Following its November policy meeting, the Bank of England (BoE) announced that it raised the policy rate by 75 basis points (bps) to 3%. Policymakers voted 7-2 in favour of this decision. One policymaker voted for a 25 bps hike and one voted for a 50 bps. Bank of England (BoE) …
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 »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 »EUR/GBP stabilizes after BoE’s decision
Bank of England intervened by buying government bonds so as to stabilize the bond market. This move was able to strengthen the Pound whose performance improved on the BoE’s announcement.The EUR/GBP pair is hovering around 0.8940 practically flat for the day after moments of extreme volatility following the surprise announcement …
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