by Prem Raja | Dec 22, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week was a pretty volatile week from a Sterling and Dollar perspective- with both central banks having their interest rate decision within 24 hours of each other. The Fed decided to cut 25bps but hold off on any further cuts over the new few months, which...
by Prem Raja | Nov 24, 2024 | EU, EUR, GBP, GDP, USD
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...
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 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...
by Prem Raja | Aug 26, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
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...
by Prem Raja | Aug 11, 2024 | EU, EUR, GBP, GDP, USD
Over the last week we have only seen a slight recovery on Sterling exchange rates, with GBPEUR now reaching 1.1680 and GBPUSD now reading 1.2750- which is still 1.5% away from the highs just two weeks ago. We have seen a material change in the market since the BoJ...
