[FOREX NEWS] Carney keeps the pound pressured

Mark Carney talks after the BOE’s “Super Thursday”: the rate decision, the meeting minutes and the Quarterly Inflation Report. Brexit is already taking some kind of toll on the economy. He also talks about the slowdown of the economy. He does not provide a more hawkish statement than the meeting minutes and the QIR. GBP/USD [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: State Street to Bitcoin Bull: Blockchain Boss Leaves to Launch Crypto Startup

A State Street Bank executive has just left his job to launch a crypto company providing liquidity to institutional investors

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[FOREX NEWS] BOE votes 6:2 against a hike – GBP crashes

The BOE left interest rates unchanged as widely expected. Two members voted for a hike and 6, including the Governor, voted to leave them unchanged. This met expectations. Were real expectations higher? GBP/USD crashes some 70 pips in the immediate aftermath, but bounces. — more coming The Bank of England was expected to leave the [...]

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