# Sterling slips vs dollar; investors focus on vaccines, UK-EU tensions - Markets - Business Recorder

> The pound was slightly lower against the dollar on March 19 at $1.3911 after the Bank of England held rates and its bond-buying programme unchanged. Sterling was up about 1.8% against the dollar so far this year and 4.2% against the euro. Analysts linked the euro-sterling gains mainly to the UK's vaccine rollout.

- Date: 2021-03-19 · published 2021-03-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48374-sterling-slips-vs-dollar-investors-focus-on-vaccines-uk-eu-tensions-markets
- Commodities: [British Pound (USD per GBP)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GBPUSD.md)

## Why it matters

The currency move is routine and has no clear link to feed supply or demand. It matters only for the cost of dollar-priced imports for UK feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- GBPUSD: bearish ▼

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40075597

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