Currency Market Insight - 29th April 2026
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Massive Potential Volatility Ahead
Interest rate decisions abound....
Are we in the calm before the storm?
The last couple of weeks have seen stock markets and currency exchange rates settle down as the Iran conflict has quietened down.
However, from an exchange rate perspective, that could all change in the next day or two.
There's data rolling in from every direction.
Kicking things off is the FEDs interest rate decision this evening. It looks nailed on for the rate to be held at 3.75%.
That's followed by preliminary inflation numbers out of the Eurozone tomorrow morning before the big one at midday.
The Bank of England will announce it's interest rate decision.
Whilst 3.75% looks almost guaranteed, it will be the vote count and the subsequent press conference with the BoE Governor, Andrew Bailey, that will be scrutinised.
All told it could be a lively second half of the week.
Here at Regency FX our team of dedicated account managers is on hand to help you make any upcoming decisions you might have around currency exchange.
Economic calendar:
CAN: 14:45 BoC Interest Rate Decision
US: 18:00 FED Interest Rate Decision
US: 18:30 FOMC Press Conference
EUR: Thursday 10:00 Preliminary Inflation Report
UK: Thursday 12:00 BoE Interest Rate Decision
UK: Thursday 12:00 MPC Vote Count
UK: Thursday 12:30 BoE Governor Speech
So what next, what should you do?
As ever we look forward to keeping you in the loop and so please look out for our next update.
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Current rates:
Wednesday 29th April 2026 at 15:50
£1.00 GBP = 1.1540 EUR
£1.00 GBP = 1.3490 USD
£1.00 GBP = 1.8900 AUD
£1.00 GBP = 2.2090 NZD
£1.00 GBP = 1.8460 CAD
£1.00 GBP = 1.0665 CHF
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French Holidays: Bastille Day July 14th
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Very soon, le quatorze juillet (July 14), is la fête nationale française, known in many parts of the world as Bastille Day.
If you are like many francophiles, you may think this day celebrates the storming of the royal prison of la Bastille on July 14, 1789, and you’d be right, but only partly so...
Officially established as la fête nationale (the national holiday) by the French Assemblé in 1880, the festivities do indeed celebrate the storming of the Bastille as the start of the revolution, but perhaps more importantly the 14th is also the anniversary of la Fête de la Fédération (a celebration of the ideals of the French Revolution – la liberté, la fraternité, et l’égalité / liberty, brotherhood, and equality – and of the nation) during which Louis XVI himself (before, of course, famously losing his head later!) and other representatives of the young republic swore an oath to the constitution, promising to uphold the laws of the new nation.
The ceremonies of this first Fête de la Fédération were led by the Marquis de LaFayette (whom Louis XVI had named as commander of the troops in Paris after his return from supporting the American colonists in their recent bids to win independence from the other great European monarchy of the day, Great Britain) and took place on the Champs de mars (named, not for the month of March, but for the Roman god of battle, Mars [Greek: Ares or Aries]) which is framed today by the Eiffel Tower at one end and Hôtel des Invalides at the other.
La nuit du 14 (the night of the 14th), we even went out to a night club after the final fireworks, danced till dawn, and then went back to the Champs-Élysées for le petit-déjeuner au levé du soleil! (breakfast at sunrise).
Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.
Bastille Day - Marianne
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July 14th (le 14 Juillet), Bastille Day, is the French national holiday commemorating the start of the French revolution in 1789. The end of the French revolution led to a series of Republics, one of the symbols of which is la Marianne.
Named for the two most common woman’s names at the time, Marie and Anne, Marianne is a national symbol of France representing liberty and the importance of reason. Her image appears on stamps, on government documents, and a bust of her appears in les mairies (the town / city halls) of France.
Early images of Marianne were based on anonymous models, however since 1969 they have been based on the features of famous woman including Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, the model Inès de La Fressange, and more.
Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.
