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.

GBP 12 Apr 2023 by Julian Benson

GBP: Economists look to GDP tomorrow

Tomorrow morning the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will reveal the British economy’s GDP for the month of March. It is expected to expand 0.3% month-over-month, but experts don’t expect the economy to have expanded since this time…

12 Apr 2023 by Julian Benson

IMF says the UK is on track to be worst-performing G7 economy

The pound and euro continued to rally against a weaker US dollar yesterday, gaining 0.5% and 0.7% respectively throughout the course of the day. The pound struggled to maintain those gains but the euro remains 0.25% higher against the…

12 Apr 2023 by Charles Purdy

Sterling tracks downwards as risky seven days begins

Sterling fell slightly against most currencies yesterday – the start of the trading week in the UK if not elsewhere – especially against the euro. However, this appears to be more a result of the euro strengthening than…

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USD 11 Apr 2023 by Christopher Nye

USD: Nonfarms cool

On Friday US markets saw the latest nonfarm payroll data from the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics. This was a big one for market-watchers looking for an insight into US economic activity.

EUR 11 Apr 2023 by Christopher Nye

EUR: All eyes on Germany’s inflation rate

Preliminary estimates showed that Germany's annual consumer price inflation eased further to 7.4% March, down from 8.7% in the previous two months.

GBP 11 Apr 2023 by Christopher Nye

GBP: GDP returns on Thursday

The UK's month-over-month GDP figures are scheduled to be released by the office for national statistics (ONS) on Thursday.

11 Apr 2023 by Christopher Nye

Pound enters four-day week on mixed footing

Sterling enters the four day week around -0.08% weaker against the euro compared to this time last week. Against the US dollar, the pound continues to rally but is still weaker on a weekly footing.

USD 6 Apr 2023 by Christopher Nye

USD: Economists await initial jobless claims

At lunchtime today, markets will see the latest initial jobless claims for the US. In the previous data, the number of Americans who filed for unemployment rose by 7,000 to 198,000.

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