The GBPUSD increased 0.0035 or 0.27% to 1.2924 on Thursday March 27 from 1.2889 in the previous trading session. British Pound - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.

When converted to the value of one British pound Sterling in 2019, goods and services that cost one pound in 1210 would cost just over two thousand pounds in 2019, meaning that one pound in 1210 was worth approximately two thousand times more than it is today. This data can be used to calculate how much goods and services from the years shown would cost today, by multiplying the price from then by the number shown in the graph. For example, an item that cost 50 pounds in 1970 would theoretically cost 780 pounds in 2019's money.

Hong Kong HK: Spot Exchange Rate: HK$ per Pound Sterling data was reported at 9.970 HKD/GBP in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.205 HKD/GBP for Sep 2018. Hong Kong HK: Spot Exchange Rate: HK$ per Pound Sterling data is updated monthly, averaging 12.431 HKD/GBP from Jan 1996 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 274 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.087 HKD/GBP in Nov 2007 and a record low of 9.460 HKD/GBP in Oct 2016. Hong Kong HK: Spot Exchange Rate: HK$ per Pound Sterling data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Hong Kong Association of Banks. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong SAR – Table HK.M006: Forex and Effective Exchange Rate Index.

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The pound lost much terrain against the USD in May 2024, after a lack of economic figures. Financial markets responded unfavorably, as the pound lost out against other currencies. Inflation in the United Kingdom - as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached double-digit figures during the summer of 2022.

Prices for GBPUSD British Pound US Dollar including live quotes, historical charts and news. GBPUSD British Pound US Dollar was last updated by Trading Economics this March 26 of 2025.

The US dollar index of February 2025 was higher than it was in 2024, although below the peak in late 2022. This reveals itself in a historical graphic on the past 50 years, measuring the relative strength of the U.S. dollar. This metric is different from other FX graphics that compare the U.S. dollar against other currencies. The history of the DXY Index The index shown here – often referred to with the code DXY, or USDX – measures the value of the U.S. dollar compared to a basket of six other foreign currencies. This basket includes the euro, the Swiss franc, the Japanese yen, the Canadian dollar, the British pound, and the Swedish króna. The index was created in 1973, after the arrival of the petrodollar and the dissolution of the Bretton Woods Agreement. Today, most of these currencies remain connected to the United States' largest trade partners. The relevance of the DXY Index The index focuses on trade and the strength of the U.S. dollar against specific currencies. It less on inflation or devaluation, which is measured in alternative metrics like the Big Mac Index. Indeed, as the methodology behind the DXY Index has only been updated once – when the euro arrived in 1999 – some argue this composition is not accurate to the current state of the world. The price development of the U.S. dollar affects many things, including commodity prices in general.

The overnight London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) based on the British pound amounted to 0.18063 percent as of December 31, 2021. This is well below the value of 0.47 percent recorded on January 2, 2018. The LIBOR is one of the primary benchmarks for inter-bank short term lending interest rates around the world. It is calculated as an interest rate average using estimates submitted by the leading banks in London of how much they would be charged if they were to borrow from other banks.

The Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) - UK’s replacement for GBP London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), administered by the Bank of England - amounted to 4.46 percent as of the end of February 2025. This is well above the value of 0.47 percent recorded at the end of January 2018. The LIBOR was one of the primary benchmarks for inter-bank short term lending interest rates around the world. It is calculated as an interest rate average using estimates submitted by the leading banks in London of how much they would be charged if they were to borrow from other banks. LIBOR was discontinued in the summer of 2023 and a variety of replacements have been offered since, among which the SONIA.

Key information about UK Real Effective Exchange Rate

• United Kingdom Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER: 2005=100: Month Avg: United Kingdom) was 87.7 in Jan 2025, compared with the number of 89.4 in the previous month.
• UK Real Effective Exchange Rate data is updated monthly and averaged 107.9 from Jan 1994 to Jan 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 107.9 in Apr 2000 and a record low of 75.2 in Oct 2016.

CEIC generates Real Effective Exchange Rate Index with base 2005=100. Bank for International Settlements provides Real Effective Exchange Rate Index with base 2020=100. CPI is used as a deflator. An increase in REER indicates reduced competitiveness for the reporting economy.


Related information about UK Real Effective Exchange Rate

• In the latest reports, UK Short Term Interest Rate: Month End: ICE LIBOR: 3 Months was reported at 0.1 % pa in Apr 2021.
• The cash rate (Policy Rate: Month End: Base Rate) was set at 4.8 % pa in Jan 2025.
• UK Exchange Rate against USD averaged 0.8 (USD/GBP) in Jun 2023.

