Nominal effective exchange rate (index; narrow definition; 27 economies) - United Kingdom - BIS - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Nominal effective exchange rates (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the nominal effective exchange rate (relative to a basket of 27 trading partners' currencies) was 104.54 (index) on 23 September 2025, versus 104.52 on 22 September 2025. This marks an increase of 0.02 percent.
Sample. There are 10,952 records overall in the daily series shown in the graph above. The series covers the span of time going from October 1983 to September 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: the nominal effective exchange rate recorded its maximum of 155.48 on 29 July 1985; it reached a trough of 94.89 on 23 March 2020; it was equal on average to 121.67.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | 104.68 |
| 2025-09-22 | 104.52 |
| 2025-09-23 | 104.54 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Nominal effective exchange rate (narrow definition: 27 economies) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Exchange rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | Index (2020 = 100) |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Geometric trade-weighted average of bilateral nominal exchange rates |
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