by Prem Raja | May 6, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week we saw markets take a turn following a few weeks of Dollar strength- this was reversed by the Fed meeting which made clear that the Fed is now watching data to decide when to make it’s first interest rate cut, it was one of the most Dovish meetings in...
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 | 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 | 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...