Amid the release of U.K. mortgage approvals and money supply reports for December at 4:30 am ET Wednesday, the pound showed mixed trading against other major currencies. While the pound changed little against the dollar and the euro, it rose against the yen and the franc.
The pound is now worth 1.5746 against the greenback, 143.88 against the yen, 0.8589 against the euro and 1.4500 against the franc.
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.