by Prem Raja | Aug 28, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
As most of you are aware, it was a bank holiday in the UK on Monday hence the blog being one day late- we had a pretty interesting week on markets with the Jackson Hole Symposium being a non event with no real policy change announced, the FOMC maintained that they...
by Prem Raja | Aug 20, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
From Monday-Thursday Sterling actually performed pretty well on the week, with Pound to Euro rate reaching 1.1730 and the Pound to Dollar rate hitting 1.28. Unfortunately, on Friday morning, weak UK retail sales showed a fall of -1.2% which brought Sterling down...
by Prem Raja | May 1, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
With just a 4 day week ahead of us in the UK before the King’s Coronation, we have a relatively volatile week on the cards with Central Banks as the key focus- which could present some great opportunities for those buying and selling Sterling. First of all, on...
by Prem Raja | Apr 23, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Last week we saw the Pound weaken slightly after disappointing retail sales figures- this was also coupled with Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab’s resignation. Most of the drop in retail sales seems to have come from food (Which is where a lot of the inflation...
by Prem Raja | Apr 16, 2023 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
After a disappointing retail sales release from the U.S on Friday, we saw the markets very quickly jump into positions on the Dollar- GBPUSD fell from 1.25 down to 1.24, EURUSD from 1.10 down to 1.09, and GBPEUR from 1.1370 down to 1.1280. So why did the Dollar...