Alan Taylor, an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England (BoE), said that he currently sees a high bar to hiking the rates at a conference in New York hosted by Exante Data. He also added that the current energy shock looks more like the 2011 situation than the 2022.
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Pound Sterling Price Today
The table below shows the percentage change of British Pound (GBP) against listed major currencies today. British Pound was the strongest against the Australian Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.22% | 0.20% | 0.14% | 0.30% | 0.72% | 0.71% | 0.36% | |
| EUR | -0.22% | -0.02% | -0.11% | 0.08% | 0.51% | 0.50% | 0.15% | |
| GBP | -0.20% | 0.02% | -0.06% | 0.10% | 0.53% | 0.51% | 0.17% | |
| JPY | -0.14% | 0.11% | 0.06% | 0.15% | 0.58% | 0.55% | 0.22% | |
| CAD | -0.30% | -0.08% | -0.10% | -0.15% | 0.43% | 0.41% | 0.07% | |
| AUD | -0.72% | -0.51% | -0.53% | -0.58% | -0.43% | -0.02% | -0.34% | |
| NZD | -0.71% | -0.50% | -0.51% | -0.55% | -0.41% | 0.02% | -0.34% | |
| CHF | -0.36% | -0.15% | -0.17% | -0.22% | -0.07% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the British Pound from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent GBP (base)/USD (quote).
Source: https://www.fxstreet.com/news/boes-taylor-currently-see-a-high-bar-to-hiking-202603261723
