Weekly pound fundamental forecast
In Forex, traders always act at their own risk, and must understand that in case of incorrect interpretation of the information received, they will lose money. The head of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, did not make excuses because he misled the financial markets about the need to curb the raging inflation. The traders are to blame for believing in the BoE head's assumptions. The interest rate remained unchanged at 0.1%, but they lost money. It's only the beginning!
Ahead of the BoE meeting in November, it was not clear how the labor market was doing. There was no data on October inflation either. The Bank of England had to act blindly and it is not surprising that it refrained from changing monetary policy. At the beginning of the second half of November, it became clear that it was necessary to raise the interest rate. The number of paid employees in the UK in September-October rose by 160 thousand to 29.3 million, and the number of vacancies rose to a record level. It seems that the end of the government's job support program in early autumn did not negatively affect the labor market, which removes the obstacle to the start of monetary restriction.