by Prem Raja | Nov 15, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP
It was an interesting week for Pound-Euro exchange rates with rates reaching as high as 1.1275 on Wednesday before dipping to 1.1150 by Friday- and also GBPUSD reaching 1.33 before falling back to the 1.31 area by Friday close. The next Brexit deadline is supposed to...
by Prem Raja | Nov 8, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Well, that was one very LONG week! But after a few sleepless nights of watching CNN, we finally have a result on the Elections and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be the next President and Vice President of the U.S. It was a big win, but a much tighter win than what...
by Prem Raja | Oct 31, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
So… It seems the UK has U-Turned on their initial position 2 weeks ago about another Lockdown. As I mentioned 2 weeks ago, it takes the Government around 2 weeks to change their mind, and here we are, another National lockdown is upon us from Thursday- which...
by Prem Raja | Oct 25, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
After a much needed week off- I am now back on my desk feeling very refreshed and ready for what the market has in store for us for the rest of 2020. Looking at rates over the last week, it seems the Pound to Euro exchange rate came down a little on Friday bringing us...
by Prem Raja | Oct 18, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, GBP, USD
Another volatile week has passed, with plenty of updates on Brexit and new restrictions around the UK. To begin with, all eyes were on the EU Summit this week (Personally I am not sure why, we all knew there was not going to be any breakthroughs this week)- and that...
by Prem Raja | Oct 11, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The last week definitely flew by quicker than usual… the risks we had last week are in some ways different to what is ahead of us now- President Trump is now out of hospital and back in the White House, recovered from Covid-19 and promising free treatment for...