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.

30 Mar 2023 by Christopher Nye

Sterling maintains EUR and USD gains ahead of key economic releases

Market-watchers will have lots on their plate, with several economic data releases scheduled in over the course of today.

29 Mar 2023 by Charles Purdy

Slow gains continue but GDP data poses risk

There was little movement for sterling yesterday, but it held on to the slow gains it has made in the past week against the euro and is close to its strongest against the US dollar since last June.…

USD 29 Mar 2023 by Julian Benson

USD: Wall Street struggles continue

Blue-chip The Dow was trading around the flatline yesterday morning, while other key stocks The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were down 0.3% and 0.6% respectively. These struggles may be due to investors’ cautions about the health of…

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EUR 29 Mar 2023 by Julian Benson

EUR: Italian consumer confidence soars

Yesterday we heard that consumer confidence in Italy rose to 105.1 in March 2023. This is the highest since February 2022 and considerably higher than market expectations of 104.

GBP 29 Mar 2023 by Julian Benson

GBP: Sterling close to month high against USD

The US dollar has undoubtedly struggled this month as a result of the banking turmoil from Silicon Valley Bank, but this has seen the pound outperforming the US dollar as sentiment towards the UK improves.

29 Mar 2023 by Julian Benson

Bailey reports BoE is on “heightened” alert

Sterling gained close to 0.5% against the US dollar yesterday after Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England reported the central bank is on “heightened” alert for further turmoil in the banking sector.

USD 28 Mar 2023 by Charles Purdy

USD: Losses against western rivals

The dollar weakened against almost all-comers yesterday, with a consistent 0.75% loss against the pound, euro, Canadian and Australian dollars since yesterday morning.

EUR 28 Mar 2023 by Charles Purdy

EUR: Mixed start for euro

The euro lost to the pound but gained against the US dollar yesterday, with the big data of the day the Ifo Business Climate report for Germany which showed a better result than both last month and against…

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