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...
by Prem Raja | Feb 25, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Pound Sterling exchange rates have held up pretty well over the last week, with GBPEUR trading at 1.17 and GBPUSD trading at 1.2670- this was following strong PMI data out of the UK which suggested strong demand across all sectors in the UK- the Bank of England is...
by Prem Raja | Feb 4, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, Misc., USD
Last week was generally quite stable for Sterling following the Bank of England decision where rates were held with no real immediate concern for any cuts coming soon- the big news though was the NFP report on Friday which showed that the U.S had added 353k jobs in...
by Prem Raja | Jan 21, 2024 | EU, EUR, GBP, GDP, USD
A pretty well performing week was put to a halt on Sterling following retail sales data showing that UK shoppers were spending a lot less this December, this may have come down to the fact that consumers were buying in November during sale periods instead of waiting...
by Prem Raja | Dec 11, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
This week is pretty huge on the data and announcement front- with plenty going on in the market since the strong NFP data on Friday which supported the Dollar against the Euro and Sterling into the close. The main takeaway from Fridays jobs data is that the labour...
