The Pound Sterling is facing pressure near 1.2650 against the US Dollar in Tuesday’s early American session as the latter rebounds. The GBP/USD pair is trading at 1.2630, down -0.05% at the time of writing.Investors expect the Bank of England (BoE) to be more dovish this year than previously anticipated, …
Read More »Will a Decrease in Inflation Prompt the Bank of England to Move Up the Rate Cut Date?
In a week marked by pivotal decisions from five of the world’s largest central banks, including the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, all eyes are now turning to the Bank of England’s upcoming announcement scheduled for Thursday. Speculation abounds regarding the likelihood of a maintained interest rate …
Read More »BoE’s Greene: Evidence on cooling inflation is prerequisite for rate cut
Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene has stated that she will not vote to cut the cost of borrowing until more evidence of inflation returning to the central bank’s target is found. Greene believes that UK monetary policy will need to remain restrictive for some time for inflation to sustainably …
Read More »BoE’s Mann: Near-term decelerating inflation won’t continue
Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann, who voted in favor of a rate hike in the last policy meeting, said on Thursday that she is not convinced that the near-term declaration in headline inflation will continue.Mann noted that she is worried that a Red Sea price shock could be incorporated …
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 »Could Mann’s remarks explain BoE’s next moves?
Catherine Mann, member of the Bank Of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, backed additional increases of the British central bank’s interest rates. On Monday, Mann warned that the otherwise, namely pausing, as called for by some of her colleagues could involve risk of creating a confusing policy jargon if it turned …
Read More »Possibilities of a recession in the British economy declined, supported by unexpected growth in November
Britain’s economy caught unexpectedly slight growth in November, after receiving a boost during the soccer World Cup from cafe and pub activity and video game sales, reducing the chances of it already falling into recession despite generally bleaker outlooks for 2023. Data from the Office for National Statistics on Friday …
Read More »BoE’s Mann: UK inflation dynamic looks pretty robust
Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Thursday that the underlying UK inflation dynamic looks pretty robust.”Households and firms see 4% inflation in the years ahead”, she said, adding that “you have a lot of different ways of looking at it. My reading is we’re not there yet”.Mann voted …
Read More »BoE’s Mann comments on gradual rate hikes
Bank of England BoE policymaker Catherine Mann said on Monday that the of increase rate gradual pace has not sufficiently tempered expectations.BoE Chief Economist Huw Pill also argued that a fast and forceful tightening potentially by a hold or reversal was superior to a gradualist approach.Mann noted that “Long-term expectation …
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