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Government bonds and pound rally amid pressure for mini-budget U-turn

UK government bonds and the pound rallied amid speculation that Liz Truss’s Government could be forced to U-turn on its unfunded tax cut plans. Pressure on gilts – UK government bonds – also eased as the Bank of England sought to steady market ...

13 Oct 2022 at 18:19

Pound falls further and bonds under pressure despite Government tax U-turn

The Bank of England bought just £1.5 billion in gilts on Friday as its intervention to prop up the markets after the chancellor’s mini- budget came to an end on the same day as he lost his job. The pound and UK Government bonds also came back ...

14 Oct 2022 at 18:44

Pound weakens and government borrowing costs rise again after Truss speech

The pound has wiped out its gains from earlier in the day, falling in value against the US dollar following the Prime Minister’s speech at the Conservative Party conference. Sterling dipped by 1.4% to 1.1312 dollars shortly after Liz Truss ...

05 Oct 2022 at 15:53

Bank of England insists bond-buying plan will end this week amid gilts sell-off

The Bank of England has insisted its emergency bond-buying scheme following the Chancellor’s mini-budget will come to a close on Friday as a sell-off in UK government bonds accelerated. The message came following a slump in the pound ...

12 Oct 2022 at 17:26

Bank of England promises to end gilt purchases on Friday

The Bank of England has said its scheme to protect the market from the chaos in the wake of the Chancellor’s mini-budget will come to a close on Friday. Pension funds will have to have found tens of billions of pounds before the end ...

12 Oct 2022 at 11:49

Why has Bank of England stepped in again and how will market turmoil affect me?

The Bank of England’s fresh attempt to soothe market chaos followed another punishing day for the pound and UK government bonds amid worries over the Government’s mini-budget plans. It marks the second move to bolster the central ...

11 Oct 2022 at 15:07

Sterling falls as Bank of England warns market support will end on Friday

The pound has fallen again after the Bank of England governor warned that its emergency support package for the markets would end on Friday. Earlier the Bank intervened for the second time in as many days to prevent “fire sales” ...

12 Oct 2022 at 00:04

Bank of England intervenes for second day running to ease market turmoil

The Bank of England has stepped in with further emergency action for the second day running to head off a “fire sale” of UK government bonds amid ongoing turmoil in markets triggered by the Chancellor’s mini-budget. The central ...

11 Oct 2022 at 11:25

Truss will need to soothe rattled gilt markets, experts warn

UK government bonds remained under pressure with little sign of respite after Liz Truss’s Conservative leadership victory, and experts warned her policy plans will be key to settling the rattled gilts market and reining in ...

05 Sept 2022 at 15:26

Number 10 dismisses concerns fiscal rule change could trigger Truss-style chaos

Downing Street has dismissed concerns that a potential change to the borrowing rules in the Budget could trigger a Liz Truss-style meltdown. Number 10 insisted the Government would “absolutely deliver” on its pledge to ...

08 Oct 2024 at 14:26

Why has the Bank stepped in and how will it help households and businesses?

The Bank of England’s move to step in and calm the chaos in financial markets follows turmoil for the pound and UK government bonds caused by the Chancellor’s tax-cutting mini-budget. The Bank intervened to try to ...

28 Sept 2022 at 18:09

UK government bonds and pound rally ahead of Chancellor’s emergency budget plans

The battered pound and UK government bonds rallied on Monday ahead of new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s emergency statement to calm the chaos in the financial markets. Yields on 30-year and 10-year government bonds – ...

17 Oct 2022 at 10:33

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