Sterling jittery in big week for UK economy

If you had cheerfully made an offer on a property in France, Spain, Portugal or elsewhere in the eurozone last week and planned a happy weekend imagining a sunnier lifestyle, you would have been alarmed to see the pound suddenly crash against the euro late on Friday...


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USD: Falling inflation sets the tone for dollar

Wednesday’s falling inflation data continues to weigh on the US dollar, which has now reached a one-year low against the euro and 10-month low against sterling. Producer prices fell 0.5% month-on-month in March, the largest decline since April 2020. Later today we’ll...


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GBP: Sterling failing to make headway against euro

The pound has weakened by around a third of a percent against the euro since yesterday morning, but strengthened by a similar amount against the US dollar. It’s been a slow week of grinding losses against the euro, continuing the battle that has seen little overall...


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