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BOE Catches Market Off-Guard With 0.15% Rate Hike

Bailey Strikes Back It was to be the final big week before the end of the year holiday period, with the Fed the BOE and the ECB each meeting. As it transpired, the Bank of England stole the limelight...

Market Spotlight: Trading The December BOE Meeting

Tough Call For BOEToday’s Bank of England meeting is drawing a great deal of attention and has the potential to cause significant price action swings in GBP-based pairs and UK asset prices. On the...

Pressure On BOE as UK CPI hits 10 Year Highs

UK CPI Beats Forecasts AgainThe British Pound is seeing firm demand across the European open today in response to the latest UK economic data. The Office for National Statistics published its November...

BOE Dec Rate Hike In Doubt Following New COVID Restrictions

Deja Vu In The UKIn a situation which was eerily reminiscent of this exact time last year, the UK government took the market by surprise last week with the announcement of a move to “Plan B” measures....

UK BOE Rate Hike Expectations Fall Further

Bailey Warns Of Residual RisksExpectations that the Bank of England will hike in interest rates before the year end seemed to take another knock yesterday. Speaking at a business conference in London...

BOE's Bailey Speaks On Rates & Inflation

BOE In FocusThe December Bank of England meeting is fast approaching and, on the back of a string of bumper UK data releases recently, the market is widely expecting the BOE to lift rates. Indeed, the...

GBP Weakens As Political Uncertainty Overshadows Strong Data

UK Data Rising Steadily It’s been a stellar week for the UK, data-wise at least. First up we had a bumper set of employment figures on Tuesday which saw the unemployment rate falling back to levels...

FTSE Falls As UK Inflation Nears 10 Years Highs

GBP Rally Continues The British Pound is on the front foot again this morning following a bumper set of inflation figures for October. GBP was already seen well bid this week in response to...

GBP Soars As UK Unemployment Falls Again

Solid Labour Market DataThe British Pound has seen better demand this morning following the latest set of labour market data release today. The unemployment rate in the UK was seen falling back to...