Welcome to my account of what’s affected the euro exchange rate this week, covering the 27th July to 3rd August 2012. This is intended as a brief guide to the latest movements in the euro, to help you decide the best time for you to change currencies. Rate changes this week: Euro to pound: 0.7828 to 0.7851 (+0.294%) US dollar to pound: 0.6359 to 0.6434 (+1.179%) US dollar to euro: 0.8123 to 0.8215 (+1.133%) What’s affected the euro exchange rate this week? 1. The European Central Bank shoots and misses. As we can see here, the US dollar was the comeback kid this week, stealing more than 1.0% each from the pound and euro. What explains this revival in the buck fortunes? Well, it … [Read more...] about Euro slides as ECB disappoints