The pound to euro history reveals that exchange rates in 2022 were not as low as they were during 2008 or since the Brexit referendum. Since the United Kingdom (UK) held a referendum on its European Union membership in June 2016, the British pound (GBP) weakened against the euro. From a high of 1.43 at the end of November 2015, the GBP to EUR exchange rate has remained below 1.2 since July 2016, sitting at 1.11 as of October 2020. By June 27, 2025, values had reached 1.17 euros per pound. The euro to pound exchange rate can be found on a different page. Hitting UK citizens' pockets It is not just European holidaymakers that are hit when the British pound to Euro exchange rate falls. The average UK consumer also feels the pinch as inflation rates often rise to cover the shortfall of the pound. When the inflation rate rises, the price of imported goods goes up and the consumer ends up paying more. GBP to U.S. dollar Since 2016’s referendum, the British pound (GBP) fell across the exchange. The GBP's fall against the Euro was also reflected against the U.S. dollar where the exchange rate in May 2016 (pre-referendum) of 1.46 dollars to the pound has fallen significantly.

As of July 10, 2025, the GBP/USD rate experienced a resistance around 1.36 level according to 50-day Fibonacci. Fibonacci — based off the famous infinite math sequence from 13-century Italy — is a metric often used in FX trading to find key levels of support and resistance. Essentially, the sequence potentially reveals thresholds on which traders can buy or sell assets and are frequently set as profit targets. When these retracements are met, traders will act.

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 July 12 of 2025.

This report analyses the exchange rate between the Great British pound (GBP) sterling and the US dollar (USD). Figures are quoted in terms of USD ($) per GBP (£), meaning that a rise in the figure represents a stronger comparative pound. The data is sourced from the Bank of England (BoE) in addition to estimates by IBISWorld, with reference to the conditioning assumptions for the sterling effective exchange rate published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The figures represent annual averages for each financial year (i.e., April through March). The spot price of the pound sterling in US dollars is determined by the supply and demand of the two currencies, which is in turn predominantly affected by the relative performance of the two economies and differences is monetary policy (i.e., interest rates) and inflation rates. The GBP/USD currency pair is one of the most frequently traded on global foreign exchange markets and, like all money markets, can be relatively volatile. The US dollar is also seen as a "safe-haven" currency, which can also have a significant bearing on the way it trades against other currencies on the global market.

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During 2022, the GBP/USD exchange rate reached its lowest value ever recorded, after the UK government announced its initial plans to combat inflation. Prices did increase again after these plans were turned back shortly after. As of June 27, 2025, one pound was valued at roughly 1.37 U.S. dollars. What affects an exchange rate? There are several factors that can impact an exchange rate. In terms of the current situation, the political and economic standings surrounding Brexit is probably the largest driver in the current form of the British pound. Other factors include inflation and interest rates, public debts, deficits as well as the country's export prices to import prices ratio. British pound to Euro Since the United Kingdom (UK) held a referendum on its European Union membership in June 2016, the British pound's (GBP) standing against the Euro has also been impacted. During the first half of 2020, the British pound against the Euro weakened overall.

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This statistic shows ten leading UK investment funds in the category "sterling corporate bonds" ranked by the performance value in five-year period as of end of November 2023. An investor looking to make a 100 British pound investment in November 2019 with the leading fund would have a value of *** British pounds by the end of November 2024.

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Sterling Infrastructure is expected to exhibit solid growth in the real estate sector. The company's strong financial performance, strategic acquisitions, and focus on sustainable development position it for continued success. However, risks include market volatility, interest rate fluctuations, and competition within the industry. Investors should consider these risks and potential rewards before making investment decisions.

The yen continued to weaken against the pound in July 2025, as investors questioned the country's economic plans and recent developments in the global market. This is a different situation than in, for example, September 2022, when the UK government announced its plans to roll out trickle-down economics in the country — financial measures that would mostly benefit the wealthier parts of UK society and that would eventually “spill over” to other parts of the country. Such measures had been introduced before in the United Kingdom during the 1980s - when GDP did increase overall. Nevertheless, many economists and investors believed the current plans were “risky” or “an experiment”, as the economy suffered from issues on the demand side.

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The 1964-1970 Wilson governments were committed to economic planning and consensus with both sides of industry, designed to deliver 4 per cent growth and industrial modernization. But it achieved only 2.4 per cent average annual growth. This arose from a lack of confidence, arising from a weak external balance, on the part of the financial markets that the sterling-dollar rate of 1£=$2.80 was sustainable. Ultimately the pound was devalued by 14.3 per cent in November 1967.

Wilson’s defence of the pound has often been criticized. It has been argued that by drawing on external support to supplement the reserves Labour gave overriding influence over macroeconomic policy to foreign central bankers and the IMF whose main concern was not growth but a fall in imports, to be achieved by deflation. Devaluation, it is said, would have freed Britain from such influences. Yet the evidence suggests that throughout 1964-67 the case for an adjustment was not as powerful as has been assumed. Only in the autumn of 1967 did devaluation become inescapable, following bad trade figures occasioned by dock strikes, a global economic slowdown and the closure of the Suez Canal during and after the Arab-Israeli War. The events of 1968, when the exchange rate came under renewed pressure and the budget was by the government’s own admission ‘punishing’ suggests the choice between disinflation and devaluation may have been illusory. At the same time the measures taken to protect Sterling after 1964 were largely successful exercises in the control of speculative forces which were gaining strength in an increasingly interdependent world economy. The government’s actions reveal a commitment to managed markets at home and within the international environment: they were not rewarded with rapid growth but by 1970 they had arguably freed the UK from its ‘balance of payment constraints’.

