Big week for Central Bank decisions.

Big week for Central Bank decisions.

Last week French politics took the spotlight with a vote of no confidence resulting in the current Government being dissolved. Upon PM Barniner’s exit, there has been much positive movement with President Macron committing to installing a PM that will get the...
Big week for Central Bank decisions.

Sterling finishes the week lower across the board.

On Friday UK GDP numbers showed that growth in the UK had slowed down to just 0.1% by September, which has had an instant negative impact on Sterling exchange rates. What this release has shown is that the actions taken in the latest budget will now most definitely...
UK Budget in focus this week

UK Budget in focus this week

Sterling has managed to keep above 1.20 against the Euro but unfortunately slipped below the 1.30 handle against the Dollar. Following a relatively quiet week we saw pretty sideways price action now leading into a pretty busy week going into November- which is...
Big week for Central Bank decisions.

GBPEUR Hits 1.20 following strong retail sales.

On Friday we saw Sterling rise against the Euro above 1.20 following positive retail sales data, giving us the best GBPEUR exchange rate in over 2 years. Retail sales were expected negative,but thanks to good weather and more money in peoples pockets, spending picked...
GBP higher against EUR and lower against USD

GBP higher against EUR and lower against USD

Hello all! Apologies for the lack of reports over the last few weeks, I have been travelling but back in the UK now and back on the desk- so far we have had a pretty eventful month with escalations in the Middle East, plenty of news out of the Bank of England and the...