Today’s Market Comment on Currency values

Posted by admin on May 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Friday 14th May, 2010. Global Currency Market Comment

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Yesterday, was yet another turbulent day for both Sterling and the Euro. Both currencies lost ground against the US Dollar in particular. Now that the UK election result is agreed, all attention has turned on the uncertainty before the UK Chancellor’s emergency budget due within the first 50 days.

GBP: USD. The pound started off well enough at about $1.49, but sank to below $1.46 this morning. It would seem that the market currently prefers dollars, but that may change following the announcement in the US, that eight banks are facing investigation into the ratings of their mortgage products in the run-up to the financial crisis.

EUR:USD. It isn’t clear why the euro is struggling so much, given that the Eurozone has recently announced some reasonable economic data. It’s possible that the markets are becoming more anxious about the medium term prospects of theeconomic recovery in Europe. The Euro has dropped to close to $1.25. If the markets are concerned, expect this to go lower.

GBP:EUR. Early on in March, 2010, we saw the €1.10, now we’re regularly seeing €1.17 to €1.18. The last time we had rates like this, was between mid-june and early August 2009. After then, it dropped suddenly to €1.07, and we had many customers who had held off. They lost their opportunity.

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