Former Bank of England official says early UK elections make interest rate cuts in June less likely

The Zhitong Finance App learned that Michael Saunders (Michael Saunders), a former interest rate setter at the Bank of England, believes that the possibility of interest rate cuts in June has disappeared, but the market may have underestimated the potential chance of cutting interest rates later this year. As a senior adviser at the Oxford Institute of Economics, Sanders pointed out after analyzing higher-than-expected inflation data released on Wednesday that this has drastically reduced the possibility that central bank officials will take action next month. Coupled with the government's decision to hold elections, this probability was further weakened. Sanders made it clear in an interview on Thursday: “The Bank of England itself does not want to be a market

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UK Recovery From Recession Loses Pace With PMIs Below Forecast

The UK economy’s recovery lost some momentum in May as activity and price pressures in the services sector started to fade.

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US S&P Global PMIs Preview: Economic Expansion Set to Persist in May

On Thursday, S&P Global will issue its flash estimates of the United States (US) Purchasing Managers Indexes (PMIs), a monthly survey of business activity. The survey is separated into services and manufacturing output and aggregated into a single statistic, the Composite PMI.

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Pound Sterling Exhibits Firm-footing Ahead as Traders Pare BoE Rate Cut Bets

The Pound Sterling (GBP) clings to gains above the crucial support of 1.2700 in Thursday's London session.

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Forex Today: US Dollar Loses Recovery Momentum, Eyes on PMI Surveys

The US Dollar (USD) Index seems to have entered a consolidation phase early Thursday after climbing to a weekly high near 105.00 on Tuesday.

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GF Securities: Inflation is no longer the only consideration for the Fed to cut interest rates. We need to balance inflation and the job market

The Zhitong Finance App learned that Guangfa Securities released a research report saying that Federal Reserve officials generally believe that policy interest rates are in a reasonable position and still pay attention to the balance between the level of inflation and the job market. If inflation does not progress further, it is necessary to maintain high interest rates for a longer period of time; in addition, they support reducing the QT scale. The team believes that overall, the Federal Reserve still maintains a data-dependent strategy and has not given a definitive monetary policy path; however, the “central position” of its monetary policy stance has changed slightly: the statement in the minutes shows that inflation is no longer the only consideration for interest rate cuts; balancing inflation and the job market is. First, the Federal Reserve meets every year8

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