Sign into fxTrade

Don't have an account? Register now

UK Breaks Recession With First Growth in Year and a Half

Posted by Scott Boyd at 8:55 am UTC, 01/26/2010

After six straight quarters of negative growth, Britain’s economy recorded a marginal growth of 0.1 percent in the 4th quarter of 2009. Despite the positive return, the actual result was less than expected and was seen by currency traders as a negative for the value of the pound.

BBC News

Filed under: Forex Round Up, GBP

Recent Articles

UK Retail Sales Dropped Significantly in April
Posted by Staff at 7:27 am UTC, 05/23/2012
Safe to Sell EUR in the Hole?
Posted by Dean Popplewell at 6:36 am UTC, 05/23/2012
EUR Looking For Conviction
Posted by Dean Popplewell at 6:36 am UTC, 05/22/2012

Forex Insights »

Posted under USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD at 4:14 pm UTC, 05/22/2012
Posted under USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD at 1:27 pm UTC, 05/22/2012
Leave a Comment

Latest Articles

UK Retail Sales Dropped Significantly in April
Posted by Staff at 7:27 am UTC, 05/23/2012
Safe to Sell EUR in the Hole?
Posted by Dean Popplewell at 6:36 am UTC, 05/23/2012
EUR Looking For Conviction
Posted by Dean Popplewell at 6:36 am UTC, 05/22/2012
Forex Rates
Interest Rates

Some of OANDA's currency tools require Adobe's Flash Player.

May
23
Today’s Global
Market Events
All Day
EUR
EU Economic Summit
8:30am
CAD
Core Retail Sales m/m
0.5% vs. 0.5%
CAD
Retail Sales m/m
0.4% vs. -0.2%
CAD
Leading Index m/m
0.3% vs. 0.4%
10:00am
USD
New Home Sales
335K vs. 328K
USD
HPI m/m
0.4% vs. 0.3%
10:30am
USD
Crude Oil Inventories
0.8M vs. 2.1M
6:45pm
NZD
Trade Balance
400M vs. 134M
10:00pm
NZD
Annual Budget Release
10:30pm
CNY
HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI
49.3