by Prem Raja | Apr 28, 2024 | EU, EUR, GBP, GDP, USD
Sterling exchange rates are in a strange position currently, on one hand, they are outperforming against the Euro, and on the other, severely underperforming against the U.S. dollar, which has strengthened by 3% since March. On Friday, GBPEUR closed at 1.1680, a solid...
by Prem Raja | Apr 21, 2024 | EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling exchange rates had a pretty rough week, which got rougher on Friday afternoon when BoE member Ramsden spoke and mentioned that “risks to persistence in domestic inflation pressures are receding”- which essentially shows that he will be voting for...
by Prem Raja | Apr 14, 2024 | EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week was pretty busy on the macroeconomic front with Fed minutes, the ECB confirming a rate cut from June and plenty of economic data- however, this was all over shadowed by the escalating Middle East conflict with Iran launching a drone attack on Israel. The...
by Prem Raja | Apr 7, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week, a substantial influx of data exerted pressure on the market. Notably, Janet Yellen from the U.S. government is currently in China, engaging in discussions aimed at fostering mutually beneficial agreements. A significant aspect of these discussions involves...
by Prem Raja | Mar 31, 2024 | EUR, FX, GBP, USD
March and the first quarter as a whole were very supportive for Sterling exchange rates, given the fact that we are now in an economic environment where the UK has officially fallen into a recession and that we are now talking about interest rate cuts, it has been a...
by Prem Raja | Mar 24, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
The Pound fell around 0.5% last week due to flat Retail Sales data and the BoE deciding to keep rates on hold- the reason why Sterling fell was the retail sales numbers came out at 0% which showed no growth at all, and after last month’s jump in spending this...
