21/03/2022 – Exchange Rates


21/03/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • March 21, 2022
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A quick recap of last week. We saw the Fed raise rates to 0.5% and the Bank of England follow suit raising rates to 0.75% both events widely anticipated by markets and priced in. The tonality for both central banks however were far from similar, the fed Chair Jerome Powell was extremely hawkish on the […]

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18/03/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • March 18, 2022
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This week we have seen markets show their full strength as we saw both the Fed and the BoE hike rates by 0.25% in attempts to battle inflation in both economies. Yesterday we say the Bank of England hike rates by 25 bps with an overall official vote of 8-1, in favour of the hike […]

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17/03/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • March 17, 2022
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Yesterday evening saw the first of 2 Central Bank policy meetings with The Fed Reserve moving forward with a rate rise of 25 bps, the first rate hike taken by The Fed since 2018. With inflation currently sitting near 8%, a 40 year high, and inflationary pressures effecting prices and potential supply of commodities such […]

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16/03/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • March 16, 2022
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Anticipation is at its highest amongst Investors as we await an expected rate hike to 0.5% today from the Fed, in a lacklustre attempt to get inflation under control which is at a 40 year high. Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs see a further 7 rate hikes ahead for the Fed’s this year with expectations […]

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14/03/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • March 14, 2022
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The British pound fell to a 16-month low against the U.S. dollar, ahead of monetary policy updates from the Bank of England and Federal Reserve later in the week. Both the BoE and Fed are seen raising their main interest rates by 25 basis points at their respective meetings taking U.S rates to 50 bps […]

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11/03/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • March 11, 2022
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Sterling slipped to a 16-month low today against the safe-haven U.S. dollar and is heading for its third consecutive weekly decline as stronger-than-expected UK economic growth did little to support the pound. The Office for National Statistics said Britain’s economy grew 0.8% in January, the strongest monthly expansion since June and more than forecast by […]

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03/03/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • March 3, 2022
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Sterling has continued to rise this morning against The EUR, reaching 1.2082 which is the highest in 12 months, with investors and traders focusing on market bets shifting towards a likelihood of The Bank of England raising rates again in March. Money markets are currently pricing in 108 bps of UK rate hikes this year […]

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28/02/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • February 28, 2022
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The focus for exchange rates is currently the ongoing tensions between Russia & Ukraine- over the last few days we saw these tensions escalate after Russia began an invasion of Ukraine on February 24th- this kicked off a knee jerk reaction which saw many assets sell-off and investors flee to the Dollar (As you would […]

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25/02/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • February 25, 2022
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Sterling crashed against a surging dollar in its worst day since March 2020 as investors rushed into safe-haven assets after Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Missiles rained down. Ukraine reported columns of troops pouring across its borders from Russia and Belarus and landing on the coast from the Black and Azov seas. Safe-haven currencies such as […]

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24/02/2022 – Exchange Rates

  • Posted by Shyam Gokani in Rate Alerts
  • February 24, 2022
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With news filtering through of a full scale invasion by Russia into Ukraine this morning, markets have taken a tumble with both GBP & EUR falling off against The USD. GBP/USD is now below the 1.35 area with EUR/USD currently in the mid 1.12 range with both currency pairs having dropped 1 cent against The […]

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