Pound Sterling Weakness – Why Is The Pound Dropping So Much?
Sterling exchange rates have taken a huge hit over the course of the days trading, as the new chancellor Kwasi Kwateng's mini-budget appears to have knocked the pound totally out of fashion.
The pound has lost over 350bps against the Dollar sitting in the 1.08 territory, whilst dropping to 1.12 against the Euro and hitting the lowest level against the Swiss Franc since 1974 sitting in the 1.06s.
There is now talk of an intervention and whether HMT will make an attempt late on Sunday night...
GBP/EUR continues to trade at annual low with BoE meeting in focus in week
In the early hours of this morning, the Pound to Euro exchange rate hit a fresh annual low of 1.1385, which is the lowest level the pair has traded at in close to 20 months.
The weak start to this week’s trading follows on from a 1.25% drop last week, after Friday’s sell-off pushed the Pound lower off the back of some concerning economic data for the UK.
UK Retail Sales were expected to have dropped by 0.5% in August, but data released on Friday showed...