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Bond Market Is Jettisoning U.K. Negative-Rate Bets Ahead of BOE
Jan 30 2021, 3:39 PM
January 30 2021, 10:30 AM
January 30 2021, 3:39 PM
(Bloomberg) Traders are scrapping bets that the U.K. will implement negative rates this year, calling time on one of the most popular wagers of 2020 ahead of a Bank of England meeting thatâs expected to address the debate.
(Bloomberg) Traders are scrapping bets that the U.K. will implement negative rates this year, calling time on one of the most popular wagers of 2020 ahead of a Bank of England meeting thatâs expected to address the debate.
As the central bank readies its first policy decision since an eleventh hour Brexit trade deal, investors have all but priced out the possibility of the BOE cutting borrowing costs below zero. Money-market levels now imply no more than a risk of the bank rate turning negative within the next year, and even then, the extreme is seen at a mere two basis points beneath zero. That contrasts with b