Pound prolongs global-beating profit on possible UK growth
March 20, 2014 8:44 amVideo
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Being the top performer among major currencies last year, the pound strengthened following the Bank of England noted additional gains are likely as Britain’s economy stretched despite fall in unemployment.
Sterling advanced versus all of its 16 major counterparts as the government showed higher growth predictions in its budget address today. The pound profited 10% in the last 12 months, the best performer among 10 developed-nation currencies monitored by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes, on hints ascending growth will prod the central bank to increase interest rates. UK gilts snipped decreases following the debt office stated the lowest bond sales since 2007.
The pound was firm at 0.4% to 83.65 pence per euro at 4:36 p.m. (London time) following it depreciated to 84 pence, the weakest point since December 25. The currency increased 0.2% to $1.6633.
The pound ascended against all 31 major currencies in the last 12 months, escalating most versus the Argentine peso and Turkish lira. It became stronger at more than 9% versus the dollar in that period.
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