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The GBP/USD pair has suffered heavy losses at the beginning of the week. The pair closes in on 1.2200 after disappointing UK data. The US dollar is likely to preserve its strength amid hawkish Fed bets, risk aversion.The GBP/USD pair has extended its slide in the early European session on …

Next week, the Bank of England will have its monetary policy meeting. Analysts at MUFG Bank consider the meeting will pose some upside risk for the pound but they warn any rally should be short-lived in light of the still unfavourable UK cyclical backdrop. Key Quotes: “The weak outlook for …

The GBP/USD pair is sliding from daily highs near 1.2585. The pair was earlier up by 0.68% and had rallied from a low of 1.2469 as the US dollar retraced some of its Wednesday gains ahead of and during another busy data schedule.The highlights on Thursday were mainly weekly initial …

The governor of the Bank of England has hit back at critics who accused him of being asleep at the wheel while inflation soared and a cost of living crisis hit UK living standards.Andrew Bailey defends response to Covid pandemic and indicates that the British central bank will not take …

The GBP/USD pair opened the week near the 1.2470s area and, due to favorable market sentiment, rallied 100-pips, reclaiming the 1.2500 mark and closing at the 1.2600 price level, last seen on May 5.The sterling is extending its recovery after posting its first weekly gain in five and begins the …

The US dollar briefly edged higher at the beginning of the week but closed with modest losses against most rival currencies as equity markets changed direction. European indexes closed mixed, but Wall Street managed to post gains. Safe-haven currencies posted modest gains against the US dollar as well.Economic DataThis week, …

BoE Governor Andrew Bailey on Monday said that food prices are a major worry for the UK and developing world, reported Reuters. Speaking alongside Bailey at a House of Commons Treasury Committee, BoE’s Michael Saunders said that inflation would still be well above the bank’s target this year even if …

The Bank of England will possibly need to hike interest rates more sharply than financial markets expect in order to get tame soaring inflation according to a former policymaker.The BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee raised its key interest rate four times since December to 1%, it is so the highest aggregate …

Bank of England external Monetary Policy Committee member Michael Saunders said on Monday that he is uncomfortable with where inflation expectations currently are and that interest rates below 1.0% are clearly below the neutral rate in the UK.Interest rates in the UK might need to go above neutral if inflation …

The British sterling retreated on Thursday after the Bank of England hiked 25-bps interest rates in a 6-3 split decision. However, the UK central bank’s projections of a probable UK recession in 2023 shifted sentiment negatively, spurring a 280-pip drop from near weekly highs from 1.2630s to below 1.2350. At …