{"id":131252,"date":"2018-08-02T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=131252"},"modified":"2018-08-02T18:48:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T22:48:00","slug":"boe-surprises-with-hawkish-hike-pound-tumbles-on-carney-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/08\/boe-surprises-with-hawkish-hike-pound-tumbles-on-carney-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"BoE surprises with hawkish hike, Pound tumbles on Carney comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-2039323208\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">August 2, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p>Article by <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/ma\/shutterstock_441927286_25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160px\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The Bank of England\u2019s \u00a0monetary policy committee has certainly surprised financial markets today by voting unanimously to raise interest rates to 0.75%, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>For those who may be wondering why the central bank has pulled the trigger despite growing Brexit-related uncertainty, the answer can be found in the subsequent, hawkish policy statement. According to the BoE, the first quarter slowdown in economic growth was temporary, with growth momentum recovering during the second quarter of 2018. GDP growth was expected to expand 1.4% in 2018, with growth averaging 1.7% per year through 2020, while inflation was seen cooling to 2.2% next year. Although the Pound initially appreciated following the hawkish hike, comments from Mark Carney during his press conference sent the currency collapsing like a house of cards.<\/p>\n<p>The Pound\u2019s sharp decline could be based on investors acknowledging that today\u2019s rate hike is a \u201cone-and-done\u201d move. With Brexit uncertainty, cooling inflationary pressures and global trade tensions likely to obstruct the central bank&#8217;s efforts to raise interest rates, the Pound remains vulnerable to downside risks.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the technical picture, the GBPUSD has crashed over 100 pips with prices trading around 1.3024 as of writing. A solid close below the 1.3000 level could inspire bears to challenge 1.2940.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forextime.com\/images\/maa\/gbpusddaily_525.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer:\u00a0<\/strong>The content in this article comprises personal opinions and should not be construed as containing personal and\/or other investment advice and\/or an offer of and\/or solicitation for any transactions in financial instruments and\/or a guarantee and\/or prediction of future performance. ForexTime (FXTM), its affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees do not guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness, of any information or data made available and assume no liability as to any loss arising from any investment based on the same.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54242 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Forex-Time-Logo.png\" alt=\"Forex-Time-Logo\" width=\"262\" height=\"90\" \/><strong>Article by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForexTime Ltd (FXTM)<\/strong> is an award winning international online forex broker regulated by CySEC 185\/12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forextime.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.forextime.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article by ForexTime The Bank of England\u2019s \u00a0monetary policy committee has certainly surprised financial markets today by voting unanimously to raise interest rates to 0.75%, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. For those who may be wondering why the central bank has pulled the trigger despite growing Brexit-related uncertainty, the answer can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131252"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131257,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131252\/revisions\/131257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}