Yearly Archives: 2014

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Pound exchange rates finish the year on a high

31 December, 2014

Matthew Boyle

It has been a particularly quiet week on the market as we have had no real volume of data, or indeed any major releases…

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Eurozone Awaits Greek Election Results

30 December, 2014

Simon Eastman

As we came back to trading, with a lack of any real data releases to move markets traders awaited the Greek election results…

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Festive Lull on the Markets but still opportunities

29 December, 2014

Rob Bastin

As 2014 nears its end the currency markets continue to consolidate at pre-Xmas levels with most banks and traders still enjoying an extended break after the typical festive indulgences.

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Christmas Message from Currency Index

24 December, 2014

Tom Arnold

With an absence of any key data due out over the festive period it is likely rates will be fairly stable for a few days, so instead of our usual daily market bulletin, we have written a poem for Santa with our Christmas wish list…

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More data today before quiet in the currency markets

23 December, 2014

Simon Eastman

The pound spent much of Monday trading in a tight range across the board of major currencies…

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Pound Rallies to give UK buyers early Christmas present

22 December, 2014

Robin Haynes

Sterling enjoyed a strong week last week, giving better exchange rates for Brits sending money abroad against most major currencies…

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GBP comes up trumps following shock retail sales

19 December, 2014

Matthew Boyle

Retail sales showed a huge growth in what was a totally shock figure, the market went wild following the result and the pound gained across the board…

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US Dollar wins Wednesday’s data battle

18 December, 2014

Rob Bastin

Wednesday was a particularly busy day for economic data as the releases for all major currencies come thick and fast…

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Unemployment and Bank of England news today for exchange rates

17 December, 2014

Tom Arnold

Yesterday’s big news on the currency markets, saw the UK CPI inflation figure come out significantly lower than expected…

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Main banks pass stress test

16 December, 2014

Robin Haynes

This morning saw the results of the Bank of England’s ‘stress test’ on UK banks – the Co-Operative Bank was the only one to fail badly…

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