Pound Sterling

British Pound Sterling

1 pound sterling 25 pesetas

In the case of the pound sterling the short term interest rate differential tended to widen .

Although the Irish pound remained the strongest currency within the ERM , it lost ground vis à vis sterling .

The pound sterling exchange rate depreciated slightly against the euro during the year ( see Chart 32 ) .

Both Scotland and the RUK might agree that Scotland would temporarily keep the British pound but would move to a new Scottish pound or the euro.

As it stands, that basket comprises the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound, and the US dollar.

The pound sterling exchange rate against the euro fluctuated around an average of GBP 0.62 .

Import prices increased only slightly , despite the depreciation of the pound during the first half of the year .

Since the beginning of the nineteenth century , Great Britain had been using gold as its only monetary standard , with the pound sterling officially defined as a stated quantity of gold , despite being initially a measure of silver ( Carolingian pound ) .

8 These currencies are the US dollar , the euro , the Japanese yen , the pound sterling , the Swiss franc , the Canadian dollar and the Australian dollar .

This was the path taken by the Irish Free State (later the Republic of Ireland), which used the sterling pegged Irish pound (the punt) for several decades.

But we do not believe that the decisions made will be better if they are taken away from democratically elected representatives. tives.

Three currencies remained outside the ERM during the reference period referred to in this Report , namely the Greek drachma15 , the Swedish krona and the pound sterling .

Its value is determined as the weighted sum of exchange rates of the four major currencies ( US dollar , pound sterling , Japanese yen and euro ) .

Its value is determined as the weighted sum of exchange rates of the four major currencies ( euro , Japanese yen , pound sterling and US dollar ) .

Concerning the relationship between Sterling and the Irish Pound it should be noted that Sterling is at present not part of the European monetary system.

The addition of the renminbi to the basket, which currently includes the US dollar, the euro, the British pound, and the Japanese yen, would provide China with a boost to its prestige.

In summary , it seems that the Asian crisis reinforced the already upward trend in import penetration of the euro area by countries such as China and South Korea , while euro area export volumes to several Asian countries remain below their 1997 levels . This has occurred despite the gains in euro area price competitiveness that have resulted from the depreciation of the euro since 1999 .

The British Government has repeatedly declared that Steling would join as soon as certain conditions which now are no longer out of reach would be fulfilled.

The euro also strengthened against the Japanese yen , the pound sterling and the Swiss franc , albeit to a lesser extent , while it weakened against the Australian dollar .

Those who prefer to remain in the UK cite a loss of markets, possible loss of the pound sterling, and reduced significance on the European and world stage.

Of course monetary stability should be a primary objective but not the sole objective. On its own, it will fail to alleviate the most gross discrepancies between the regions and between rich and poor Community citizens.

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The future position of the City of London, according to Keynes, depended on the pound sterling continuing to serve the business world as the equivalent of gold.

An activist dug a hole in the shape of a pound sign in Mr Duncan s lawn in protest after it was revealed that he claimed 4,000 over three years.

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Scotland might try to keep its currency at par with sterling, but this would require larger reserves than a Scottish central bank could command, at least at the outset.

Following a depreciation during the first half of 2003 , the pound 's exchange rate against the euro fluctuated around GBP 0.70 until the end of the year .

Just as it took decades for the dollar to substitute the pound sterling as a vehicle for international trade , so it will take time for the euro to reach a position where it is playing a role comparable with that of the dollar .