Dollar hammers euro and pound

The euro and pound have fallen to historic lows against the dollar as Europe feels the pain of the war in Ukraine and a new UK stimulus package triggers fears of a surge in borrowing


DOLLARS PER EURO AND UK POUND

Pound
Euro

Covid-19 pandemic begins
   
Russia invades Ukraine

Jul 12: Euro and dollar reach parity for first time in 20 years

$US has soared more than 17% in 2022

Sep 26
$1.08
Sep 26
$0.97

$1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0
0    
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Data as of 1330 GMT


Sources: BBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance 
Picture: Lukasz Radziejewski (Unsplash) 
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