Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Sterling Continues Rally After BoE Minutes - Fundamental Forex News of Today

Sterling Continues Rally After BoE Minutes. Pound rallied against the greenback continues to day-to-4 minutes straight after the release of the Bank of England policy meeting. Minutes show the results of voting 8-1 to stop the bond-buying program, as easing the risk of the European crisis and the rising threat of inflation. Among the nine members of the MPC, only David Miles is still calling for an increase asset purchase target by £ 25 billion ($ 40.7 billion).

"The market is assessing the results of voting as a factor 8-1 hawkish," said Neil Jones, head of European hedge-fund sales at Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd.. in London. "And the market will start anticipating stronger economic performance in the first quarter, which will drive demand for UK Sterling and assets."

Stevens comments Anxiety Triggers Aussie

The Australian dollar slipped for the second day in a row against the U.S. currency as the emergence of concerns that a slowing domestic economy will urge the RBA to lower interest rates. Currency that is often called Aussie weakness against most of its 16 major trading partners after the Reserve Bank of Australia Governor, Glenn Stevens, said about the risks in the shift of growth from the mining sector to the other sectors.

"Governor Stevens was always worried about the output gap and what it will cover a vacancy when the mining investment slowed," said

Hans Kunnen, an economist at St. George Bank Ltd.. in Sydney. "The fact that the RBA has also seen the potential for growth in the Australian economy more slowly helped diminish enthusiasm for the Aussie." While the economic data released Westpac Banking Corp. and the Melbourne Institute shows the projected growth of the Australian economy in the future only rose by 0.1% to 285.7 in October, after posting a 0.6% rise the previous month.

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