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 | May 28, 2023 | Misc.
by Prem Raja | Oct 23, 2022 | Misc.
Well, it really happened. PM Liz Truss resigned from her post on Thursday after an astonishing 4 weeks on the job, it was clear that the markets were happy with this outcome with Sterling actually rising following the resignation on Thursday, and staying higher...
by Prem Raja | Jan 30, 2022 | Misc.
Over the last week we have seen Pound Sterling exchange rates rally from 1.19 to a close above 1.20- this is mostly traders pricing in the fact that the Bank of England are expected to raise interest rates again this week. Now, once common mistake people make is...
by Prem Raja | Feb 28, 2021 | EUR, GBP, Misc., USD
Over the last week we saw the market being to face sell-offs due to concerns about bond prices and yields- what was positive to see was the Sterling reaction. GBPUSD fell under 1.40 (After a rise to 1.42) and GBPEUR managed to hold 1.15 which gives us a good base for...
by Prem Raja | Sep 27, 2020 | Misc.
And just like that, another month is about to end and we are officially about to enter October- for a year where we couldn’t do much, time definitely seems to have flown faster than usual! Last week was relatively volatile, in the midst of another announcement...