NEWS

By now the suspense provided by the French elections during the last couple of weeks is fading away with the results of the first round. As you all know, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen got to the second round for the Elysée Palace, which will take place in little less than two weeks (7th of May).

The Exchange Market team hopes the holidays will be full of laughs, joy, good food and lots and lots of colorful easter eggs!

To all who still have old banknotes from the seventies: The deadline is approaching after which the bills lose their value and can no longer be exchanged into new banknotes.

According to expectations, the Federal Reserve - Fed has raised the benchmark interest rate by 0.25%. Investors have already expected this decision in advance and have only moderately reacted.

The number of cross-border commuters rises from just over 300,000 to almost 320,000 and reaches a new record level.