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2014-04 · Currency news archive

Browse historical reporting from the Money Transfer UK newsroom.

The pound rose again against both the euro and the dollar

The pound rose yesterday against both the euro and the US dollar following the latest batch of data out of the UK economy and fresh comments from the Bank of England regarding future interest rate movements. The Office…

The pound is on the rise again

The pound opened this short trading week trading at a 4 week high against the euro and a 4 year high against the US dollar. Confidence about the UK economic recovery, concerns about policy initiatives from the European…

The euro remains under pressure

The euro remains under pressure on the back of the dovish comments made by the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi, an increase in tension in the Ukraine and some newspaper reports that Benoit Coure, a…

The Pound Sterling gives up its recent gains

The pound gave up its recent gains yesterday against the euro and the US dollar despite the Bank of England keeping monetary policy unchanged for at least another month. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to…

Pound on the rise

The pound enjoyed a solid day of gains in the market yesterday rising to within one cent of its January high’s against both the euro and the US dollar finding support in the latest data from the Office for National…

Risk aversion makes a return

The latest US employment report out on Friday disappointed leading to a worldwide sell-off in the stock markets led by technology stocks. The increase in risk aversion allowed the pound to make a strong start to the…

Dollar continues to strengthen

The US dollar continues to strengthen from recent lows after another piece of better than expected US economic data. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday that the US non-farm payrolls rose by…

Euro comes under pressure

Despite some worse than expected UK economic data out for the second time this week, the pound continued to recover against the euro as the euro itself came under pressure yesterday. In the UK, the Markit/CIPS services…

Money Transfer News: The pound recovers against the euro

The pound recovered the losses incurred on Monday after a day of better data releases in the UK and further poor data from the euro zone. In the UK, the Nationwide reported that UK house prices rose by 0.4% in March to…

Euro Money Transfers: Pound falls against the Euro

The pound fell yesterday against the euro after Markit released its latest UK manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) which showed the index has fallen to an eight-month low with a figure of 55.3 in March, down…

The pound ends the quarter in subdued style

The pound ended the first quarter of 2014 in subdued fashion after another batch of decidedly mixed data out yesterday. The Bank of England reported that the rate of growth in the UK’s money supply fell by 0.1% in…

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