GBP/USD

GBP/USD
British Pound - US Dollar
Open
1.3761+0.0010 (+0.08%)
As of: Oct 25, 2021 06:46 UTC
Open
1.3750
High
1.3785
Low
1.3744

Stats

Prev. Close

1.3750

Open

1.3750

Day's Range

1.3744 - 1.3785

52 Week Range

1.2854 - 1.4251

YTD Change

0.65%

1 Year Change

5.42%

Economic Calendar

Time zone: GMT

Friday, October 22nd 2021

Time	Country	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
13:45	USD	Markit Services PMI Flash	58.2	55.1	54.9
14:00	USD	Fed Daly Speech
15:00	USD	Fed Chair Powell Speech
18:00	USD	Monthly Budget Statement	-62 B	-60 B	-171 B

Monday, October 25th 2021

Time	Time Left	Country	Event	Forecast	Previous
12:30	05:43	USD	Chicago Fed National Activity Index	0.18	0.29
13:00	06:13	GBP	BoE Tenreyro Speech
14:30	07:43	USD	Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	3.2	4.6

GBP/USD

The British Pound is also referred to as Sterling, with the GBP/USD pairing is referred to as Cable. Alongside with the U.S Dollar, Japanese Yen, and EUR, the Pound is the 3rd most held reserve currency. The Pound is also the 4th most traded currency in the FX markets. Average trading volumes sit at about USD330bn. Cable is the 3rd most liquid currency pairing, accounting for 11% of total transactions in the FX markets. Geopolitics and macroeconomics are key drivers for the pairing.

	United States		United Kingdom
Interest Rate	0.25% Sep 22, 21		0.1% Sep 23, 21
Inflation Rate	5.4% Sep 21		3.1% Sep 21
Credit Ratings	Moody's	S&P	Moody's	S&P
Credit Ratings	AaaStable	AA+Stable	Aa3Stable	AAStable