by Roseanne Bradley | Mar 21, 2023 | Currency 101, Currency Updates
On 10th March, California-based Silicon Valley Bank experienced the biggest failure of an American financial institution for 15 years. It triggered further difficulties for lenders across the globe, and worries for one of Europe’s troubled institutions, Credit...
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by Sharyh Murray-Francis | Feb 16, 2023 | Currency Updates
At the start of the year, several major banks and financial institutions predicted where the pound, euro and dollar would be by the end of Q1 of 2023 and beyond. 45 days into the year, we look at how those currency predictions have fared against reality. Pound versus...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 5, 2023 | Currency Updates
How much will your pounds (or dollars) be worth if you’re buying a property in Europe in 2023? See the major influences of last year and how they will continue to affect how much you have to spend in Europe next year. What happened in 2022? During 2022 one pound...
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by Sharyh Murray-Francis | Oct 13, 2022 | Currency Updates
Our brand-new quarterly forecast comes at a nervy and excitable time in the currency markets. See what the ‘experts’ predict the pound will be worth against the euro and dollar by Christmas and into 2023. The mini-Budget upset the markets, inflation is at...
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by Roseanne Bradley | Sep 29, 2022 | Currency Updates
Chaos in the UK economy following last week’s mini-Budget has raised fears over mortgages, as the Bank of England promises an intervention to stop inflation and a run on the pound. So how do interest rates affect mortgages? And why is the crisis affecting sterling?...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 30, 2022 | Currency Updates
When Sunak was made chancellor the pound leapt up. Will that happen again if he becomes PM? Truss is promising immediate tax cuts that will put money in the wealthy’s pockets; could that boost economic growth and support the pound? Here we check out some of the...
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