Posts Tagged ‘Quantitative Easing’
BoE and ECB
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The Pound has appreciated against the Euro following today’s Bank of England and European Central Bank (ECB) interest rate announcements. Both Banks kept their interest rates on hold at 0.50% and 1.50% respectively.
However, in the following ECB press conference, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet struck a more cautious tone, warning that the Euro-zone economy will grow [...]
BoE Minutes & UK unemployment data
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The Pound has fallen this morning following the release of Bank of England Minutes and UK employment data. The Pound now trades back below 1.14 against the Euro and below 1.64 against the US Dollar.
The Bank of England Minutes revealed that all nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to keep interest rates [...]
The Pound has remained stable …
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The Pound has remained stable following the release of July’s Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) minutes, trading at 1.13 against the Euro and at 1.61 against the US Dollar on the interbank market.
The minutes showed that the MPC remains split, with 7 members voting to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.50% whilst 2 [...]
Sterling falls following dovish Bank of England
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The Pound has depreciated this morning (22/06/11) following the release of the latest minutes from the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The minutes indicated that the Bank of England is less likely to raise interest rates this year, which makes Sterling less attractive to investors seeking higher yielding currencies*.
The minutes show that out [...]
Interest Rates
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
Today (07/04/11) as expected the European Central Bank (ECB) has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% to 1.25%, the first such increase since July 2008. The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold for the 25th month at their historic low of 0.5% and the Bank’s Quantitative Easing Asset Purchase Programme remains [...]
Bank of England
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
Sterling has appreciated modestly this morning following the release of February’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) minutes by the Bank of England showing that interest rates were kept on hold by a 6-3 vote.
Bank of England chief economist Spencer Dale joined Andrew Sentance and Martin Weale in backing a rise in interest rates. Dale and Weale [...]
Currency Update
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
Following the release of minutes from the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and the Government’s Spending Review, the Pound has remained relatively stable near its current levels in the region of 1.13 against the Euro and 1.57 against the US Dollar.
The Bank of England Minutes confirmed that there was a three way split [...]
Sterling
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
This week we have seen the Pound fall further against the Euro as the probability of further Quantitative Easing (QE) from the Bank of England increased. Earlier in the week Mr Posen a member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) became the first member of the MPC to openly call for further QE since [...]
Currency Matters
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The US Dollar has continued to fall following Tuesday’s meeting of the Federal Reserve. At the meeting the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold at 0.00-0.25% and kept quantitative easing at current levels. However, the Federal Reserve opened the door to the possibility of additional quantitative easing indicating that it would be prepared to [...]
US Dollar
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates Uncategorized by mporter
The US Dollar has fallen sharply late this afternoon (14/09/10) following a report from Goldman Sachs suggesting that the Federal Reserve could announce a new program of asset purchases (quantitative easing) in order to support the weak economy and to try and avoid a double dip recession.
The Euro has made strong gains against the US Dollar, [...]
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