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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 …

For the ECB, the latest Eurozone data provide a discomforting combination of record-high inflation and slow first-quarter growth. The level and widespread nature of the former are forcing the central bank to act, and markets are now pricing in 90 bp of rate hikes this year, although the latter provides …

Wells Fargo “For May, the consensus forecast (and Wells Fargo forecast) is for the BoE to deliver another 25 bps hike, which would take the policy rate to 1.00%. We expect the BoE’s economic projection to include an upward revision to its CPI inflation forecast and a downward revision to …

Banks in Britain with no more than 15 billion pounds ($19 billion) in assets could benefit from lighter capital requirements given they would pose less of a risk to financial stability if they went bust, the Bank of England said on Friday.Britain’s departure from the European Union makes it possible …

Forex trade was again dominated by risk-off on Tuesday, with the safe-haven yen and US dollar’s outperforming, as US equities cratered. Investors and traders cited everything from economic and military tensions between Russia and the NATO to China lockdown risk and worsening global growth expectations in addition to the anticipated …