This week ahead – Are 2023’s Sterling high’s set to continue?
For the first time in 2023, we saw the Pound breach the 1.16 ceiling against the euro last week. On the 1st of June 2023 we saw a new a 2023 high reached for GBPEUR of 1.1667 with sterling managing to maintain a mid-market level of above 1.16 for the remainder of the week. The Pound saw similar rises against several currencies, most notably the Australian and New Zealand Dollar, respectively climbing to both 2- and 3-year highs.
Analysts have raised their bets on further...
Will the Pound strengthen this week?
The Pound reached multi-week highs last week after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt did his best at calming the markets with his Spring Budget release on Wednesday.
The capturing headline that the UK will not enter a technical recession this year’, as well as expectation of growth in the years afterwards, boosted the Pound heading into what could also be a volatile week.
The Bank of England will announce the next steps forward in terms of interest rates on Thursday, as the Monetary Policy Committee meet. Catherine Mann,...
Monetary policy meetings and interest rate hikes – Will the Pound weaken further this...
The week ahead will be a major one for the Pound, Euro and US Dollar will all three respective central banks announcing further developments in their battle to reduce inflation back to target levels, through their monetary policy meetings this week. Monetary policy meetings and decisions on interest rates help us to understand the current health of the economy, which is the main influence on a currency’s value and, any adverse movement away from the expectation within the market, may result in volatile movement.
The...
Sterling rallies after UK inflation stays high – Will the pound gain strength this...
The Pound rallied and saw some gains in the recent week finishing at 1.1423 against the Euro and 1.2392 against the Dollar. The pound strengthened after the UK labour market data on Tuesday displayed a new record high for UK wages showing the UK is nowhere near finished with high inflation thus putting pressure on the Bank of England (BoE) to raise the interest rate by 50 basis points.
This upswing in the Pound continued after Wednesday showing a smaller than expected decrease in inflation...
Pound hits monthly highs against the Euro and Dollar – will the rise continue?
Pound hits monthly highs against the Euro and Dollar – will the rise continue?
Sterling rose to monthly highs against a number of its major counterparts during yesterday’s session following stronger than expected inflation data. The pound rose against both the euro and the dollar during the most positive session of the year for the currency.
A transfer of £200,000 is buying €4000 and $11,000 more than the low of the last four weeks.
ONS data showed that UK inflation dropped from 10.7% to 10.5%. Inflation has...
Will the pound get stronger? Growth figures show a surprise positive reading on Friday
The UK looks set to avoid a recession in 2022 as GDP data was announced on Friday. The UK economy grew by 0.1% in November, with the services sector providing a welcome boost when a 0.2% expansion was announced.
This came as a surprise to many forecasters, with a 0.3% GDP contraction the market expectation. Despite this, the pound failed to make any significant gains against the Euro, finishing the week trading at 1.1280 – a near 0.75% decrease since markets opened on Monday.
The Pound...
Sterling exchange rates against Euro and Dollar this week
As we entered the new year, sterling ended a turbulent week on the up against both the euro and the dollar after a wave of data across the continent and the pond was released. The pound finished the week over 0.5 cents higher (1.1360) than where it started (1.1290) against the euro and at similar levels to where it started (1.2060) against the dollar. The pound managed to recover over 2 cents alone against the greenback on Friday after early week losses.
The cause for...
What will 2023 Bring For Sterling Exchange Rates?
Sterling exchange rates have dropped on the whole throughout 2022 and it is fair to say there are a number of quite obvious reasons behind the poor performance of the pound over the course of the year.
Here is a summary of GBP paired against a selection of major currencies and the movement since 1st Jan 2022 as an example.
GBP/USD -10.79%
GBP/EUR -4.97%
GBP/CAD -5.44%
GBP/AUD -4.69%
GBP/CHF -9.97%
All in all, the above suggests the pound indeed had a torrid time of it, most notably shortly after Liz Truss...
Will The Pound Keep Rising This Week?
The Pound has had a fairly good week or two against most major currencies, so I thought I would look at the probability that Sterling exchange rates would continue to gain ground against them over the course of this week.
Now that the Autumn statement has passed without any huge drama, unlike Kwasi Kwarteng's attempt, there is a feeling that there is a little more confidence in the U.K and investors are starting to head back into UK stocks and shares, thus heightening demand for...
Strong start to the week for Pound Sterling – What could this week bring...
We have seen a strong start to the trading week for the Pound against every major currency, as Sterling exchange rates have bounced back from losses towards the end of last week.
The Pound did drop off at the back end of the week due to a fairly dovish tone set out by the Bank of England at the BOE interest rate decision, where the markets were informed not to expect as greater hike in interest rates in the coming months as had been originally...