Monthly Currency News
Each month our dedicated team write an article summarising the world currency markets. See extracts of the articles below.
| Summary Of World Currency Markets For November 2008 | Welcome back to our monthly report on what is going on with the major currencies all around the world. Last time we saw that the world economy was having a major effect on how various different currencies were behaving with each other in the currency markets. If you had your currency converter handy you might have seen very different results on one day to the ones you had seen even the day before. Read more.... |
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| Summary Of World Currency Markets For October 2008 | September’s report on what was going on around the world with some of the major currencies was as ever an eye opening one. For starters the US dollar was showing its strength once more, and we shall be taking a look at whether it was able to carry on with that momentum during October, as the Presidential race continued apace. Read more..... | |
| Summary Of World Currency Markets For September 2008 | As we saw during our look at August’s markets last month, this is clearly not a time of good results for many currencies. In fact the markets are so up and down at the moment that you could be sitting in front of your computer, seeing how far your cash would take you in other countries with the help of a currency converter, and the picture could well be changing by the minute. Read more... |
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| Summary Of World Currency Markets For August 2008 | Our monthly look at the currency markets was rather interesting last month, giving us an idea that the threat of a recession in several regions of the world wasn’t too far away. In some countries it didn’t feel as if much was happening at all – almost as if the world was holding its breath to see what was going to happen and waiting for other currencies to make the first moves. So what would August hold? Would we see some upward movement at last, or would things continue to go downhill? If they did, which currencies would fare the worst? It is certainly advisable to keep an eye on your currency converter if you are planning a late summer holiday, just in case you can get better value for money in a different country to the one you were planning on visiting in the first place. Read more... | |
| Summary Of World Currency Markets For July 2008 | So how did the world’s top currencies – and countries - fare in July? The bruised and battered South Korean won was certainly looking for a better month, while the US dollar probably would have been grateful for a relatively stable month after the ups and downs of recent times.Meanwhile the Euro wasn’t looking as strong as it once had, and many other world currencies were struggling to maintain any kind of strength at all. These are certainly tough times as far as Forex dealers and many other people are concerned – even if you are planning to go on vacation soon you would be best advised to stay close to that currency converter to see which locations will give you the best exchange rate for your cash. Read more... | |
| Summary Of World Currency Markets For June 2008 | May was a fascinating month in the world of currency. The Asian markets were probably glad to see the back of it, as they were struggling against a number of other currencies, while the US dollar didn’t do too badly in contrast. In Europe the Slovakian koruna was the one that was making the headlines, as it took on the might of the Euro and won. The irony was that it is soon to be swallowed by the larger currency, so any joy at its strength is clearly not going to last that long. But we’re moving on to June’s news now, so let’s take a look at what happened and see which currencies had the best results – and which ones struggled in comparison. Read more... | |
| Summary Of World Currency Markets For May 2008 | April saw a great degree of uncertainty and anxious times around the world as the price of oil went but one way, the price of food started to go in the same direction and talk of recessions and interest rates didn’t look too good either. As often happens when times are going through a bad patch, the signs are seen most accurately in the world’s currencies. Struggling currencies are signs of a country’s weakness at that point, while stronger ones are generally indicative of better times. Read more... | |