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European session review: GBP weakens after the announcement of BoE’s policy update
| Time | Country | Event | Period | Previous value | Forecast | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | Eurozone | ECB Economic Bulletin | ||||
| 08:30 | United Kingdom | Purchasing Manager Index Services | April | 56.3 | 60.1 | 61.0 |
| 09:00 | Australia | RBA Assist Gov Debelle Speaks | ||||
| 09:00 | Eurozone | Retail Sales (YoY) | March | -1.5% | 9.6% | 12% |
| 09:00 | Eurozone | Retail Sales (MoM) | March | 4.2% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| 11:00 | United Kingdom | Asset Purchase Facility | 875 | 875 | 875 | |
| 11:00 | United Kingdom | BoE Interest Rate Decision | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| 11:00 | United Kingdom | Bank of England Minutes |
GBP retreated against most of its major rivals in the European session on Thursday after the announcement of the outcomes of the Bank of England's (BoE) latest monetary policy meeting.
At its May gathering, the BoE's policymakers decided to leave the bank rate unchanged at 0.10% and maintained the asset purchase program at GBP895 billion, as widely expected. The central bankers also provided upbeat economic forecasts but did not send a clear message of trimming the pace of monthly purchases in its quantitative easing (QE) program. This disappointed some market participants, who had expected such a “game-changing” decision from the British central bank that could mark the beginning of the normalizing moves by the central banks around the world.
In a market notice, setting out the details of the BoE’s planned gilt purchases, the Bank said that “the pace of these continuing purchases could now be slowed somewhat”. However, it added that “this operational decision should not be interpreted as a change in the stance of monetary policy” and “as measured by the target stock of purchased assets, that stance remained unchanged”.
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