a lot less this December, this may have come down to the fact that consumers were buying in November during sale periods instead of waiting...
by Prem Raja | Jan 14, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling exchange rates closed on Friday net positive for the week after GDP numbers showed that the UK economy rebounded in November- however, the part that perhaps wasn’t reported as much is that over the quarter the economy contracted by 0.2%. Overall this is...
