News and Analysis of Decisions and Events from the Bank of England (the BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (the MPC)
Broadbent says wage-driven inflation should ultimately prove temporary, but his studies and emerging data do now pose a level of uncertainty.
July 22,2021
Jonathan Haskel, External Member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee said the rise of the Delta variant of Covid-19 combined with the ending of government support schemes means the Bank must remain risk averse and keep its generous settings in place.
July 19,2021
The British Pound has failed to record gains against the Euro and Dollar despite signs of a possible shift in direction at the Bank of England in response to rising inflation and building political opposition to quantitative easing.
July 26,2021
The Pound has risen back into the top spot of the major currency performance table for 2021 after two rate setters indicated that “risk management considerations” could lead the Bank of England (BoE) to end its emergency quantitative easing programme as soon as its August policy decision.
July 16,2021
The Bank of England could be in the process of signalling to markets that an interest rate rise is likely in coming months, with two members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) now saying such a move is appropriate.
July 26,2021
"It is important not to over-react to temporarily strong growth and inflation, to ensure that the recovery is not undermined by a premature tightening in monetary conditions." - Governor Bailey.
July 8,2021
The British Pound could take some near-term guidance from an appearance of the Governor of the Bank of England who is to deliver a speech at London's Mansion House.
July 1,2021
Chief Economist of the Bank of England Andy Haldane has warned the UK economy is starting to overheat and unless quantitative easing is withdrawn soon uncomfortably high levels of inflation will become embedded.
June 30,2021
The British Pound was sold in the wake of the June Bank of England policy event, but a number of noted foreign exchange analysts we follow say the currency will unlikely suffered a significant and enduring setback as a result.
June 25,2021
The UK economy has performed better than was expected in recent months and its recovery was continuing at pace at the time of June’s monetary policy decision from the Bank of England (BoE), although the outlook for interest rates is still uncertain and so a matter of debate among economists.
June 24,2021
The reaction in Pound Sterling looks to be somewhat overdone and there is the potential for the currency to regain the knee-jerk losses over the near-term.
July 2,2021
The British Pound will today take direction from the Bank of England which will issue fresh guidance on policy and the outlook for interest rates and the economy.
June 24,2021
A member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has given some upbeat comments on the outlook for the UK economy, prompting fresh buying interest in the British Pound.
May 27,2021
The rise in UK sovereign bond yields "has only just started", according to new research released by Berenberg Bank.
May 26,2021
Foreign exchange analysts have been reacting to the decline in the British Pound in the wake of the Bank of England's Thursday policy event with some saying any weakness in the currency could be seen as a chance to buy.
May 13,2021
The Bank of England has reduced the scale of its quantitative easing programme while issuing a sizeable upgrade to their 2021 economic growth forecasts, a decision that has prompted some volatility in the British Pound.
May 13,2021
"We expect the overall messaging from the meeting will have a distinctly hawkish tilt," says Elsa Lignos, Global Head of FX Strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
May 6,2021
The British Pound will today take direction from the Bank of England who will announce - or delay - a decision on whether to boost or reduce quantitative easing.
May 13,2021
There is a chance the Bank of England will announce a boost to its quantitative easing programme at its Thursday 06 policy event, according to economists at TD Securities.
May 5,2021
The British Pound has more or less flatlined against the Euro will continuing to churn familiar territory against the U.S. Dollar, but early May could bring with it a welcome dose of volatility.
May 13,2021
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