Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out his Spring Budget in the hope to counteract rising inflation.
He warned the UK’s post-pandemic recovery had been blown off course by the war in Ukraine.
The annual inflation rate increased to 6.2%. It is the highest inflation rate since March of 1992, cable witnessed a 100 pip sell-off yesterday.
With the BoE looking at a fourth interest rate hike, just where will cable go from here?
Timestamps:
- GBPUSD 02:00
- UK100 03:35
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