GBP/USD: Trading the Bank of England Interest Rate Decision

USD: Trading the Bank of England Interest Rate Decision

The Bank of England is widely expected to hold the benchmark interest rate at 0.50% and is likely to maintain its GBP 175B asset purchase program as the board anticipates economic activity to improve throughout the second-half of the year, and the central bank may adopt a neutral policy stance going forward as the extraordinary efforts work their way through the real economy.

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Currency Analyst Ilya Spivak British Pound Takes Center Stage as Bank of England Announces Interest Rates (Euro Open) The British Pound is in European trading hours as currency markets turn their attention to the interest rate decision from the Bank of England. An actual change in borrowing costs is unlikely, with traders paying keen interest to anything that hints at the future course of the bank’s quantitative easing program.