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    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      The Bank of England can’t afford to sound soft on sterling

      The pound still looks vulnerable

    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Gilts
      UK gilts rally after official signals BoE is open to rate cuts in 2024

      Yield on short-term British government debt falls to lowest level since June

      Huw Pill, the Bank of England’s chief economist
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      Currencies
      The case for a sterling squeeze

      ‘Is the pound the UK’s economic release valve?’ and several other questions, somewhat answered

    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Sterling heads for worst month since Truss’s mini-Budget

      British pound declines as traders shift interest rate expectations

      The Bank of England in London
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Personal Finance
      Long-haul holiday costs fall for UK visitors

      Sterling surge helps cut local out-of-pocket bills

      Tourist boats in Hoi An, Vietnam
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      UK inflation
      Investors slash bets on UK rate rise after inflation falls to 6.7%

      Economists expected higher oil prices to push up inflation

      Someone holding a shopping basket
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Is sterling spent?

      Pound out of ground

    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Currencies
      Turning a chart on its side to better understand sterling moves

      Eureka, rotated diagonal gridlines!

    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Gilts
      Bargain-basement Britain

      Giving UK assets a welfare check

    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Speculators raise bullish bets on sterling to highest level since 2014

      Expectations of higher interest rates push UK two-year borrowing costs to 15-year high

      Bank of England exterior on Threadneedle Street
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Banks try to avoid ending up like SVB

      Sterling suffers biggest one-day fall against the dollar in a month following UK growth fears

    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      UK interest rates
      Investors bet UK interest rates will soar to 25-year high

      Following aggressive Bank of England rate rise, swaps markets predict borrowing costs will hit 6.25% in February

    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      Sterling fails to find boost from BoE rate rise

      Pound gives up early gains as investors worry about recession after bigger-than-expected 0.5 percentage point increase

    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Capital markets
      No, current gilt yields don’t vindicate Liz Truss, please don’t make us explain this again

      Learning how to cope with gilts

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Sterling hits 14-month high against dollar as market bets on higher UK rates

      GDP and labour data add to pressure on Bank of England with US Fed set to pause tightening

      Sterling notes and coins
    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      Banks turn bullish on sterling as it trades close to one-year high against dollar

      Analysts expect further strength as UK economy performs better than expected

      British pounds sterling and US dollar banknotes
    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Quid’s in

      The British pound is having a surprisingly decent one

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Sterling hits 10-month high as recession fears ease

      Investors bet on further Bank of England interest rate rises as UK weathers banking turmoil

      A cash tray with British pound notes and coins
    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Investors expect further sterling gains from Sunak’s Brexit deal

      UK-EU agreement over Northern Ireland should help the pound though dollar’s strength will dampen recovery, analysts say

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      Egypt proves more affordable for British holidaymakers

      High inflation has made the country good value, according to Post Office Holiday Money Index

      The statue of Ramses II in Egypt
    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      UK inflation
      Sterling drops as inflation data points to Bank of England pause

      Pound hits six-week low on bets UK monetary tightening is nearly over, while US rates may have further to rise

      British one pound coins and a twenty pound banknote
    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Claer Barrett
      Could a digital pound pay off for consumers?

      The Bank of England’s ‘Britcoin’ project could transform transactions — but questions about who gains from our data remain

      A plaque depicting Britannia is seen on the outside of the Bank of England in the City of London
    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Explainer
      How would a digital pound operate and what would it mean for cash?

      The Bank of England is starting preparatory work on a possible alternative to physical banknotes

      A person holds a smartphone with the British pound symbol on the screen
    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Deutsche <3 sterling

      They couldn’t stay mad at each other

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Markets InsightDuncan Weldon
      UK will have to rely more on the kindness of strangers

      With the Bank of England unwinding its gilt portfolio, the country will need more buying from foreign investors

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