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Federal Reserve Board H.10 and G.5 (RXI$US_N.M.UK) · US dollars per British pound, monthly average

What is the exchange rate of the British pound against the US dollar?

The monthly average of US dollars per British pound was 1.3406 in the month ended , down 0.7% from a year earlier.

US dollars per British pound, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, each month

January 1971 to September 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as published

US dollars per British pound, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (January 1971 to September 2026), recessions shaded
US dollars per British pound, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
US dollars per British pound, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

US dollars per British pound, monthly average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

January 1971 to September 2026Ours, from the published values

US dollars per British pound, monthly average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (January 1971 to September 2026), recessions shaded
US dollars per British pound, monthly average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
US dollars per British pound, monthly average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

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MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
US dollars per British pound, monthly average1.34061.35471.35061.37321.3140
Change over a year−0.7%+0.7%+2.2%+6.1%−14.3%

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Observed .

Right now

The monthly average of US dollars per British pound was 1.3406 in September 2026, the lowest since July 2026.

Over a year it is down 0.7% (ours).

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ChangeOurs

PeriodThenChange
One month1.3547 in −1.0%
Three months1.3338 in +0.5%
Twelve months1.3506 in −0.7%
Five years1.3732 in −2.4%
Ten years1.3140 in +2.0%

In historyOurs

The monthly average of US dollars per British pound of 1.3406 in was higher than in 106 of the 668 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 562.

Highest since : 2.6181 in . Lowest since : 1.0931 in .

AverageOurs

Average since : 1.67207 (ours, a plain mean of the 669 months).

ComparedOurs

Over a year the monthly average of US dollars per British pound is down 0.7%, which ranks 2 of the 4 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.

The table sets the monthly average of US dollars per British pound beside the currencies quoted in dollars, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.

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Understanding the monthly average of US dollars per British pound

Where it stands today

The monthly average of US dollars per British pound was 1.3406 in September 2026.

What does the monthly average of US dollars per British pound measure?

This is the monthly average of the exchange rate of the British pound against the US dollar: the amount of US dollars that one British pound equals. The Board quotes the British pound this way, unlike most currencies on its list, which it quotes as the amount of the currency for one US dollar. The Federal Reserve Board (the Board) publishes the daily rates in its H.10 release and their monthly averages in its G.5 release. The daily rates are noon buying rates in New York for cable transfers payable in the listed currencies, certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for customs purposes.

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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, and how the change over a year compares with the other lines of the exchange rates in dollars page.

The numbers behind the chart

What was the monthly average of US dollars per British pound in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1971
US dollars per British pound, monthly average, not seasonally adjusted, by month, newest first (US dollars per British pound; the change ours)
MonthValueChange over a year
1.3406−0.7%
1.3547+0.7%
1.3383−0.8%
1.3338−1.8%
1.3498+1.0%
1.3454+2.4%
1.3339+3.3%
1.3579+8.3%
1.3536+9.6%
1.3387+5.9%
1.3139+3.1%
1.3357+2.4%
1.3506+2.2%
1.3456+3.9%
1.3489+4.8%
1.3577+6.8%
1.3358+5.7%
1.3144+5.0%
1.2913+1.6%
1.2542−0.7%
1.2354−2.7%
1.2647−0.1%
1.2738+2.4%
1.3043+7.1%
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MonthValueChange over a year
1.3219+6.8%
1.2945+1.9%
1.2870−0.2%
1.2716+0.7%
1.2636+1.2%
1.2517+0.6%
1.2713+4.7%
1.2630+4.5%
1.2701+3.8%
1.2657+3.9%
1.2437+6.1%
1.2175+7.4%
1.2381+9.4%
1.2706+6.0%
1.2893+7.6%
1.2627+2.5%
1.2484+0.4%
1.2446−3.8%
1.2138−7.8%
1.2084−10.8%
1.2237−9.7%
1.2180−8.4%
1.1727−12.9%
1.1332−17.3%
1.1320−17.6%
1.1983−13.1%
1.1987−13.2%
1.2320−12.2%
1.2438−11.7%
1.2933−6.6%
1.3168−5.0%
1.3540−2.4%
1.3555−0.6%
1.3303−1.0%
1.3463+2.0%
1.3701+5.6%
1.3732+6.1%
1.3797+5.0%
1.3808+8.7%
1.4025+12.0%
1.4084+14.5%
1.3845+11.5%
1.3863+12.1%
1.3867+7.1%
1.3641+4.3%
1.3434+2.5%
1.3198+2.4%
1.2980+2.6%
1.2947+4.7%
1.3143+8.1%
1.2701+1.9%
1.2523−1.2%
1.2302−4.3%
1.2420−4.7%
1.2369−6.1%
1.2953−0.5%
1.3076+1.4%
1.3109+3.5%
1.2884−0.1%
1.2657−2.7%
1.2369−5.3%
1.2160−5.6%
1.2461−5.3%
1.2675−4.7%
1.2855−4.6%
1.3029−7.5%
1.3167−5.8%
1.3016−6.8%
1.2901−6.7%
1.2664−5.5%
1.2900−2.4%
1.3012−1.4%
1.3066−2.1%
1.2878−0.6%
1.3162+1.3%
1.3294+3.8%
1.3470+4.2%
1.4079+11.4%
1.3976+13.2%
1.3961+11.7%
1.3824+11.8%
1.3404+7.4%
1.3217+6.3%
1.3202+7.1%
1.3340+1.5%
1.2952−1.1%
1.2996−1.1%
1.2810−9.8%
1.2929−11.0%
1.2639−11.7%
1.2347−13.3%
1.2495−12.6%
1.2367−14.1%
1.2483−16.7%
1.2432−18.2%
1.2330−19.6%
How does it compare with the currencies quoted in dollars?Ranked by the change over a year
US dollars per British pound, monthly average beside the currencies quoted in dollars, newest month of each, by the change over a year (ours); equal changes share a rank
SeriesMonthValueChange over a yearRank
Australian dollar0.7115+7.8%1
British pound1.3406−0.7%2
Euro1.1505−2.0%3
New Zealand dollar0.5760−2.1%4

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • These are the Board's own rates, certified for customs purposes. They are not prices from an exchange, a bank or a dealer.
  • A month's value is the monthly average of the daily rates that the Board's G.5 release publishes. The Board prints the rates to four decimal places, and this page prints them as published.
  • The rate is the amount of US dollars for one British pound, so a higher number is more dollars for one British pound.
  • The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values the Board publishes; a change is in percent.

Observed . Checked .

How to cite this

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, H.10 Foreign Exchange Rates, US dollars per British pound, monthly average, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What is the exchange rate of the British pound against the US dollar?", https://500metrics.com/exchange-rates-in-dollars/british-pound.

Can the data be downloaded?exchange-rates-in-dollars-british-pound.csv

Download the full history as CSV: 669 rows, to , 13,244 bytes.

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Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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