Money

Interest rates, economic data and exchange rates

At a glance

Keeping in touch with economic trends and date can help you understand where markets, which look to the future rather than the present, might be heading. Here we'll provide a round-up of the latest information and key data.

  • Interest rates – UK and European interest rates
  • Currencies - major exchange rates, 'paired' rates and a handy currency converter too.
  • Tax card – UK income and CGT rates, personal allowances plus other tax-relate issues.
  • UK Economic data – a round-up of key data from the National Statistics Office, including inflation measures (HICP and RPI), labour market details (unemployment , vacancies etc) and national economic indicators such as GDP, Savings ratio and balance of payments.

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Intraday data is delayed by 15 minutes.

Name Latest Var
FTSE 100 5,435.97 +1.21%
FTSE 250 10,206.77 +0.65%
DOW INDUSTRIALS 10,320.10(c) +0.49%
HONG KONG HANG SENG INDIC 20,971.50 +0.49%
Nikkei 225 9,114.13(c) +0.57%