Bank of England

There was quite some speculation that the BOE would suspend its regularly scheduled meeting due to the coronavirus. Several other central banks have done so, and the BOE has already taken pre-emptive action by cutting rates and… Read More

The Bank of England will be holding its monetary policy meeting today. This will be the last monetary policy meeting ahead of the October 31 Brexit deadline. Investors expect the Bank of England MPCs to leave monetary policy unchanged.… Read More

The Bank of England is the last of the major central banks to have their monetary policy meeting. Despite being the most important event on the British economic calendar this week, we aren't expecting a major change in terms of monetary… Read More

The Bank of England will be holding its monetary policy meeting later today. Investors at large expect the central bank to keep rates steady at 0.75%. The BoE’s meeting is gaining prominence after months of Brexit uncertainty. The central… Read More

The economic docket for the week ahead will see a somewhat slower schedule with most of the major markets closed on Friday due to Good Friday. Still, there is plenty of economic reports that will be coming out over the week. Inflation… Read More

It has been a busy week for the pound sterling as investors had a lot of information to digest. This included economic reports and new developments on the Brexit front. Data showed that the UK’s economy was nudging along albeit at a… Read More

Britain's economic growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter of 2018. The yearly growth was the slowest in six years, as Brexit worries and global trade tensions dampened activity. Data showed that the nation’s GDP increased just by… Read More

Employment Rises Despite the ongoing chaos and uncertainty around Brexit, UK labour market conditions remained firm. The latest data, covering the three months to December 2018, showed that the number of people in employment surged by… Read More

The first BOE meeting of the year was a decidedly dovish affair with the BOE keeping rates on hold, as expected. It did, however, sharply revise growth lower amidst ongoing Brexit uncertainty. In one of the largest revisions to… Read More