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It’s rate-hike central: World market themes for the week ahead
This May 4, 2021, file photo shows the Federal Reserve building in Washington.
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Sterling may decide if BoE can talk markets off a cliff
A woman walks past the Bank of England in London on Sept. 30.
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Bank of England to start selling bonds on Nov. 1, but not longer-dated gilts
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Bank of England (BoE) building in London, Britain, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
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Bond vigilantes mean business, governments better beware
New Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street in London on Oct. 14.
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Calm or calamity? World market themes for the week ahead
A person reads a newspaper outside the Bank of England in the London's financial district in London on Oct. 3.
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Turbulent UK bond market may force BoE’s hand again
A man cycles past the Bank of England and Financial District in London on Sept. 30.
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Bank of England ‘closely monitoring’ liability-driven investment funds as bond support nears end
FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, speaks during the Bank of England's financial stability report news conference, at the Bank of England, London August 4, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Bank of England’s Bailey gives U.K. funds three-day deadline to fix problems
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 29, 2022 people walk past The Bank of England in central London. - The Bank of England on October 11, 2022 unveiled yet more measures aimed at calming markets rocked by a UK budget as it warned over risks to the nation's financial stability. The week had already seen action taken by the BoE and UK government aimed at bringing calm to bond markets in particular as state borrowing soars. (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES / AFP) (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bank of England doubles potential bond buy-backs as emergency plan nears end
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Bank of England (BoE) building in London, Britain, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
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How the Bank of England threw markets a lifeline
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past the Bank of England in London, Britain September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
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A bumpy home straight: World market themes for the week ahead
The New York Stock Exchange building is seen, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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Britain’s market rout stokes contagion fears around the globe
Pedestrians walk past clocks in the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.
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Bank of England pledges to buy £65-billion of U.K. bonds in bid to stem market rout
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Bank of England (BoE) building, the BoE confirmed to raise interest rates to 1.75%, in London, Britain, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
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Calls grow for Britain to reverse fiscal policy after market turmoil
People walk past the Bank of England in London, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The British pound has stabilized in Asian trading after plunging to a record low, as the Bank of England and the British government try to soothe markets nervous about a volatile U.K. economy. The instability is having real-world impacts, with several British mortgage lenders withdrawing deals amid concern that interest rates may soon rise sharply. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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Sterling hits record low, Bank of England fails to spark recovery
FILE PHOTO: Pound Sterling notes and change are seen inside a cash resgister in a coffee shop in Manchester, Britain, Septem,ber 21, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
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U.K. bonds and pound at centre of storm as tax shock hammers confidence
Citibank and J P Morgan buildings are seen in the financial district of Canary Wharf in London on Jan. 19, 2017.
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Bank of England, host of other central banks raise interest rates again as Fed drives global inflation fight
FILE - A general view of the Bank of England in the City of London, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Britain’s central bank is under pressure make another big interest rate hike Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, with inflation outpacing other major economies but the U.S. Federal Reserve and other banks acting more aggressively to get prices under control. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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British inflation falls for first time in nearly a year as drop in fuel prices offers respite
FILE - Shoppers pass a souvenir shop on Oxford Street in London, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The Office of National Statistics said Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, that the U.K. inflation slowed slightly in August as a drop in gasoline and diesel fuel prices gave consumers the first glimmer of hope that Britain’s cost-of-living crisis may be beginning to ease. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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Bank of England delays rate decision meeting by a week after Queen’s death
FILE PHOTO: General view of the Bank of England in London, Britain, October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson
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Bank of England’s Huw Pill says rate hikes won’t feed through until late 2023
FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past the Bank of England, in London, Britain, August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo