Sterling weaker after bad Retail Sales.

Sterling weaker after bad Retail Sales.

Last week ended on a weaker note for Sterling following weak PMI data and weak retail sales numbers, this led to lower exchange rates against both the Euro and the Dollar. This week is the last week of the month going into the Holiday weekend in the U.S, so we do...
GBP higher against EUR and lower against USD

GBP higher against EUR and lower against 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...
Quiet week ahead on markets.

Quiet week ahead on markets.

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...
Sterling weaker after bad Retail Sales.

Sterling strengthening into September.

Sterling exchange rates have improved significantly since the market dropped off following the Bank of Japan rate hike, GBPEUR has now climbed back to the 1.18 level, and GBPUSD has now reached 1.32, the latter is mostly owed to a weakening Dollar Index and more risk...
President Biden drops out of Election.

President Biden drops out of Election.

Before we get into markets- on Sunday, President Biden announced that he will be dropping out of the election- this was after rumours throughout the week that he would be doing this, however usually Politicians wait until markets are closed before making such...