Sterling Overnight Index Average Rate in the United Kingdom remained unchanged at 4.45 percent on Tuesday February 18. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Sterling Overnight Index Average Rate.

Macau Exchange Rate: AMCM: MOP to British Pound data was reported at 1,029.510 MOP/100 GBP in Nov 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,026.680 MOP/100 GBP for Oct 2018. Macau Exchange Rate: AMCM: MOP to British Pound data is updated monthly, averaging 1,277.675 MOP/100 GBP from Jun 1984 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 414 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,656.890 MOP/100 GBP in Nov 2007 and a record low of 868.650 MOP/100 GBP in Feb 1985. Macau Exchange Rate: AMCM: MOP to British Pound data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Monetary Authority of Macao. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Macau SAR – Table MO.M004: Foreign Exchange Rate and Exchange Rate Index.

United Kingdom Govt Secs: Gross Issuance: Market Value: Index Linked Gilts data was reported at 664.784 GBP mn in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 656.350 GBP mn for Dec 2017. United Kingdom Govt Secs: Gross Issuance: Market Value: Index Linked Gilts data is updated quarterly, averaging 267.695 GBP mn from Mar 2004 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 664.784 GBP mn in Mar 2018 and a record low of 88.432 GBP mn in Mar 2004. United Kingdom Govt Secs: Gross Issuance: Market Value: Index Linked Gilts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Debt Management Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Z016: Debt Management Office: Debt Securities Statistics.

Macau Exchange Rate: AMCM: Period Avg: MOP to British Pound data was reported at 1,040.429 MOP/100 GBP in Nov 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,050.591 MOP/100 GBP for Oct 2018. Macau Exchange Rate: AMCM: Period Avg: MOP to British Pound data is updated monthly, averaging 1,274.911 MOP/100 GBP from Jun 1984 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 414 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,659.431 MOP/100 GBP in Nov 2007 and a record low of 877.180 MOP/100 GBP in Feb 1985. Macau Exchange Rate: AMCM: Period Avg: MOP to British Pound data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Monetary Authority of Macao. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Macau SAR – Table MO.M004: Foreign Exchange Rate and Exchange Rate Index.

The main stock market index in the United Kingdom (GB100) increased 479 points or 5.86% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from United Kingdom. United Kingdom Stock Market Index (GB100) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.

The UK inflation rate was three percent in January 2025, up from 2.5 percent in the previous month, and the fastest rate of inflation since March 2024. Between September 2022 and March 2023, the UK experienced seven months of double-digit inflation, which peaked at 11.1 percent in October 2022. Due to this long period of high inflation, UK consumer prices have increased by over 20 percent in the last three years. As of the most recent month, prices were rising fastest in the communications sector, at 6.1 percent, but were falling in both the furniture and transport sectors, at -0.3 percent and -0.6 percent respectively.
The Cost of Living Crisis High inflation is one of the main factors behind the ongoing Cost of Living Crisis in the UK, which, despite subsiding somewhat in 2024, is still impacting households going into 2025. In December 2024, for example, 56 percent of UK households reported their cost of living was increasing compared with the previous month, up from 45 percent in July, but far lower than at the height of the crisis in 2022. After global energy prices spiraled that year, the UK's energy price cap increased substantially. The cap, which limits what suppliers can charge consumers, reached 3,549 British pounds per year in October 2022, compared with 1,277 pounds a year earlier. Along with soaring food costs, high-energy bills have hit UK households hard, especially lower income ones that spend more of their earnings on housing costs. As a result of these factors, UK households experienced their biggest fall in living standards in decades in 2022/23. Global inflation crisis causes rapid surge in prices The UK's high inflation, and cost of living crisis in 2022 had its origins in the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the initial waves of the virus, global supply chains struggled to meet the renewed demand for goods and services. Food and energy prices, which were already high, increased further in 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 brought an end to the era of cheap gas flowing to European markets from Russia. The war also disrupted global food markets, as both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of cereal crops. As a result of these factors, inflation surged across Europe and in other parts of the world, but typically declined in 2023, and approached more usual levels by 2024.

One United States dollar was worth over 15,000 Indonesian rupiah in March 2024, the highest value in a comparison of over 50 different currencies worldwide. All countries and territories shown here are based on the Big Mac Index - a measurement of how much a single Big Mac is worth across different areas in the world. This exchange rate comparison reveals a strong position of the dollar in Asia and Latin America. Note, though, that several of the top currencies shown here do not rank among the most traded. The quarterly U.S. dollar exchange rate against the 10 biggest forex currencies only contains the Korean won and the Japanese yen.

2,10,205 (Pound sterling) in 2020. Simple average house prices

235.999 (Pound sterling) in 2020. Simple average house prices