Pound / Dollar GBP/USD
Yahoo Finance, delayed · updated
"Cable": how many dollars one British pound buys.
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Pound / Dollar is down 0.11% over the day, now 1.3316. Over 30 days −0.3%.
Mixed picture. The dollar is strengthening, which usually weighs on this asset.
GBP: CPI y/y, Oct 21, 06:00 UTC (forecast 3.4%).
Price history
Daily closes · Yahoo Finance
What is behind the price
Central banks
Rate gap: −0.25 pp in favour of USD. Money is drawn to the higher rate, but price reacts to changes in the gap, not its level.
Yields
Calendar
- GBPCPI y/yforecast 3.4% · prev 3.1%
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Sessions
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Key numbers
- Price
- 1.3316
- Previous close
- 1.3330
- 7 days
- +0.56%
- 30 days
- −0.31%
- 1 year
- −0.96%
- 52-week high
- 1.3847
- 52-week low
- 1.3012
- 200-day average
- 1.3434
- Quote time
- Oct 19, 12:42 UTC
- Source
- Yahoo Finance (delayed)
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What is Pound / Dollar?
"Cable": how many dollars one British pound buys.
What moves the price of GBP/USD?
Bank of England and Fed decisions, UK inflation, politics.
Where do the numbers on this page come from and how often do they update?
Delayed Yahoo Finance quotes refreshed every few hours. Macro from FRED (St. Louis Fed), company filings from SEC EDGAR. Each block names its source.
How do I trade GBP/USD?
Through a broker as a CFD: a contract on the price difference, not buying the asset itself. Leveraged CFDs are very risky and most retail accounts lose money on them.
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