Pound hits 26-year US dollar high
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The UK pound climbs to its highest level against the US dollar in 26 years on interest rate speculation.
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The pound rose to three-month highs against the dollar, supported by the US rate cut talk.
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The euro hit a fresh all-time high against the dollar on Monday after the prospect of currency market intervention from the European Central Bank looked unlikely.
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The pound climbed back above 2.0 dollars in early trading on Monday, as dealers priced in a likely interest rate hike by the Bank of England (BoE) next month.
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Business & money: City expectations of a fresh rise in interest rates this week push sterling close to highest level against US currency in more than a quarter of a century.
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The pound leapt Tuesday to the highest level against the dollar since 1981, as dealers seized on June inflation data that pointed toward higher British interest rates, analysts said.
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The euro hit a record high against the  yen on Thursday and remained within striking distance of this  week's all-time peak versus the dollar. Its bull run looks set  to continue in 2005.
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The euro climbed to a new record high level of 1.3021 dollars as markets remained concerned by the large US current account and budget deficits.
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The pound continued to climb, boosted by data out suggesting that the Bank of England&#39;s (BoE) 125 basis point rise in interest rates in the space of a year is still yet to bite.
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The European single currency was close to a record high near 1.38 dollars on Friday, and hit another historic peak against the yen, as dealers awaited fresh US data.
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The pound stayed solidly above the 1.99 dollars level and hit new multi-year highs against the yen, consolidating its strength after the minutes from the Bank of England&#39;s (BoE) last rate-setting meeting fuelled expectations for higher interest rates.
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Sterling rose to its highest level against the dollar since Black Wednesday, the day in September 1992 when the pound was forced out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism, the forerunner of the euro.
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The pound shrugged off government figures showing house prices rose at a slower pace in May and marched up to a 26-year high of 2.0402 dollars.
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The euro hit a record high against the  yen on Thursday and approached this week's all-time peak versus  the dollar, underpinned by concerns over the U.S. current  account deficit.
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The UK pound climbs past the $2.10 level against the US dollar, the highest it has been in 26 years.
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The pound hit a weekly peak of 1.4756 against the euro on Friday as investors dismissed poor manufacturing figures.
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The euro hit a new record high of 1.3063 dollars, beating its previous record of 1.3047 set a day earlier.