# Exchange Rates News Today: British Pound Dented As No-Deal Bets Increase, Euro Gains, Dollar Awaits FED

> The British pound fell against the euro and dollar after MPs rejected an amendment to extend the Article 50 Brexit timetable. Parliament also backed a motion for the government to renegotiate the Irish backstop, which the EU has rejected. Traders see rising no-deal risk.

- Date: 2019-01-30 · published 2019-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61330-exchange-rates-news-today-british-pound-dented-as-no-deal-bets-increase-euro
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Heightened no-deal risk weakens sterling and adds currency volatility to UK import costs and GBP-priced feed trade, with little direct grain effect.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2026-03-04 | [US dollar surge since start of war on Iran unlikely to last, say FX strategists: Reuters poll \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10716-us-dollar-surge-since-start-of-war-on-iran-unlikely-to-last-say-fx-strategists.md) | -0.6% | +1.3% |
| DXY | 2024-10-03 | [Gold holds steady as safe-haven demand counters stronger dollar \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27761-gold-holds-steady-as-safe-haven-demand-counters-stronger-dollar-reuters.md) | +1.1% | +2.7% |
| DXY | 2017-09-23 | [FOREX-Dollar on back foot versus yen on North Korea jitters \| Forex Singnal & News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69176-forex-dollar-on-back-foot-versus-yen-on-north-korea-jitters-forex-singnal-and.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| DXY | 2022-02-26 | [Russia attacks Ukraine, black market USD prices increase, gold prices drop by 1 million](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42993-russia-attacks-ukraine-black-market-usd-prices-increase-gold-prices-drop-by-1.md) | +1.2% | +0.5% |
| DXY | 2018-10-03 | [Fresh Blow for Emerging Markets as Rising Oil Hits Importers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7667-fresh-blow-for-emerging-markets-as-rising-oil-hits-importers-bloomberg.md) | +0.6% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- exchangerates.org.uk: https://www.exchangerates.org.uk/news/24485/exchange-rates-news-today-british-pound-dented-as-nodeal-bets-increase-euro-gains-dollar-awaits-fed.html

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