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Money

Bank of England

Information about the Bank, monetary policy, financial markets, banking and bank notes, and access to monetary and financial statistics.  

Bank of England Base Rate

Figures held from 1970 onwards.

Currency Converter

The exchange rate records are refreshed once per minute. Founded in 1993 and is the worlds most popular exchange rate detail provider.

Euro Information

Information provided by HM Treasury about the Euro and about working with the Euro in Business and commerce, and documents relating to the UK's preparations to join the Eurozone.

Financial Ombudsman Service

An independent service settling disputes between financial services providers and their customers.

HM Treasury

Provides information about the Government's economic strategy, forecasts for the UK economy and the latest economic indicators.

Inland Revenue

Features news and information on tax and national insurance matters in the United Kingdom, including a section about pension schemes.

International Monetary Fund

Website of the IMF, which has 185 member countries, and promotes international monetary cooperation, exchange rate stability, economic growth and high employment, and arranges assistance loans to help balance of payments adjustments.

International Rate Resources

Repository of exchange rate data. Exchange rates from 1971, however for many currencies data is only available for the time after the introduction of the service (1996).

Measuring Worth

A service for calculating relative worth over time. Offers a number of calculators including relative values (pounds and dollars), purchasing power, inflation rates and more.

MoneySavingExpert

MoneySavingExpert aims to save you money in a number of areas such as shopping, utility bills, banking, savings, travel, insurance, mortgages etc.

Motley Fool

Informative articles and numerous discussion boards backed by market information.

Pensions Guide

Provide an easy access to all Pension resources. Eliminates the frustration of search engine results.

Pensions Ombudsman

Investigates complaints and disputes and also deals with appeals against decisions made by the scheme Manager under the Financial Assistance Scheme.

Pensions Schemes - Inland Revenue

Provides an explanation of the new simplified rules for pensions and their taxation.

Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

The UK regulator of work based pension schemes, reducing the risk of situations arising that may lead to claims for compensation from the Pension Protection Fund.

Sources on Monetary History

A collection of links dedicated to the history of money.

US Dollar: historical exchange rates

Annual exchange rates since 1971 comparing the US Dollar against a basket of global currencies.

World Bank

Owned by the 185 member countries. One part of the bank focuses on Middle income and creditable poor countries. The other focuses on the poorest countries in the world. Provides low interest loans, grants for education, health, infrastructure, communication and other purposes and interest free credit.

Yahoo Finance

Investment and personal finance information. Yahoo also offers access to historical share prices.

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