Search Results for: exchange rates
BoE hikes UK interest rate hike but Pound exchange rates whipsaw
August 3rd, 2018
In spite of Bank of England (BoE) policymakers voting unanimously to raise interest rates the GBP/EUR exchange rates whipsawed, ultimately ending lower at around £/€1.1224. Although the Pound initially rallied in response to the rate hike this strength proved ...
How will Final Monetary Policy Meetings of 2017 Impact the GBP EUR Exchange Rates?
November 24th, 2017
The Bank of England (BoE) and European Central Bank (ECB) both have one monetary policy meetings left on the calendar before 2017 ends – and both are scheduled for the 14th of December. It’s been a turbulent year for ...
Why All Exchange Rates Are Bad
March 2nd, 2017
The economics of exchange rates can be tough sledding. Every now and then, I post on the bulletin board beside my office a quotation from Kenneth Kasa back in 1995: “If you asked a random sample of economists to ...
Central Bank of Russia announced US Dollar/Ruble and Euro/Ruble Exchange Rates and Exchange Trade Indicators
September 26th, 2016
Bank of Russia, the Central Bank of Russia has issued a press releases to inform in relation with US Dollar/Ruble and Euro/Ruble Exchange Rates and Exchange Trade Indicators. The Bank of Russia has published the below Exchange Rates and ...
World GDP is Falling–If Measured at Market Exchange Rates
December 16th, 2015
IMF statistics show that world GDP fell 4.9% from 2014 to 2015 which is almost as severe a drop as occurred from 2008-2009. Check out the bottom rows of Table A1 in the October 2015 issue of the World Economic ...
Moscow Exchange to reduce margin rates for the FX, Equity & Bond and Derivatives markets
June 2nd, 2015
Effective 8 June 2015 Moscow Exchange will decrease new minimum initial margin requirements on its FX, Equity & Bond and Derivatives markets. On the FX Market initial margin rates will be reduced from 11% to 9%; on the Equity & Bond ...
The Pound Euro exchange rate is seen trading lower on Monday
January 11th, 2021
The Pound Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate is seen trading lower on Monday, 11th January as currency markets’ attention turns to the Bank of England and possible negative interest rates in the near-term outlook. Sterling is currently quoted at 1.1067 ...
Euro to US Dollar (EUR/USD) exchange rate steady as Eurozone faces increasing uncertainty
September 25th, 2020
The Euro (EUR) struggled to gain against the ‘Greenback’ today despite a relatively strong German IFO Business Climate survey for September, which rose from 92.6 to 93.4. However, with the Eurozone’s largest economy facing high levels of uncertainty as ...
Spotware Celebrates 10 Years of Fintech Innovation
August 17th, 2020
It has now been 10 years since Spotware, and soon after its flagship product – cTrader, have entered the market and became the epitome of Fintech innovation. 10 years of continuous growth, development and updates, a journey that began ...
Dominant currencies and the limits of exchange rate flexibility
August 3rd, 2020
Faced with an unprecedented shock of collapsing global demand and commodity prices, capital outflows, major supply chain disruptions and a generalized drop in global trade, many emerging markets and developing economies’ (EMDEs) currencies have weakened sharply. Will these currency ...
