The EUR/USD pair is barely up 0.08% on Tuesday, following BoE’s Baily remarks, which deteriorated the market sentiment. During the European session, the ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane said that the ECB would impact the markets by hiking rates than selling its hefty pile of bonds on Tuesday. Given that …
Read More »EUR/GBP benefits from remarks by BoE’s Bailey
The Euro breaks above 0.8800 to hit session highs at 0.8855. the EUR/GBP pair is trading at 0.8841 at the time of writing. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey announces the end of the emergency support program and subsequently the pound falls.Additionally; BoE governor warns about unprecedented volatility in the …
Read More »BoE accepts GBP 1.363 billion offers in bond purchase
The Bank of England (BoE) accepted 1.363 billion sterling of offers in the daily purchase operation of conventional long-dated bonds on Tuesday.The BoE rejected 47.6 million GBP of offers in the same operation. The 2-year UK bond yield pushed lower with the initial reaction and was last seen losing nearly …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 10/10/2022
The prevalent negative market sentiment on Monday coincided with broader Russian attacks on Ukraine, firing multiple missiles that targeted communication and energy targets in and around Kyiv.Economic Data The economic calendar featured no significant economic data during the US session. Other Developments The US dollar extended last week’s momentum and …
Read More »BoE’s Haskel: Economic inactivity will hold UK growth back
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has the tools and the resolve to return inflation to target in the medium term according to statements and remarks by policymaker Jonathan Haskel on Thursday.These remarks did nothing to help the British pound find demand and the GBP/USD pair was last seen …
Read More »GBP/USD encounters wall of critical resistance
GBP/USD keeps moving back and forth on Tuesday in a day that ran through a vast territory for a fresh high for the week, so far, at 1.1489 from a low of 1.1280. The American dollar was hit hard by lower-than-expected JOLTS data that has accompanied weak Manufacturing data and …
Read More »Is GBP/USD Able To Extend Recovery?
In a striking twist of incidents, the UK government announced on Monday a U-turn of its latest expensive and unfunded tax cut policy. After the Bank of England’s intervention last week to calm the bond market, the British pound rallied and was able to consolidate for a while.While the Prime …
Read More »BoE Mann: UK inflation expectations are not de-anchored
Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann has said that UK inflation expectations are not de-anchored, has some concerns about medium-term upward drift.The Bank of England reaffirmed on Monday its willingness to buy up to 5 billion pounds ($5.65 billion) of long-dated bonds at each of its daily auctions, after rejecting …
Read More »UK increases fears of contagion risk across markets
Intense market volatility in the UK escalated recession risks and global contagion fears. The gold market is one clear example, as it is cautiously observing the developments as prices rise from 2.5-year lows.UK market’s decline continues one day after the BoE intervened in the gilt market via an emergency bond-buying …
Read More »EUR/GBP has worst trading day since July
As the British Pound recovers further ground across the G10 currencies, the EUR/GBP pair is experiencing its worst trading day since 13 July. The pair dropped during the American session and hit the lowest level in almost a week at 0.8836. It is hovering around 0.8850, namely down by almost …
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