by Prem Raja | Oct 15, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
GBPEUR rates have remained pretty supported over the last week with Pound to Euro rates closing the week around 1.1550- unfortunately, GBPUSD has been a different story, the last week has seen us drop from 1.23 down to 1.21 which is a rather large move- unfortunately,...
by Prem Raja | Sep 17, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
The ECB surprised markets last week by raising interest rates by 25bps to record highs instead of keeping them on hold as initially expected- the bank now will pause on rate hikes for now and keep an eye on data- it seems the ECB believes that growth will be slow in...
by Prem Raja | Sep 10, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GDP, USD
According to many analysts, the end of August marked a turning point for the Pound- with the first 2 quarters of this year pretty much fuelled by Sterling strength, it seems that is now changing with the U.S Dollar now catching a bid again across the board. The reason...
by Prem Raja | Sep 3, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
As the first full week of the month fets into full swing- we have a pretty quiet Monday with it being Labor day in the U.S- the only key release will be a speech from ECB President Lagarde, markets are quite torn on whether the ECB will raise rates again so this...
by Prem Raja | Aug 28, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
As most of you are aware, it was a bank holiday in the UK on Monday hence the blog being one day late- we had a pretty interesting week on markets with the Jackson Hole Symposium being a non event with no real policy change announced, the FOMC maintained that they...