Forex live charts : Gold Pound and Dollar rates [Weekly]



The basis and core of the financial system is Physical Gold, real money. Gold prices are the basis of the currency exchange rates. Gold price in US dollar and in Pound, GBP to USD exchange rates, they are correlated with each other. By studying them together, we can predict their movements more accurately.

Spot Gold (XAU/USD) : Sign of physical gold: Au from Latin 'aurum'. Atomic number 79. Code: XAU. XAU refers to the ISO 4217 standard code for One troy ounce of physical gold. 1 troy ounce (oz t) = 31.1034768 grams. XAU = 99.99 percent pure gold = 24K gold. 24k gold means that all 24 parts in the gold are all pure gold without traces of any other metals. Gold is relatively rare element and is a precious metal that has been used for coinage, jewelry, and other arts throughout recorded history. In the past, a gold standard was often implemented as a monetary policy, but the world gold standard was abandoned for a fiat currency system after 1971. A total of 197,576 tonnes of gold exists above ground, as of 2019. The world consumption of new gold produced is about 50% in jewelry, 40% in investments, and 10% in industry.

United States dollar (USD) : Symbol: $ and also use in the form of US$. Currency code: USD. The U.S. dollar as a currency is sometimes referred to as the greenback, bucks. The official currency of the United States and its territories per the Coinage Act of 1792. The latest forms of paper money being the Federal Reserve Note that was authorized by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 while all existing U.S. currency remains legal tender. Since the convertibility of paper U.S. currency into any precious metal was suspended in 1971, the U.S. dollar is de facto fiat money.

United Kingdom, British Pound sterling (GBP) : British Pound sterling currency sign (symbol): £. The ISO 4217 code of the British Pound sterling is GBP. GBP is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha. The abbreviations "ster." and "stg." are sometimes used and the term "British pound" is sometimes used in less formal contexts, but it is not an official name of the currency. Sterling (GBP) is the fourth most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market (Forex), after the United States dollar (USD), the euro (EUR), and the Japanese yen (JPY). GBP is the fourth most-held reserve currency in global reserves. Central bank is Bank of England and is located in London, UK.