Big week for UK economic data.

Big week for UK economic data.

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,...
GBPEUR rises to 1.17

GBPEUR rises to 1.17

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...
Sterling has a positive start to 2024.

Sterling has a positive start to 2024.

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...
Sterling weaker following robust U.S jobs numbers

January outlook for Sterling exchange rates.

The first week of 2024 was relatively volatile while traders found their feet- we saw stock markets sell off pretty much everyday through the week and various data releases which moved the market- we saw GBPEUR as low as 1.15 and GBPUSD as low as 1.26 before both...