by Prem Raja | Feb 18, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week delivered a blow to the Pound following GDP figures which showed the UK entered a recession last quarter- This wasn’t really news to us however now it has been made official we saw an effect to the exchange rates- both GBPEUR and GBPUSD fell after...
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 28, 2024 | EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling to Euro exchange rates rose again last week against the Euro following forward guidance given by the ECB. The key reason why we saw another jump in GBPEUR exchange rates is that President Lagarde didn’t rule out a cut in April but definitely, a cut by...
by Prem Raja | Jan 7, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The first week of 2024 was relatively volatile while traders found their feet- we saw stock markets sell off pretty much everyday through the week and various data releases which moved the market- we saw GBPEUR as low as 1.15 and GBPUSD as low as 1.26 before both...
by Prem Raja | Dec 3, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The last few weeks have been very supportive for Sterling- mainly due to the weakness in the Dollar and the risk on sentiment in the market currently- The FTSE has been on the rise, along with the S&P500 and NASDAQ. Usually, when the stock markets are more risk...