GBP: BoE turns more dovish

25. März

Sterling is consolidating at slightly lower levels after the Bank of England's dovish bout of communications late last week. Thursday's dovish statement and minutes were backed up by an interview from Governor Andrew Bailey in the Financial Times on Friday. Here, he implied that multiple rate cuts would be coming through this year. That dovish turn from the BoE helps cement the 0.8500 floor for EUR/GBP – which now can work its way slowly towards the 0.87 area over coming month. Given our dollar view, we are not too bearish on GBP/USD and would expect some decent demand to emerge under 1.2600.