# British Pound Lags Behind at Year-end as U.S. Dollar Retains Top Spot

> Sterling ended 2022 trailing most major currencies, with only the Turkish lira, Swedish krona and Japanese yen performing worse. The US dollar and Swiss franc remained the strongest G10 performers for the year.

- Date: 2022-12-30 · published 2022-12-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38481-british-pound-lags-behind-at-year-end-as-u-s-dollar-retains-top-spot
- Commodities: [British Pound (USD per GBP)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GBPUSD.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

The year-end wrap describes routine currency performance with no new cause. Sterling's weakness in 2022 raised UK import costs for dollar-priced feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: neutral
- GBPUSD: neutral

## Sources

- poundsterlinglive.com: https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/gbp-live-today/17977-british-pound-lags-behind-at-year-end-as-u-s-dollar-retains-top-spot

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