by Prem Raja | Jul 19, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week we saw Sterling begin to weaken further- predominantly against the Euro as exchange rates entered the 1.09 area on Friday- this was mainly due to optimism about the EU recovery fund being sorted this weekend. At time of writing (Sunday afternoon)- the EU...
by Prem Raja | Jun 14, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
We saw Pound to Dollar exchange rates rally last week up to 1.28 (Albeit was only for around 60 seconds) during the Fed meeting where it was announced that there were no further measures for now. My guess is that the market was waiting for more stimulus to be...
by Prem Raja | May 24, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP
Sterling exchange rates were relatively stable last week- with Pound to Euro rates closing at the 1.11 area on Friday and Pound to Dollar exchange rates closing at 1.21- of course, these rates are a lot lower than what we had a couple of weeks ago, but through the...
by Prem Raja | May 3, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, GBP, USD
The Pound to Euro exchange rate fell to 1.1373 on Friday after reaching a weekly high of 1.15 the day before. We also saw the same with the Pound to Dollar exchange rate, reaching 1.26 on Thursday and falling to 1.2480 as we closed the week. Donald Trump’s...
by Prem Raja | Mar 8, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week, we saw the Euro become the strongest currency of the week amid coronavirus fears across the globe and fearful markets. The Fed did an emergency interest rate cut (First time this has happened since the Lehman collapse in 2008) which pushed EURUSD up...