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 2 Mar 2023 by Christopher Nye

GBP: Sterling suffered yesterday

Sterling fell under pressure against the euro and the US dollar yesterday as investors digested a range of market-moving economic releases.

2 Mar 2023 by Christopher Nye

Pound seems unphased by BoE governor’s comments yesterday

Investors listened closely as BoE governor Andrew Bailey delivered a speech at the Cost of Living Crisis Conference in London yesterday. Bailey touched on a number of inflation-related issues including monitoring the Bank’s current tightening.

USD 1 Mar 2023 by Julian Benson

USD: US stocks suffering

The last week or so has been rough for the US stock exchange with key stocks like The Dow and S&P 500 reporting daily losses. Yesterday, The Dow lost more than 100 points while Nasdaq and S&P 500…

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EUR 1 Mar 2023 by Julian Benson

EUR: European equities fall

Following better-than-expected inflation data from France and Spain yesterday morning, European equities saw a decline as the data increased investor uncertainty over the pace of interest rate rises from European central banks.

GBP 1 Mar 2023 by Julian Benson

GBP: Economy’s outlook depends on data

Activity has remained quite steady this week with gains from the pound against the US dollar and euro. UK growth is expected to be lower than the eurozone, which could keep the BofE from tightening much further.

1 Mar 2023 by Julian Benson

UK house prices fall to 11-year low

The pound received a nice boost against other major currencies yesterday following the Windsor Framework agreement made by prime minister Rishi Sunak on Monday.

1 Mar 2023 by Charles Purdy

Pound rebounds as UK-EU relations improve

Sterling enjoyed a brief flurry against most other currencies yesterday when the news of the ‘Windsor Framework’ came through. Although yesterday’s boost didn’t last long or amount to very much, it’s easy to forget how far we’ve come.…

USD 28 Feb 2023 by Christopher Nye

USD: All eyes on CB Consumer Confidence

On Monday, Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson delivered a speech on ways to measure and characterize recent inflation in the US, as well as the dual mandate yesterday at an online event hosted by Harvard University.

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