London with unprecedented measures to reduce the budget deficit
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Against the background of relatively poor economic news from the calendar on Wednesday, two events in Britain have contributed to easing the major currency crosses, in particular – those involving pounds.Undoubtedly the most interesting event for the forex market from a fundamental point in the last Session disclosure of unprecedented measures taken by the British government, which aimed at limiting the budget deficit by cutting almost half a million jobs in the public sector.The actions of management are aimed at reducing the “hole” in the budget within the next few years, is expected to fall to 2.1 percent of GDP in 2015 to the current 10.1 percent. Thus the government hopes to keep the top credit rating, which will help her to take cheaper loans from foreign investors.Along with the plan of Finance Minister George Osborne found himself the focus of traders on the report of the Bank of England of its last meeting, which also contribute to the diverse trade in the British pound against its other major competitors. Unexpected in this case was that for the first time in almost a year now heads the Bank of England split three different views, suggesting that even when they can not accurately assess the situation in the country.Although the majority of representatives of the Monetary Committee of the bank were in favor of keeping rates at their current level of 0.50 percent and the amount of program buying securities amounting to 200 billion pounds, two of its members voted in favor of lifting respectively the base rate and increased financial incentives for the economy.The mere fact that there is disagreement among the representatives of the central bank may have some pressure on the pound especially against more stable currencies like the dollar as commodity, and the unknown about the next meeting of the monetary institution becoming larger.Against the background of relatively poor economic news from the calendar on Wednesday, two events in Britain have contributed to easing the major currency crosses, in particular – those involving pounds. Undoubtedly the most interesting event for the forex market from a fundamental point in the last Session disclosure of unprecedented measures taken by the British government, which aimed at limiting the budget deficit by cutting almost half a million jobs in the public sector. The actions of management are aimed at reducing the “hole” in the budget within the next few years, is expected to fall to 2.1 percent of GDP in 2015 to the current 10.1 percent. Thus the government hopes to keep the top credit rating, which will help her to take cheaper loans from foreign investors. Along with the plan of Finance Minister George Osborne found himself the focus of traders on the report of the Bank of England of its last meeting, which also contribute to the diverse trade in the British pound against its other major competitors. Unexpected in this case was that for the first time in almost a year now heads the Bank of England split three different views, suggesting that even when they can not accurately assess the situation in the country. Although the majority of representatives of the Monetary Committee of the bank were in favor of keeping rates at their current level of 0.50 percent and the amount of program buying securities amounting to 200 billion pounds, two of its members voted in favor of lifting respectively the base rate and increased financial incentives for the economy. The mere fact that there is disagreement among the representatives of the central bank may have some pressure on the pound especially against more stable currencies like the dollar as commodity, and the unknown about the next meeting of the monetary institution becoming larger.
