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Sell Pound, Buy Swiss Franc With Target 1.10 as BoE to Cut June: HSBC

After a strong rally on Tuesday, the British Pound has been unable to make further significant headway, but the Pound to Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate has managed to hold gains to trade around 1.2450.

Sterling rose versus the dollar and the euro as investors assessed the Bank of Englands monetary policy path after recent mixed signals from policymakers. The pound dropped late last... -April 25, 2024 at 05:24 am EDT - MarketScreener

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund has urged central banks not to succumb to political pressure to cut interest rates early.

The U.K. economic environment remains challenging, with Q3 GDP contracting slightly and the fourth quarter starting on a subdued note. Even with some improvement in consumer fundamentals and sentiment surveys, we believe a mild technical recession for the U.K. remains more likely than not.

GBP/USD was last trading at 1.2425, flat on the day, and had traveled from a low of 1.2366 to a high of 1.2449 overnight as the markets digest UK data

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Analysts at Rabobank assess the latest CFTC Commitment of Traders Report: "Net USD long positions moved lower last week. That said, there has been lit

At 1.3069, GBP/USD is attempting to correct the London sell-off that followed the European Central Bank announcements that sank the euro and enabled t

by Tyler Durden Thursday, May 06, 2021 - 07:31 AM First it was the Bank of Canada, now Bank of England has also joined the taper bandwagon, announcing that it would cut its weekly bond buying (i.e. QE) from GBP4.44BN per week to 3.441BN, while keeping its overall rate and quantiative easing policy unchanged, in a 8-1 split vote with chief economist Andy Haldane voting to cut the BOEs Gilt purchases by GBP50BN to GBP825BN (however, since this is his last month at the BOE, his view is being disc...