Currency Note Archive

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Currency rates fluctuate by the second and can change by up to 10% in the space of a year. On a typical overseas money transfer, that's the difference between completing on budget and needing pay thousands more. Our daily notes keep you informed on every move in GBP, EUR and USD, so you can make confident decisions about when to lock in your rate.

EUR 29 Nov 2023 by Jonathan Cook

EUR: All eyes on Germany

The euro performed strongly against the US dollar yesterday, while losing some value to the pound in back-and-forth trading.

GBP 29 Nov 2023 by Jonathan Cook

GBP: Policymakers dig heels in

The pound touched its highest level in months against the US dollar and continues to make smaller gains against the euro.

29 Nov 2023 by Jonathan Cook

Greenback slides on “peak rates” bet

The pound and the euro both gained over half a percent on the US dollar yesterday, after Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said he was “increasingly confident” that current interest rates would slow the US economy’s inflation to…

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USD 28 Nov 2023 by Julian Benson

USD: yen edges higher

The Japanese yen gained 0.28% against the US dollar during this morning’s Asian session following general weakness for the greenback following rumours the Federal Reserve is done raising interest rates.

EUR 28 Nov 2023 by Julian Benson

EUR: Listening out for Lagarde

At 4pm (UK time) Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank is due to speak via a pre-recorded video in European Parliament before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

GBP 28 Nov 2023 by Julian Benson

GBP: Fight against inflation is on

Andrew Bailey, of the BoE, expressed concern that inflation will prove sticky below 4.0%. He said, “Policy is operating in what I call a restrictive way at the moment — it is restricting the economy. The second half,…

28 Nov 2023 by Julian Benson

Sterling maintains weekly gains against major rivals

The pound jumped to multi-month highs yesterday against the euro and US dollar following comments from the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, who warned that rates would not be cut “in the foreseeable future.”

27 Nov 2023 by Charles Purdy

Pound boosted by interest rate ‘hopes’

The pound gained over 0.75% against the euro last week and well over 1% against the US dollar. The main reasons for that were the apparent continued health of the UK economy compared to Europe’s, as evidenced by…

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