Stock Market
By Sakamoto Nashi
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BoE Rate Strategy Gets Complicated. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey keeps pushing for tighter policy if inflation won't budge.
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What Banks and Traders Think. Goldman Sachs dropped a report Monday warning that oil could climb even higher if Middle East…
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Sterling gets hammered Monday. Rising oil prices pretty much cancel out the Bank of England's tough talk on rates, sending the pound down 0.3% against the dollar to $1.
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Crude oil went wild after Middle East tensions flared up over the weekend. Brent crude jumped 2.5% to $88.
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Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey keeps pushing for tighter policy if inflation won't budge. UK inflation sits at 4.2% right now - way above the central bank's 2% target.
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The dollar's getting stronger across the board, partly because traders think the Federal Reserve will keep cranking up rates.
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JPMorgan analysts said Monday that energy market chaos is creating ripple effects across currency trading.
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HSBC economist Liz Martins thinks the BoE faces a tough choice at its March 30 meeting. She sees them weighing rate hikes against potential economic damage from higher energy…
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Some investors still think the pound's got decent long-term prospects though. Morgan Stanley's Hans Redeker argues UK economic fundamentals remain solid, which could support…
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell's recent comments aren't helping the pound either. On March 18, Powell said the US central bank is ready to keep hiking rates aggressively to fight…
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Barclays analysts note the mix of rising oil prices and central bank policies is creating an unpredictable environment for forex traders.
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Several UK exporters are getting worried about currency volatility. Unilever faces potential cost increases from the weaker pound, which could hurt profit margins if the trend…
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The UK Treasury hasn't commented on these developments yet, leaving financial markets to speculate about potential fiscal responses.
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UK retail sales dropped 0.4% in February according to March 19 data from the Office for National Statistics.
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The Confederation of British Industry released its business optimism index March 20, showing it fell to a six-month low.
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