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£ climbing again

Postby Suff » 10 May 2017, 15:17

I was looking for why as the French election result should have boosted the €. Then I remembered, the BOE has it's rate setting meeting tomorrow.

I did read that shorts on the £ are dropping and the € is setting in for long term poor performance. Trumps woes are hampering the $ even with rates rising.

I must admit the conversation I had with a colleague, back in July last year, where he, a remainer, told me we'd done the most foolish thing and the £ was going to parity with the $ and woe was us and the economy was shafted etc, etc; comes back to mind quite a bit.

Certainly bought the whole story didn't he.

The £ will probably rise to around €1.2 by tomorrow morning then fade again, depending on what Carney says. Although as each BOE minute is produced Carney looks more and more like a sailor gripping the wheel for grim death rather than a captain calmly sailing well known seas...

Forward Guidance anyone?
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