by Prem Raja | Aug 15, 2021 | EU, EUR, GBP, GDP, USD
We saw GBPEUR exchange rates ease off into the weekend after a very strong start to the week- seeing a high of 1.1830 and closing at 1.1750. The positive news is that Sterling seems well supported in the 1.17 area- and as long as data can support the price it may give...
by Prem Raja | Aug 16, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
According to the news wires, it was a pretty eventful week, but looking at the exchange rates, there wasn’t much movement at all. The main headline I am sure we all saw this week was the fact that the UK officially hit a recession in Q2. (I am sure this...
by Prem Raja | Aug 2, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
It was yet another strong week for GBPUSD as we saw exchange rates fly above the 1.31 handle for the first time since January. Surprisingly enough, this had nothing to do with Sterling Strength, but Dollar weakness- the Dollar index had been dropping for the last 10...
by Prem Raja | Jul 19, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week we saw Sterling begin to weaken further- predominantly against the Euro as exchange rates entered the 1.09 area on Friday- this was mainly due to optimism about the EU recovery fund being sorted this weekend. At time of writing (Sunday afternoon)- the EU...
by Prem Raja | Jul 5, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP
We had a relatively mixed week last week after Sterling pairs unexpectedly rose through the beginning of the week- there are a number of reasons why this could have been- the first and most important is that we are currently in a “risk-on” market- which...
by Prem Raja | May 17, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, Misc.
Pound to Euro rates had their worst week since the big pandemic sell-off in March- closing on Friday evening at lows of 1.1180, which was an over 2% drop. Against other currencies, Sterling fell further, with Pound to Dollar exchange rates falling over 4% to 1.20. The...