EUR: Euro shrugs off poor economic data
The euro managed to gain some ground against the pound and other currencies towards the end of yesterday, despite poor economic data from Germany.
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Today's move
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
GBP / EUR
▲ 0.08%
1.1992
A transfer of €300,000 would cost
£211 less
today than yesterday.
GBP / USD
▲ 0.50%
1.3477
A transfer of $350,000 would cost
£1,311 less
today than yesterday.
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GBP: Markets look to BoE meeting tomorrow
After recovering slightly against the euro and the dollar yesterday, the pound is weaker against both this morning.
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Federal Reserve interest rate decision today
The Federal Reserve will announce its latest decision on interest rates today following a two-day monetary policy meeting. It is widely expected that officials will raise the interest rate by half a percentage point and the markets will…
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Sterling dives again as Bank ponders rate rise
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USD: Dollar beats all-comers in interest rate decision week
The US dollar’s winning ways continued over the long weekend, although its performance was muted against sterling in a week when both economies will see interest rate decisions.
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EUR: Economic data disappoints
The single currency had a mixed day yesterday following a mixed week but a generally positive month against all but the US dollar.
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GBP: Modest recovery in sterling
The pound has traded sideways against the euro recovered a fraction of its losses against the US dollar over the long weekend.
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Dollar rises strongly ahead of Fed decision tomorrow
The big story continues to be the strength of the US dollar, which has strengthened by a minimum of 3% against the next nine major currencies over the past month. The prompt for that has been, firstly, the…
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