US ($) Currency Thread 2

pollypenny

Absolutely not, you pest! Oooh! Our lot may be coming over then!


We are freezing in New Jersey at moment. DIL is at a conference so we are helping with the gorgeous boys.

Hope you and the girls are doing well, Neil.

kronenbourg

i work at travelex and just had a pompus idiot saying are rates are rubbish , we are currently offering $1.6069 on any amount
this guy said its was advertised on BBC breakfast news at $1.64 when i tried to explain he went off on one
we get loads of people asking the same question
personally i reckon $1.60 as a walk up customer is pretty good

jackieblack

kronenbourg wrote: »

i work at travelex and just had a pompus idiot saying are rates are rubbish , we are currently offering $1.6069 on any amount
this guy said its was advertised on BBC breakfast news at $1.64 when i tried to explain he went off on one
we get loads of people asking the same question
personally i reckon $1.60 as a walk up customer is pretty good

Can't comment on your rates specifically, but for those of us who were brought up with $2/£1 being 'the norm', the exchange rate has been rubbish for about 30 years! (except for a brief period about 4/5 years ago)

sabretoothtigger

Carney said he wont put rates up even though we are right next to his target unemployment rate. So that boat has sailed and sunk


1.6 is so so. I also expect $2 as good but we dont have the gov or policies for it, we need cheap money because of all the debt and so on.

1.30 is probably more likely then 2, USA has lots of backers in asia so its not likely to fall (this year)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/10607101/Emerging-market-currency-falls-in-graphs.html

neilbond007

pollypenny wrote: »

Absolutely not, you pest! Oooh! Our lot may be coming over then!


We are freezing in New Jersey at moment. DIL is at a conference so we are helping with the gorgeous boys.

Hope you and the girls are doing well, Neil.

Freezing here too. We had -25C last week. Wind chills 10 below that!

Girls are doing excellent. Growing fast!

jackieblack

neilbond007 wrote: »

Freezing here too. We had -25C last week. Wind chills 10 below that!

Girls are doing excellent. Growing fast!

We keep reading/hearing here about the terrible weather in the US.
We were in Florida for Christmas/new Year, had a couple of chilly days but left just before the 'polar vortex' arrived
Hope you all stay safe and warm

neilbond007

jackieblack wrote: »

We keep reading/hearing here about the terrible weather in the US.
We were in Florida for Christmas/new Year, had a couple of chilly days but left just before the 'polar vortex' arrived
Hope you all stay safe and warm

It's been brutal. 2 extremely cold periods... lots of snow. A foot predicted for Tuesday (although it might just be rain!)

We're off to Disney in May. Chloe will be 2 and 11 months... Charlotte 1 and 11 3/4 months. Save on 1 seat on the plane and free Disney entry for them both!

Chloe's favorite toy to sleep with is the giraffe you sent to us!

Here's a pic from November of last year.. there is a "too much hot pink" alert!
http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx154/neilbond007/Kids_zpsb8d569ef.jpg

pollypenny

They are gorgeous, Neil.

Bet you are busy. My DS and co were thinking of coming over before Sam is one. Thought that's when you have to pay.

sabretoothtigger

Sterling Index At 1600 GMT
(JAN 2005=100) INDEX GBP/USD EUR/GBP
PREVIOUS CLOSE 86.4 1.6733 0.8179

OPEN 86.6 1.6772 0.8170
10 AM 86.3 1.6721 0.8194
NOON 86.3 1.6727 0.8193
2 PM 86.3 1.6723 0.8194
4 PM 86.3 1.6711 0.8199

February 17, 2014 11:02 ET (16:02 GMT)

we can clear 1.644 or not..

We cleared it, return of the strong pound or the start of something new. Highest since 2009


[However Sterling Index has not risen so can we conclude, this is more about dollar weakness then uk?]

jackieblack

neilbond007 wrote: »

It's been brutal. 2 extremely cold periods... lots of snow. A foot predicted for Tuesday (although it might just be rain!)

We're off to Disney in May. Chloe will be 2 and 11 months... Charlotte 1 and 11 3/4 months. Save on 1 seat on the plane and free Disney entry for them both!

Chloe's favorite toy to sleep with is the giraffe you sent to us!

Here's a pic from November of last year.. there is a "too much hot pink" alert!
http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx154/neilbond007/Kids_zpsb8d569ef.jpg

How gorgeous!
Happy Chloe likes the giraffe
Hope you have a great time at WDW (I know you will, how could anyone not?!)