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 21 Sep 2022 by Christopher Nye

EUR: Putin’s escalation of Ukraine war sees euro weaken

Euro weakened this morning following Putin's escalation of the current war in Ukraine.

GBP 21 Sep 2022 by Christopher Nye

GBP: BoE to announce UK’s latest interest rate tomorrow

Sterling strengthens against the euro following the latest developments in the Ukraine war, and ahead of the BoE's interest rate decision tomorrow.

21 Sep 2022 by Christopher Nye

Sterling boosted against euro following Putin’s war escalation

Due to the turn of events in the Ukraine war, sterling has strengthened against the euro this morning.

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21 Sep 2022 by Charles Purdy

Putin’s threats send markets into a spin

The current battle between central banks and inflation, via interest rate rises, makes guessing where exchange rates will go, impossible. Because while out-of-control inflation is bad for an economy – and hence the country’s currency – interest rate…

USD 20 Sep 2022 by Charles Purdy

USD: Fed considers historic rate rise

The dollar maintained its strong position against the euro and pound yesterday, in a start to the week devoid of high-level data for the markets to feed on. This morning it has declined a little, despite reports that…

EUR 20 Sep 2022 by Charles Purdy

EUR: Markets wait for speech by Lagarde

The euro remained largely unchanged in a quiet day for data yesterday. However it remains at its strongest against the pound since early February 2021 (when the pound began pulling away due to its better strategy on vaccines).…

GBP 20 Sep 2022 by Charles Purdy

GBP: Pound starts working week on the up

There was little movement for GBP in the currency markets yesterday, with the public holiday to mark the Queen’s funeral. This morning the pound has strengthened by roughly 0.2% against the euro and US dollar.

20 Sep 2022 by Charles Purdy

Currencies at risk of interest rate expectations

Sterling moved gently up and down yesterday before ending the day roughly where it started, only fractionally up on its lowest position since early 2021 against the euro and since 1985 against the US dollar. However, in early…

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