to kick off the trading week, the EUR/GBP pair is decisively climbing over the 0.8600 handle and extending upwards as the Bank of England (BoE) looms over the horizon.Sterling bulls hope to survive this week’s UK inflation data before BoE rate call. The Bank of England is broadly expected to …
Read More »GBP/JPY struggles ahead of BoE rate decision
Currently suffering, the GBP/JPY pair is trading close to the day’s low of 182.80. The UK’s August CPI, which is anticipating a 0.7% increase over the 0.4% fall from the previous month, will be revealed early on Tuesday. On Thursday, the BoE is anticipated to increase the benchmark interest rate …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, September 11
New Zealand will release data on electronic card retail sales during the Asian session, and Australian confidence polls are also due. The UK employment statistics and the German ZEW survey will be the important reports later in the day. After several days of advances, the US Dollar Index’s (DXY) winning …
Read More »BoE’s Mann: I would rather err on the side of over-tightening
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee member Catherine Mann stated on Monday that overtightening is simpler to correct than not changing interest rates. She continued by saying that overshoot would result from underestimating how long inflation would last. The GPB/USD pair is trading at the highest level in five …
Read More »Sterling volatility squeezes amid uncertainty over interest rate outlook
The Pound Sterling has found intermediate support amid global uncertainty over the interest rate outlook. The GBP/USD pair finds an intermediate cushion, but the broader bias remains bearish as investors expect policy divergence between the Fed and the Bank of England may not vanish this month.BoE policymaker Swati Dhingra warned …
Read More »Sterling Pressured On Reluctant BoE Policy Decision
The Pound Sterling seems under pressure due to the Bank of England’s reluctance to raise interest rates further. The current policy is considered restrictive, and further hikes could make the economic outlook vulnerable. The UK services sector is shrinking after six months of expansion, and policy divergence between the BoE …
Read More »GBP/USD slides on weaker UK business activity
Amid gloomy UK PMI data and a slowing global economy, the pound sterling falls. The GBP/USD pair declines 0.42% to trade at 1.2567 as a result of the UK’s S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI falling to 48.6, entering contraction zone for the first time since January. The pair is trading at …
Read More »Sterling soaring on accelerating hawkish BoE bets
Investor expectations that the following policy divergence between the Fed and the BoE will end have given the British pound a boost. Investors continue to support the GBP/USD pair as they anticipate further interest rate increases from the BoE. The UK’s manufacturing industry and real estate market have suffered greatly …
Read More »Sterling strongly recovers as investors hope for next BoE’s hike
The pound Sterling has recovered as investors await the BoE’s 25 basis point interest rate hike to neutralize the Federal Reserve-BoE divergence. However, the GBP/USD pair’s revival faded as further policy tightening by the BoE will dampen the economic outlook. The UK’s restrictive monetary policy has widened its scope to …
Read More »GBP rose after British inflation data and the Yuan at its lowest level in 9 months
The pound was set to post its biggest one-day gain in nearly two weeks on Wednesday after data showed Britain’s core inflation remained high in July, while the yuan fell to a nine-month low as concerns mounted of a further slowdown in growth. The pound sterling rose in the latest …
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