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...The UK’s FTSE 100 closed at a record high, boosted by weakness in the pound and rising expectations of interest rate cuts from the Bank of England....
...“Markets have priced out lots of the Federal Reserve rate cuts they’d expected earlier in the year, but they’re still hopeful for the Bank of England and European Central Bank.”...
...The UK’s blue-chip index climbed to a new intraday record earlier on Tuesday but retreated after Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill warned against cutting interest rates too soon....
...The Bank of England is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold....
...stocks closed lower on Wednesday as traders weighed an influx of corporate earnings reports and grew more cautious about the volume of interest rate cuts expected from the European Central Bank and Bank of England...
...The moves came after Bank of England policymaker Dave Ramsden, who is typically hawkish, suggested on Friday that he would not need much more evidence of slowing inflation before backing interest rate cuts...
...The figure was slightly higher than the 3.1 per cent forecast by economists polled by Reuters and the Bank of England and above the BoE’s 2 per cent target....
...Sterling fell against the dollar on Tuesday after an unexpected jump in UK unemployment led traders to raise their bets on how many times the Bank of England will cut interest rates this year....
...Traders are pricing in fewer than two quarter-point interest rate cuts from the Bank of England this year, as policymaker Megan Greene said cuts “should still be a way off”....
...Investors are awaiting monetary policy decisions this week from the Bank of Japan, Federal Reserve, and Bank of England....
...Sterling strengthened as traders pushed back their bets on interest rate cuts from the Bank of England after UK inflation slowed less than expected in March....
...The most hawkish members of the Bank of England also dropped their demands for higher interest rates on Thursday, while the Swiss National Bank delivered a surprise interest rate cut....
...Later on Monday, Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Catherine Mann will speak at a conference in Belfast and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will participate in a climate...
...For the week, the FTSE 100 advanced 2.6 per cent, as investors grew more optimistic that the Bank of England will deliver multiple interest rate cuts in 2024. Markets in Europe were subdued....
...The FTSE 100 closed at its highest level since April after both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England voted to keep interest rates on hold....
...up a succession of record highs this year, the FTSE 100 has yet to eclipse its February 2023 peak, despite enjoying its best week since September as investors have become more confident that the Bank of England...
...Friday’s gains came amid a global stock rally that followed this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, and after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey told the Financial Times that markets were right to expect...
...London’s FTSE 100 rose on Wednesday after official figures showed UK inflation unexpectedly held steady, rather than rising, in January, leading traders to bring forward their bets on when the Bank of England...
...Support for sterling comes as traders shift to price in two or three 0.25 percentage point interest rate cuts from the Bank of England this year, compared with six quarter-point cuts that were priced in...
...London’s FTSE 100 jumped in early trading on Tuesday after wage growth in the UK slowed more than expected, boosting traders’ confidence that the Bank of England will cut interest rates several times this...
...The Bank of England’s Catherine Mann will also give a speech....
...The US Federal Reserve will set monetary policy on Wednesday, followed by the Bank of England on Thursday....
...Investors will be looking for clues on when interest rates might start to fall in speeches from Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane, and US Federal Reserve...
...European stocks fell on Thursday after the Federal Reserve and Bank of England pushed back against hopes for early interest rate cuts, while concerns rose about the region’s banking sector after BNP Paribas...
...London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.4 per cent after data showed UK wage growth eased slightly in the three months to October, adding to evidence that the labour market is softening ahead of the Bank of England’s monetary...
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