by Prem Raja | Mar 24, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
The Pound fell around 0.5% last week due to flat Retail Sales data and the BoE deciding to keep rates on hold- the reason why Sterling fell was the retail sales numbers came out at 0% which showed no growth at all, and after last month’s jump in spending this...
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 14, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Sterling exchange rates closed on Friday net positive for the week after GDP numbers showed that the UK economy rebounded in November- however, the part that perhaps wasn’t reported as much is that over the quarter the economy contracted by 0.2%. Overall this is...
by Prem Raja | Oct 22, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Pound sterling exchange rates had a pretty torrid time last week following weak data releases, with the final blow coming from weaker-than-expected retail sales numbers on Friday alongside by-election results. I am not sure UK politics is playing a large part in...
by Prem Raja | Jul 25, 2021 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
It has been yet another volatile week on the FX markets with sentiment being very risk-off on Monday morning and Sterling beginning the week on the back foot, with lows against the Euro of 1.1530 and lows against the U.S Dollar of 1.3570. Amazingly enough, Sterling...
