GBP Outlook and Optimism Towards US Economic Developments
After a tough start to 2025 for GBP, today in terms of economic data releases we can see a break for Pound Sterling. The recent development for UK with rising […]
Pound Sterling Declines Over 1% Against Most Major Currencies
Pound Sterling has lost ground by over 1% against the majority of currencies after it emerged yesterday that Government debt and borrowing costs have risen to their highest levels since […]
US Dollar Gains Strength After Volatile Start in the First Week of 2025
The first trading week of 2025 has seen more US Dollar strength after a volatile start to the week. On Monday we saw markets react to speculation that Trump wouldn’t […]
Retail Sector Struggles Amid Rising Inflation and Declining Housing Prices
Tuesday started off with retail sales release from BRC (British Retail Consortium). Even if figures did improve for December, the ‘golden quarter’ between October and December did produce dire numbers […]
Sterling Trends, Key Data Releases, and Market Insights for 2025
Sterling’s Early-Year Sell-Off The first week of 2025 began with a Sterling sell-off on January 2nd. Interestingly, this has happened consistently over the past seven years. However, history suggests that […]
Season’s Greetings
On behalf of myself and the whole Currencies 4 You team it’s been a fantastic year assisting you with your overseas payments. We are looking forward continuing building an even […]
Fed cuts rates by 25bps, pausing further reductions for the coming months
Last week was a pretty volatile week from a Sterling and Dollar perspective- with both central banks having their interest rate decision within 24 hours of each other. The Fed […]
Federal Reserve reduces interest rates by 25 basis-points
The US Dollar has risen across the board overnight after we saw The Federal Reserve reduce their interest rates by 25 basis-points, which would usually weaken the currency. However, due […]
UK Inflation rises for a second consecutive month in November
Inflation in The UK has risen for a second consecutive month in November, moving further away from The Bank of England’s two percent target as last month saw a fairly […]
UK Sees First Earnings Growth Acceleration in Over a Year
Average earnings in for the UK saw a growth of acceleration for the first time in more than a year reaching 5.2%. In the last month average earnings came in […]