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 | Feb 25, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Pound Sterling exchange rates have held up pretty well over the last week, with GBPEUR trading at 1.17 and GBPUSD trading at 1.2670- this was following strong PMI data out of the UK which suggested strong demand across all sectors in the UK- the Bank of England is...
by Prem Raja | Feb 4, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, Misc., USD
Last week was generally quite stable for Sterling following the Bank of England decision where rates were held with no real immediate concern for any cuts coming soon- the big news though was the NFP report on Friday which showed that the U.S had added 353k jobs in...
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 7, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The first week of 2024 was relatively volatile while traders found their feet- we saw stock markets sell off pretty much everyday through the week and various data releases which moved the market- we saw GBPEUR as low as 1.15 and GBPUSD as low as 1.26 before both...
