by Prem Raja | May 10, 2020 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
On Sunday evening, PM Boris Johnson announced that, in short, the UK lockdown will remain until June at the earliest. Some industries (i.e construction) will be able to return to work immediately with social distancing measures in place. Unlimited exercise will now be...
by Prem Raja | Apr 26, 2020 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP
Last week was extremely volatile, following big moves in equities- and shocking moves in oil futures prices which dragged the whole market down with it. The only winner last week was the U.S Dollar, as investors flocked to it for a safe haven during the volatile week....
by Prem Raja | Apr 19, 2020 | BTC, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Sterling exchange rates continued on the upside last week- closing on Friday above 1.15 against the Euro. We have seen Sterling rebound effectively against the lows 4 weeks ago. This is almost a gain of 10% on this currency pair- usually, it would take the market a...
by Prem Raja | Mar 28, 2020 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Sterling has become a very difficult currency to track- taking very large swings at regular intervals, sometimes, for reasons unknown to anybody. Throughout the last week, Sterling has gained back a lot of ground- going from 1.14-1.24 against the U.S Dollar, and going...
by Prem Raja | Mar 22, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Sterling lost a lot of ground over the last week against most major currencies- seeing lows of 1.14 against the U.S Dollar and 1.06 against the Euro. The Bank of England cut rates to 0.10% and increased QE to record amounts, alongside the ECB announcing a 750bn...
by Prem Raja | Mar 8, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week, we saw the Euro become the strongest currency of the week amid coronavirus fears across the globe and fearful markets. The Fed did an emergency interest rate cut (First time this has happened since the Lehman collapse in 2008) which pushed EURUSD up...
