by Prem Raja | Jan 19, 2025 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week was challenging for Sterling, with disappointing data culminating in weak retail sales figures. This pushed GBPEUR to 1.18 and GBPUSD to 1.21. Just two months ago, GBPEUR was trading above 1.20 and GBPUSD above 1.30, underscoring how quickly market dynamics...
by Prem Raja | Sep 1, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
August is generally a low liquidity month, however, we saw some pretty sharp moves on Sterling across the board with a rise on GBPEUR to 1.19, a drop to 1.15 and then a rise back to 1.19 again at the end of the month. We also got some concrete information from Central...
by Prem Raja | Jul 28, 2024 | Misc.
Last week traders showed their hand by selling off the Pound on expectations that the BoE would be cutting interest rates this Thursday- with GBPEUR now trading at 1.1850 and GBPUSD trading at 1.2860. Now UK elections are over I feel the cut is warranted. It seems...
by Prem Raja | Jul 7, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
As I write this, the UK election results have already been declared with Labour winning a majority- this generally kept the Pound stable and didn’t add too much volatility into the market- the larger risk was the French elections- after the first round it seemed...
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...