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The material falls into two distinct parts. First, there is a set of graphs covering aspects of macroeconomic policy and outcome. Most of these have been compiled using material in the time series data provided in National Statistics Online. Particular attention is paid to the balance of payments. The period covered sometimes extends beyond the years under investigation (1964-1970), in order to achieve some sense of relative performance.

The second part consists of files of my own research notes covering key aspects of the study. Three of these are chronologies of crucial events (the 1965 Sterling crisis, the 1967 devaluation of Sterling, a narrative of the troubled history of Sterling in 1968). The fourth is a discussion of macroeconomic policy in 1965-67. These notes are based on secondary and, above all, on primary source material. The greater part of the latter was found in the National Archives, Kew, London.

The format of these research notes varies between summaries of events, documents and leading actors’ views (as recorded in their published diaries), and some discursive sections arising from my own interrogation of the source material. They provide the raw material for the published work which has started to emerge from this project.

After reaching the lowest recorded value in October 2020, the amount of Swiss francs that one British pound could buy gradually increased until early 2021. This similar was to 2019, when a decrease occurred before being almost fully recovered by the end of that year. As of May 2, 2025, the exchange rate reached approximately 1.10 Swiss frances per pound. The GBP/CHF currency pair was one of the most traded pairs on the global forex market in 2020.

Revenue is projected to climb at a compound annual rate of 1.6% to £48.9 billion over the five years through 2024-25. Recent economic headwinds, including severe inflationary pressures and geopolitical tensions, have taken a hit on consumer spending and business activity, which has limited industry growth. However, the industry is countercyclical, meaning that demand for legal work in certain areas, including litigation and insolvency matters, grows in times of economic downturn. The largest firms have responded to the challenges posed by weaker business activity in the UK by expanding internationally, engaging in M&A initiatives and broadening their services to compete with accounting firms. The introduction of legislation allowing non-legal entities to own legal firms through alternative business structures has created significant price-driven competition. Pressure on fees has encouraged firms to enhance efficiency and cut costs. Law firms have increasingly invested in technology that reduces human error and speeds up routine work, increasing the time employees have to engage in more valuable activities. Following strong growth in 2021-22 as the economy recovered from the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, an adverse economic climate weakened industry performance over the two years through 2023-24. Soaring inflation, steep borrowing costs and geopolitical tensions eroded business confidence and restricted business spending, with M&A activity taking a hit. Residential property transactions also dropped amid squeezed consumer finances and high mortgage rates. However, revenue is estimated to climb by 3% in 2024-25 thanks to improving economic conditions, with inflation subsiding and interest rate cuts boosting business confidence and expansionary activity. Competitive pressures and the war for talent have weighed on profit. Amid growing costs, larger firms have hiked their fees to support revenue and profit. Over the five years through 2029-30, revenue is forecast to swell at a compound annual rate of 2.8% to £56.2 billion. A more positive economic climate will drive business activity, including deal-making and IPOs, hiking demand for corporate law. The housing market is also set to expand, fuelling property law demand, while more and more organisations will seek legal advice on sustainability matters. Consolidation activity will take place as firms seek to find avenues for growth. The pace of technological advancement will quicken, with more firms attempting to enhance the efficiency of their services using artificial intelligence, blockchain and smart contracts. This will help support profit growth, though the war for talent shows no sign of slowing down.

The gross domestic product of the United Kingdom was around 2.56 trillion British pounds, an increase when compared to the previous year, when UK GDP amounted to about 2.54 trillion pounds. The significant drop in GDP visible in 2020 was due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the smaller declines in 2008 and 2009 because of the global financial crisis of the late 2000s. Low growth problem in the UK Despite growing by 0.9 percent in 2024, and 0.4 percent in 2023 the UK economy is not that much larger than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Since recovering from a huge fall in GDP in the second quarter of 2020, the UK economy has alternated between periods of contraction and low growth, with the UK even in a recession at the end of 2023. While economic growth picked up somewhat in 2024, GDP per capita is lower than it was in 2022, following two years of negative growth. UK's global share of GDP falling As of 2024, the UK had the sixth-largest economy in the world, behind the United States, China, Japan, Germany, and India. Among European nations, this meant that the UK currently has the second-largest economy in Europe, although the economy of France, Europe's third-largest economy, is of a similar size. The UK's global economic ranking will likely fall in the coming years, however, with the UK's share of global GDP expected to fall from 2.16 percent in 2025 to 2.02 percent by 2029.  

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This statistic shows the group revenue of Marks & Spencer from 2010 to 2025, split by region. In 2010, the British retailer generated approximately *** billion British pounds in revenue in the United Kingdom and a further 969 million through the group's international operations. Since then, the group's revenue generally increased until 2018, after which it fell for several years, but then recovered in 2022. In 2025, the revenue of M&S surpassed ** billion British pounds in the UK and more than *** million British pounds internationally.

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Since 2014, ************* has maintained its position as the UK banking sector leader by annual revenue. In 2024, **** generated approximately ***** billion British pounds in revenue. Barclays PLC ranked second with ***** billion British pounds in revenue for the same year. The five largest UK banks showed varied performance in 2024, with HSBC, Barclays, and Standard Chartered all experiencing revenue growth, while Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group reported slight decreases in revenue.