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Pound Sterling

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Sterling slides after Bailey says BoE could be ‘a bit more aggressive’ on rates

    Bank of England governor opens door to a faster pace of rate cuts if inflationary pressures continue to ease

    The facade of the Bank of England, featuring neoclassical architecture with large columns and ornate stonework.
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Sterling’s rally has further to run, say Wall Street banks

    Currency’s gains against dollar and euro driven by slower pace of interest rate cuts

    A worker's hand places bundles of £20 British pound banknotes into a teal sorting machine
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    Sterling hits two-year high as rate cut hopes cool

    Currency strengthens after BoE governor Andrew Bailey warns it is ‘too early to declare victory over inflation’

    Bank of England building in London
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    UK economy
    Sterling rises after UK business activity grows more than expected

    Data for August points to solid economic growth in summer after strong rebound in first six months of 2024

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  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    Wall Street banks bet sterling will extend winning run

    British pound boosted by resilient economy and Labour election landslide

    A British twenty pound note lies next to British one pound coins
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Sterling surges to one-year high after UK growth and US inflation surprises

    Pound hits highest level against dollar since July 2023 as chances of August interest rate cut recede

    Big Ben and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on a £5 banknote
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    UK stands out for its stability after election landslide, say investors

    Calm in Britain’s financial markets following Labour victory contrasts with turmoil elsewhere in Europe

    Pound notes
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Sterling climbs to 21-month high against euro as rate cut bets fade

    Pound has been boosted by expectations BoE will lower borrowing costs later than ECB

    A cash tray holding British pound banknotes and coins in a shop in Barking, UK
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Traders bet against sterling in belief BoE will cut rates by summer

    Investors raise short positions to 16-month high as conviction grows that UK borrowing costs will fall ahead of US

    The Bank of England in the City of London
  • Thursday, 11 April, 2024
    Markets InsightPeter Kinsella
    The pound is no longer so vulnerable

    There are signs that sterling is set to embark on an upward trend after several years in the doldrums

    British sterling banknotes are laid on a table at a currency exchange in Brussels
  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
    Sterling outshines rivals as UK economy holds up better than expected

    Pound is only big developed world currency to rise against US dollar this year

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  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Markets InsightDavid Bholat
    Britcoin needs a bolder vision

    Proposed design for digital pound makes it a product without an obvious market

    Montage of Bank of England and £1 coin with binary numbers in the background
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Sterling exceptionalism

    Cable doesn’t quite fit with other G10 currency trades

  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    Asset managers snap up sterling as UK inflation concerns linger

    Overseas investors purchase British pound at fastest clip since the summer

    A pedestrian walks past the Bank of England
  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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