Exchange rate developments and the events behind them. Each report is dated so you can see when it was published.
These reports were published in May 2013. For current indicative exchange rates, use the currency converter.
The Thai Baht, which has been Asia’s top performing currency this year, was little changed at 29.87 Baht per Dollar after the publication of less-impressive-growth than expected. According to the National Economic and Social…
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – Trading Higher, 1.5206 An industry report revealing a 2.1 per cent increase in UK house prices in May allowed the Pound to strengthen modestly against the US Dollar, edging away…
The US Dollar surged against the Japanese Yen after being buoyed by better-than-expected US consumer sentiment data. The currency was also supported after a Federal Reserve official suggested that the Central Bank will start…
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – 1.524 The Pound has weakened against the US Dollar due to increasing speculation that the US Federal Reserve is coming closer to deciding to end its monetary stimulus program. Sterling…
Yesterday the Ruble declined against the Bank Rossii’s target basket of currencies as the price of oil, a key Russian commodity, fell and Russian policy makers defied some economist’s expectations by holding interest rates…
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – Trading Lower, 1.5203 While the BoE’s inflation report was comparatively optimistic, and triggered Sterling gains yesterday, the Pound was trading in the region of a six-week low against the US…
Yesterday the Swiss Franc fell to its lowest level against the US Dollar for nine months as the American currency continued to enjoy a bullish relationship with its peers, and today the currency softened…
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – Trading Lower, 1.5196 Sterling dipped below 1.52 against the US Dollar prior to the release of the Bank of England’s inflation report. However, the Pound was able to gain on…
The British Pound has dropped to a two-week low against the US Dollar due to speculation that investors will offload their holdings of the currency ahead of the Bank of the England’s inflation forecast…
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – Trading Higher, 1.5312 Yesterday better-than-forecast US retail sales figures caused the ‘Greenback’ to strengthen and pushed the Pound below 1.53 against its American rival. Sterling was able to stage a…
For a second day the Yuan weakened as the People’s Bank of China cut its daily fixing. As the US Dollar broadly gained and the market reacted to the recent G-7 meeting the reference…
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – Trading Lower, 1.5367 With UK news thin on the ground today the Pound retained losses against the US Dollar as European markets opened. Sterling is currently trading in the region…