by Prem Raja | Feb 11, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Sterling exchange rates have stayed resilient over the last week with an impressive close on Friday with GBPEUR above 1.17 and GBPUSD above 1.26, following a pretty choppy week. This week we have a lot of data out of the UK which we expect to move the markets,...
by Prem Raja | Jan 14, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling exchange rates closed on Friday net positive for the week after GDP numbers showed that the UK economy rebounded in November- however, the part that perhaps wasn’t reported as much is that over the quarter the economy contracted by 0.2%. Overall this is...
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...
by Prem Raja | Nov 26, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week’s data releases provided strength for the Pound after a pretty downbeat month or so on the market- showing that UK PMI numbers were back over the 50 area, which means that the UK economy is no longer contracting- we may not see massive growth over the...
by Prem Raja | Nov 13, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
It is no secret that Sterling exchange rates have been under pressure over the last month, with economic sentiment weighing heavy on the Pound alongside the BoE signaling that they are at the end of their rate hike cycle- Monday is a relatively quiet day on the data...