The Pound to Dollar exchange rate surged into the London close on Friday amid a spectacular rally from the Japanese Yen that appeared to drive a market-wide slump in Dollar exchange rates and was followed by reports of direct intervention from the government in Tokyo and Bank of Japan (BoJ).
October 21,2022
Pound Sterling was wallowing deep in the red against most counterpart currencies ahead of the weekend with dire economic figures and the Prime Ministerial selection process dominating the agenda while eliciting much commentary from analysts and economists.
October 21,2022
Pound Sterling stumbled into the final session of the week after Office for National Statistics (ONS) data suggested UK retail sales crumbled in September, effectively erasing more than two years of gains built since the first coronavirus-inspired closure of the economy in 2020.
October 21,2022
Prime Minister Lizz Truss announced on Thursday that she will resign from office following an undisclosed process to determine her replacement, leading to a range of responses from analysts, economists and others from across the economy, some of which are reproduced below.
October 20,2022
Pound Sterling's early gains melted away to leave behind widespread losses in what could remain volatile trade on Thursday following 'dovish' commentary from one Bank of England (BoE) official and amid what is increasingly banana republic style dysfunction in government and Westminster.
October 20,2022
The Pound rose against many major currencies during the penultimate session of the week but remains at risk from renewed political instability and uncertainty with all of the possible implications for a UK economy that some analysts describe as being already in recession.
October 20,2022
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