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 20, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
From Monday-Thursday Sterling actually performed pretty well on the week, with Pound to Euro rate reaching 1.1730 and the Pound to Dollar rate hitting 1.28. Unfortunately, on Friday morning, weak UK retail sales showed a fall of -1.2% which brought Sterling down...
by Prem Raja | Aug 13, 2023 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
After positive UK GDP data, the Pound traded a little higher on Friday after a relatively disappointing performance over the week- the data showed that the UK economy has in fact still grown a little through this current cost of living crisis- for those of you in the...
by Prem Raja | Jun 18, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling exchange rates had a brilliant end to the week with GBPUSD closing at 1.2817 and GBPEUR closing at 1.1716- both very interesting levels for Sterling sellers globally. The main reason for the gains is that we have seen the Dollar index weaken slightly and thus...