by Jonathan Cook | Jan 27, 2025 | Currency Market Updates
Regular readers will know that we often bang the drum for forward contracts here at Smart Currency. There’s a good reason why they are our most popular service for overseas property buyers; a great way to protect your hard-earned money from exchange rate...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 18, 2024 | Currency Market Updates
Interest rates continue to be the main driver of exchange rates, and can have a huge impact on your international transactions, pension paid overseas or purchase of a property. So what is the relationship? And what can you do to ensure that a decision made in London,...
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by Jonathan Cook | Nov 6, 2024 | Currency Market Updates
Extreme politics can have a serious effect on exchange rates – as the UK saw following the mini-budget – and we’ve already seen market movements since the result early on 5th November. What comes next and how can you protect your money? The world seemed...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 24, 2024 | Currency Market Updates
What is a Purchasing Managers’ Index, or ‘PMI’, and why can it impact currency movements? We explain more about this type of data and why it’s such a useful indicator of how economies are performing. What is a PMI? Within our articles and currency notes, we often...
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by Richard Way | Oct 3, 2024 | Currency Market Updates
Sterling is enjoying two-year highs, central banks have started cutting rates and the UK Government is threatening taxpayers with painful hikes. Are we on the cusp of an opportune time to sell up and escape to warmer climes? Here is some food for thought… Stronger...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 16, 2024 | Currency Market Updates
War in Ukraine being taken back to the Russians, the potential for escalation in the Middle East… two obvious examples of global threats right now. Then there is the further risk of pandemics, the risk of an economic slowdown in the world’s biggest...
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