Dollar

FTSE 100 ends 2022 slightly up despite global turmoil
Share index is one of few to post rise but pound has worst year against US dollar since 2016
Graeme Wearden
30, Dec, 2022 @3:50 PM

The Bank’s newfound appetite to tackle risk is welcome, if a little late | Nils Pratley
The financial policy committee has decided to take on ‘shadow banking’ which has been thriving since 2008
Nils Pratley
13, Dec, 2022 @7:20 PM

Why is sterling falling and what does it mean for the rest of the world?
Huge tax cuts announced by the government sent the pound to a record low against the dollar. We explain why, and what happens next
Phillip Inman
26, Sep, 2022 @7:16 PM

‘It’s a major concern’: how two UK firms are facing up to pound’s crash
A craft brewer in Peterborough and a Birmingham metal stamping firm face new challenges as sterling slides
Jasper Jolly and Rob Davies
26, Sep, 2022 @4:08 PM

Pound’s plummet underlines schoolboy error by Kwasi Kwarteng
Chancellor added to market worries by pledging further tax cuts in full budget planned for later this year
Larry Elliott Economics editor
26, Sep, 2022 @8:25 AM

What does the pound’s slump mean for the UK and its consumers?
How the currency crisis affects imports, prices, investors and the Bank of England
Phillip Inman
26, Sep, 2022 @7:38 AM

Pound falls to 37-year low against dollar as mini-budget puts markets in spin
FTSE 100 drops more than 2% to trade below 7,000 for first time since early March
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
23, Sep, 2022 @1:06 PM

Japan forced to prop up yen after bank keeps to negative interest rates
Central banks are putting rates up as currencies slide against dollar but Japan and Turkey buck trend
Graeme Wearden
22, Sep, 2022 @4:38 PM

Why is the euro doing so badly against the dollar?
Analysis: Investors often turn to US currency in times of uncertainty and there are plenty of reasons for them to be jittery
Larry Elliott
12, Jul, 2022 @3:28 PM

Euro nears parity with dollar as pound hits two-year low
Europe’s single currency battered by fears over gas supply from Russia and US interest rate rises
Julia Kollewe and Graeme Wearden
12, Jul, 2022 @9:04 AM

Russian central bank buys up roubles to avert stock market collapse
Bank scrambles to prevent invasion of Ukraine sending Russia’s financial system into meltdown as currency hits all-time low
Phillip Inman
24, Feb, 2022 @5:51 PM

The next global economic emergency? Deepening debt in the developing world
Poorer nations were more fragile before Covid-19, had less scope to stimulate economies, and are on the wrong side of the vaccine divide
Larry Elliott
17, Oct, 2021 @9:49 AM
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