EUR: Lagarde to speak this week
President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, will speak later today and on Wednesday.
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Today's move
Monday, 11 January 2021
GBP / EUR
▼ 0.17%
1.1667
A transfer of €300,000 would cost
£449 more
today than yesterday.
GBP / USD
▼ 0.49%
1.3425
A transfer of $350,000 would cost
£1,276 more
today than yesterday.
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GBP: BoE officials to comment on negative interest rates
The pound is slightly weaker against the euro and dollar this morning as the possibility of negative interest rate cuts from the Bank of England continue to weigh.
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Possibility of negative interest rates weighs on pound
The pound is under pressure against the euro and the dollar this morning due to the increasing possibility that the Bank of England will introduce negative interest rates. Several BoE officials are due to speak this week, including…
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A return to better than normal?
The pound has been trading in a fairly narrow band over the past week, paring back swings of 3% over the previous three weeks against the euro but currently relatively strong. It has weakened by half a percentage…
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USD: Dollar stronger ahead of Non-Farm Payrolls
The dollar has strengthened to its highest level in a week against the euro, benefitting from hopes of a strong economic recovery. This comes ahead of Non-Farm Payrolls data later today.
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EUR: ECB point to economic contraction at end of 2020
In its Economic Bulletin yesterday, the European Central Bank that economic data points to economic contraction at the end of 2020. They also said that the start of vaccinations supports expectations for a rapid recovery.
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GBP: Pound up against euro
The pound has strengthened slightly against the euro this morning, possibly after Boris Johnson’s vaccine update yesterday.
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Pound stronger on vaccine hopes
The pound has strengthened slightly against the euro this morning following the Prime Minister’s pledge yesterday to vaccinate “hundreds of thousands” of people a day in the UK from the middle of January. However, sterling has been weak…
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