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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

    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
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