US ($) Currency Thread 1 (closed - use thread 2)

lilmisscheeky75

o ok thanks.. i bought some at 1.5 a few weeks ago to be delivered in may off crowncurrency.. is this a trusted website? im scared they wont turn up

neilbond007

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

hey Neil, try this when you're down here...

http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/8929!!!!tns

link aint working mate...

whatusername

lilmisscheeky75 wrote: »

o ok thanks.. i bought some at 1.5 a few weeks ago to be delivered in may off crowncurrency.. is this a trusted website? im scared they wont turn up

Should be fine, they've been on the go for years

jonathanrichardson69

alright chaps,

been out the office for a short while and cable keeps going up.

looking good for your 1.5 neil? fingers crossed.

inspector_monkfish

neilbond007 wrote: »

link aint working mate...

shame

its a pic of a bloke wondering amongst the protesters yesterday
someone has stuck a post-it note on his back that says 'I'M A BANKER'

nice mates !!

inspector_monkfish

trading back down at 1.4665 at mom

we have ECB Euro rate decision at 12.45pm
may not effect Cable much, but could send some shockwaves around the markets....

BMAC_3

Please be gentle... this is my first ever post.
I am going to the states in May and have started looking round for Dollar rates. I came across a website "Radio Travel Shop" who appear to be part of TMS and Crown Currency Exchange but have a lot better exchange rate. Has anyone had any dealings with them, or are they as the appear, too good to be true?

inspector_monkfish

1min before ECB announcement

GBP/EUR 1.0985
GBP/USD 1.4645
EUR/USD 1.3330

inspector_monkfish

12:47 02Apr09 RTRS-ECB cuts refi rate less than expected to 1.25 pct

FRANKFURT, April 2 - The European Central Bank cut its main refinancing rate by 25 basis points to 1.25 percent on Thursday, disappointing analysts who had expected a larger cut.
The ECB cut rates of its overnight facilities also by 25 basis points. Overnight deposits at the central bank will pay 0.25 percent interest and funds borrowed from the marginal lending facility will attract an interest rate of 2.25 percent.
Economists had widely expected a cut of 50 basis points, and only 6 of 78 said in a Reuters poll they saw the ECB cutting rates by 25 basis points.
Financial markets were pricing in a 25 basis point rate cut, but this reflected more their expectation of how much the deposit rate would be lowered rather than the size of the refi rate reduction.
The ECB has lopped 300 basis points from benchmark credit costs since early October and ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said in March he could not exclude further cuts.
Since then the euro zone economy has weakened further and inflation has dropped to a record low 0.6 percent in March -- well below the ECB's target of below, but close to 2 percent -- fuelling expectations of a larger cut in April.
Trichet will explain the Governing Council's decision at a news conference at 1230 GMT, where analysts will be looking for signs that the ECB will cut rates further at its May meeting.

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inspector_monkfish

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

1min before ECB announcement

GBP/EUR 1.0985
GBP/USD 1.4645
EUR/USD 1.3330

after that shock...

GBP/EUR 1.0935
GBP/USD 1.4650
EUR/USD 1.3385