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An Active Tussle Against the Japanese Yen

Friday January 13, 2012

We haven’t taken a closer look at the battle between the British pound and the Japanese yen for a while, so perhaps we should focus our attentions on this pairing on the currency converter this month.

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The Pound Puts Up a Stirring Display Against the Icelandic Krona

Friday January 13, 2012

This is always an interesting currency pairing to look at on the currency converter. This is namely because the Icelandic currency is not one that immediately springs to mind when we think of major world currencies.

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Not Good News for the Pound Against the Hong Kong Dollar

Thursday December 15, 2011

While the British pound was doing well against the troubled Euro during November, the same could not be said against the Hong Kong dollar. Here the pound was starting with an exchange rate of 12.453, but it would not hold that ground for very long.

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Can the British Pound Defend Itself Against the Weakening Euro?

Thursday December 15, 2011

The first week ended on 1.1611 so while the rate dropped back a little it didn’t sink without trace. The pound kept up its strength throughout the second week too, rallying to 1.1674 as it began and then heading up to 1.1718 before dropping back to close out the week on 1.1671.

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Will Greece Imminently Leave the Euro and Return to the Drachma?

Thursday November 17, 2011

There is a very real possibility that Greece may leave both the Euro and the EU before the end of 2011. Moreover, if Greece does retreat from the EU and Euro the ramifications will be felt throughout the world for some time to come.

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An Overview of the Pound’s Position Against the US Dollar

Monday November 14, 2011

The ups and downs of the currency markets have been quite difficult to keep track of in recent months. The global turmoil seems to be reaching fever pitch at times, and at the end of September the pound was worth 1.5580 against the US dollar.

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Two European Currencies Going Head to Head

Friday November 11, 2011

Not every European country is part of the Euro – a fact that some will probably be quite thankful for at this moment in time. But there are still exchange rates to be sorted out between other currencies, not least the British pound and the Swiss franc. How did these two perform against each other during October?

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Exploring the Benefits of a Money Converter

Thursday October 20, 2011

What is a money converter? Basically speaking it is a widget that allows you to figure out how much one currency is worth in relation to another.

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The British Pound Has a Battle Against the Icelandic Krona

Friday October 14, 2011

The Icelandic currency isn’t one we typically look at very often. But the pattern during September was interesting enough to warrant a closer look on the currency converter to see how the exchange rate varied from the starting point of 185.060.

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Can the British Pound Take Advantage of a Euro on the Ropes?

Friday October 14, 2011

Unless you have been somewhere out of reach of the outside world in recent months, you cannot fail to have noticed that the Euro has never been in more trouble than it is at the moment. At the end of August the British pound was worth 1.1291 against the European single currency. But a lot happened during September.

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