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...
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...