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Where Next for the Pound? (Matthew Vassallo)
Good news for the UK economy has been sparse of late and despite the UK avoiding a further recession, it should be noted that our economy did only grow by a mere 0.3%. This is hardly an inspiring figure and not one that is going to breed investor confidence in the long-term. Many believe that this is merely papering over increasingly large cracks in the UK economy and the only reason we have seen GBP spike, is the on-going economic uncertainty that has engulfed the entire Eurozone region and sucked investor out of the single currency.
Personally I always felt that we would avoid recession by the skin of our teeth and whilst this has proved to be the case, predicting how GBP/EUR rates will fare over the coming months is becoming an increasingly difficult task. The recent volatility we have seen on GBP/EUR looks set to continue, as investors will be pulled between Sterling and the EUR depending on the latest set of economic figures, or the next doom and gloom speech by key political figures.
Despite the on-going negativity we should see the recent spike against the EUR and the USD as a major positive for all those looking to purchase those currencies. We have seen GBP/EUR rates spike over 2 cents in the past couple of weeks and we have seen GBP/USD move all the way through 1.55, when only a couple of months ago we were trading in the low 1.50′s. When you have an economy as weak and fragile as our own any positive movement should be valued and if I were buying either of those two currencies, I would be looking closely at my options based on the current market levels.
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Source: http://www.poundsterlingforecast.com/2013/05/08/where-next-for-the-pound-matthew-vassallo/
