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 24 Aug 2020 by Christopher Nye

Pound starts weaker, but could be a bumpy week

It could be a volatile week for sterling. After the excitement of Friday, the pound starts the week around 0.5% lower today than early Friday.

24 Aug 2020 by Christopher Nye

Policy signals dominate the week

There’s a week of politics and policymakers ahead of us, with important signals as to the future of monetary policy at the Jackson Hole symposium, the “return to normality” from Covid, Trump’s potential second term and of course,…

USD 21 Aug 2020 by Christopher Nye

Dollar regains safe-haven appeal

The dollar was slightly stronger yesterday as its safe-haven appeal came into play again. This was a result of meeting minutes from the Federal Reserve, which expressed worries over the US economy, and jobless claims data.

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EUR 21 Aug 2020 by Christopher Nye

Officials uncertain about outlook

Minutes from the ECB’s latest monetary policy meeting were released yesterday. The word ‘uncertainty’ appeared 20 times, which probably sums up the outlook for most central banks at the moment.

GBP 21 Aug 2020 by Christopher Nye

Retail sales don’t disappoint

The pound was boosted by increased retail sales, more than gaining what it lost against the euro yesterday and gaining its losses against the dollar. Sterling has risen 7% against the dollar over the past seven months, but…

21 Aug 2020 by Christopher Nye

Pound boosted as Britain spends again

Sterling gained 1% or so on the euro overnight, continuing this morning as retail sales grew by 3.6% between June and July. Indeed retail sales were higher than in February, before the pandemic began. This makes is less…

USD 20 Aug 2020 by Christopher Nye

USD: Dollar stronger as Fed voice concerns for US economy

The dollar rebounded slightly against the pound and euro yesterday afternoon ahead of the release of the FOMC minutes. It then strengthened further when the minutes were released, due to its safe haven status.

EUR 20 Aug 2020 by Christopher Nye

EUR: ECB meeting minutes today

Today, the ECB will release minutes from the latest monetary policy meeting. No huge changes are expected but views from officials on the EU’s economic outlook will be in focus.

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