EUR/GBP Rate & Comments for 23rd August 2010

EUR/GBP - 1.225


Last week was a strong one for sterling against the euro and this trend has continued this morning as it is trading at 1.2260/£1. During this past week, the Bank of England minutes for the month of August showed that the decision to keep interest rates unchanged was not unanimous for a third successive month as Andrew Sentance was once again the lone dissenter, calling for an increase of 25 basis points to 0.75 percent. Sterling was initially well supported after the Bank of England minutes as there was no talk about a further bout of quantitative easing. For this upcoming week broader risk trends will dictate sterling price action as sterling faces a light economic calendar. Call in now for a live exchange rate.

In the Eurozone, the euro finished the week on the slide against sterling which has continued into this morning. This was despite good German data which showed that German manufacturing has enabled the country to return to pre-crisis levels for exports of goods, with renewed demand for German cars and machine tools. There seems to be a feeling that Germany is carrying the rest of Europe on its own with Greek, Portuguese, Irish, Italian and Spanish debt interest rates all rising sharply. Today sees Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data released today for various member states. PMI data is generally seen as a good barometer for industrial trends. Get in touch now for a quote to ensure that you don’t miss out.

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