Exchange rate developments and the events behind them. Each report is dated so you can see when it was published.
These are historical reports. The most recent story shown was published on 8 July 2013. For current indicative exchange rates, use the currency converter.
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – Trading in the Region of 1.4895 The Pound continues to trade below 1.50 against the US Dollar following last week’s surprisingly dovish policy statement from the Bank of England. Although…
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – Trading Higher In light of several pieces of positive UK data, and with the US economy causing concerns, the Pound was able to approach an 11-week high against the ‘Greenback’…
With the ups and downs of the Eurozone crisis urging investors to European safe-havens, the Swiss National Bank was forced to but a cap on a rapidly strengthening Franc back in September 2011. By…
Pound Sterling GBP/EUR – Trading Lower An absence of significant global economic news limited the Pound’s movement yesterday, but the British currency dropped to a two week low against the Euro this morning and…
The Swiss Franc is unchanged against the Dollar and Euro on Friday as investors attention is focused on the Japanese Yen after the Bank of Japan took the market by surprise by announcing a…
Pound Sterling GBP/USD – Trading lower The Pound slid against its US rival this morning prior to the Bank of England’s policy announcement. The central bank is largely expected to maintain its asset purchase…
Although Cyprus and the International Monetary Fund reached an agreement which will see the IMF bequeathing the struggling island nation 1 billion Euros, the stability of the Eurozone is far from assured. In recent…
Over the past twelve months the Krona has advanced by 6 per cent on the Euro. Although some measures now rate the Krona as too expensive, there are industry experts who argue that the…
The Euro slumped to a five-week low against the safe-haven Yen after a string of less-than-impressive data releases for the 17-nation currency bloc. Of particular importance was the news that the unemployment rate in…
After gaining on the US Dollar for five days the Pound has lost ground against its American rival as manufacturing data for the UK failed to meet expectations. Although economists had forecast that a…
Pound Sterling GBP/EUR – Hit two-month high The fiscal crisis in Cyprus and continuing political uncertainty in Italy caused the Euro to broadly soften yesterday, allowing the Pound to briefly achieve a two-month high…
Sterling was able to rise against the Euro as markets braced themselves for the reopening of banks in Cyprus. On March the 16th the EU presented Cyprus with a controversial proposal demanding the enforcement…