by Prem Raja | May 2, 2022 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
It has been an incredibly volatile week- predominantly for GBPUSD and EURUSD pairs, with Cable falling to lows of 1.24 and EURUSD falling to 1.04 following massive Dollar strength. This has now put Sterling exchange rates in a strange position going into the new...
by Prem Raja | Apr 24, 2022 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
it was a relatively positive week for Sterling exchange rates with the GBPEUR price comfortably above 1.20 and GBPUSD above 1.30- that was until Friday- when we saw a much weaker than expected retail sales report released for the UK, coupled with consumer confidence...
by Prem Raja | Mar 20, 2022 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week we saw Pound Sterling exchange rates fall following the Bank of England decision to raise interest rates by 25bps to 0.75%. Members voted 8-1 in favor of the hike and signaled that there will be fewer hikes this year than initially priced in by the market...
by Prem Raja | Feb 27, 2022 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
In last week’s article I mentioned that the focus for exchange rates would be the ongoing tensions between Russia & Ukraine- over the last few days we saw these tensions escalate after Russia began an invasion of Ukraine on February 24th- this kicked off a...
by Prem Raja | Feb 13, 2022 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
We are now 2 months into 2022, and it seems this year is going to be just as eventful as the last couple! We had plenty of announcements and data releases last week which managed to push Sterling exchange rates higher, with GBPEUR closing above 1.19 on the week and...
