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Exchange Rates

The following exchange rates are based on an average for the month.

Date$ US Dollar€ Euro¥ Yen
Apr 20231.25601.1400171.10
Mar 20231.21301.1330162.00
Feb 20231.20701.1280160.60
Jan 20231.22301.1350159.30
Dec 20221.21701.1500164.10
Nov 20221.17501.1500166.80
Oct 20221.12901.1480165.90
Sep 20221.13301.1430161.80
Aug 20221.19701.1830162.00
Jul 20221.20001.1770163.70
Jun 20221.23201.1660165.00
May 20221.24401.1770160.30
Apr 20221.29501.1960163.40
Mar 20221.31701.1960156.00
Feb 20221.35301.1930155.90
Jan 20221.35501.1970155.60
Dec 20211.33001.1770151.40
Nov 20211.34501.1780153.20
Oct 20211.36801.1790154.70
Sep 20211.37401.1670151.40
Aug 20211.37901.1720151.50
Jul 20211.38101.1680152.30
Jun 20211.40201.1640154.30
May 20211.40701.1580153.60

Average Earnings

Seasonally adjusted average weekly earnings.

DateAverage Earnings Index% change (year on year)
Feb 20236387.0
Jan 20236345.9
Dec 20226324.8
Nov 20226287.0
Oct 20226256.3
Sep 20226216.1
Aug 20226186.1
Jul 20226145.9
Jun 20226126.3
May 20226054.4
Apr 20226045.0
Mar 20226149.9
Feb 20226015.8
Jan 20226005.2
Dec 20216005.8
Nov 20215903.6
Oct 20215864.3
Sep 20215844.7
Aug 20215825.7
Jul 20215797.2
Jun 20215778.8
May 20215758.9
Apr 20215728.7
Mar 20215684.8

Base Rate

The present Bank of England Base Rate is 4.25%.

DateBase Rate %
Mar 20234.25
Feb 20234.00
Dec 20223.50
Nov 20223.00
Sep 20222.25
Aug 20221.75
Jun 20221.25
May 20221.00
Mar 20220.75
Feb 20220.50
Dec 20210.25
Mar 20200.10
Mar 20200.25
Aug 20180.75
Nov 20170.50
Mar 20170.75
Aug 20160.25
Mar 20090.50
Feb 20091.00
Jan 20091.50
Dec 20082.00
Nov 20083.00
Oct 20084.50
Apr 20085.00

FTSE 100 Index

Figures shown are the closing index for the month.

DateFTSE 100 Index
Apr 20237870.6
Mar 20237631.7
Feb 20237876.3
Jan 20237771.7
Dec 20227451.7
Nov 20227573.1
Oct 20227094.5
Sep 20226893.8
Aug 20227284.2
Jul 20227423.4
Jun 20227169.3
May 20227607.7
Apr 20227544.6
Mar 20227515.7
Feb 20227458.3
Jan 20227464.4
Dec 20217384.5
Nov 20217059.5
Oct 20217237.6
Sep 20217086.4
Aug 20217119.7
Jul 20217032.3
Jun 20217037.5
May 20217022.6

Retail Price Index

All RPI figures use the January 1987 base of 100.

DateRetail Price IndexConsumer Price Inflation
Mar 2023367.210.1
Feb 2023364.510.4
Jan 2023360.310.1
Dec 2022360.410.5
Nov 2022358.310.7
Oct 2022356.211.1
Sep 2022347.610.1
Aug 2022345.29.9
Jul 2022343.210.1
Jun 2022340.09.4
May 2022337.19.1
Apr 2022334.69.0
Mar 2022323.57.0
Feb 2022320.26.2
Jan 2022317.75.5
Dec 2021317.75.4
Nov 2021314.35.1
Oct 2021312.04.2
Sep 2021308.63.1
Aug 2021307.43.2
Jul 2021305.52.0
Jun 2021304.02.5
May 2021301.92.1
Apr 2021301.11.5

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