30 May 2013 GBP in slow trading, month-end rebalancing flows + weaker US dollar dominate the picture

  Today's live coverage of the performance of the British pound and the key currencies it trades against. Highlights:1) USD Weakness persists, GBP/USD thus higher2) GBP/EUR advances as Eurozo…

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21 May 2013 Pound Sterling Live on Tuesday 21: GBP receives a battering as UK inflation figures come in well below expectations

Today is a big day for the British pound - inflation has come in well below expectations which has driven a frantic sell-off in the UK currency.

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20 May 2013 Pound Sterling Live on Monday the 20th: Busy week for sterling ahead with Bank of England MPC minutes forming the highlight

The Bank of England's May MPC minutes are to form the highlight of the coming week for the British pound with suggestions that more MPC members will have voted to withold extra monetary stimulus.

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17 May 2013 The British Pound Live on Friday the 17th: Dr. Vasileios Gkionakis tells of further GBP strength in coming days

The standout event of today must surely be the continued advance of the British pound against the Australian dollar. Is there more to come?   12:30: Dr. Vasileios Gkionakis consults the look…

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16 May 2013 Understanding the GBP/EUR: The eurozone's 'real' recession while UK suffers nothing more than a 'statistical mishap'

Whereas it appears that the UK double dip recession was a statistical mishap - data revision will probably eliminate the downturn in 2011/2012 - the European Union likely suffered an actual return to…

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