Market Update

ECB held rates at bay yesterday which did contribute to a slight EUR gain until their press conference. In the press conference we could hear from President Christine Lagarde that […]

Market Update

Readings from the ECB bank lending survey sending mixed signals. Demand continues to fall for businesses in the Euro zone while household lending saw its first increase since 2022. A […]

Market Update

GBP’s momentum against the USD and EUR has slowdown since inflation levels for the UK were released last week. We can now see that inflation is still growing in the […]

Market Update

The major story last week was the Bank of England making it very clear that they are preparing for a rate cut in August, this caused Sterling rates to sell […]

Market Update

Core inflation numbers are released for the Euro Zone at 10am, its forecasted to attract a slight gain from 2.7% in April up to 2.9% for May. This should not […]

Market Update

The ECB (European Central Bank) lowered their borrowing costs for the first time in five years from an all time high by 25 basis points down to 4.25%. This did […]

Market Update

Yesterday The Bank of Canada became the 2nd Central Bank after The Swiss National Bank to implement their first rate cut and this came after six consecutive meetings of leaving […]

Market Update

Pound Sterling exchange rates have had a very good month in May, considering news of a UK election coming in July, the volatility has very much been swayed in favour […]

Market Update

Eurozone Consumer Confidence edged slightly higher for May’s reading yesterday, from -14.7 to -14.3. It was in line with expectations but more importantly reflected the smallest extent of pessimism by […]

Market Update

Sterling has recently held on steady against the EUR and as no economic data releases today that should have an impact on the GBP/EUR rate, eyes are now on tomorrow’s […]