Strong pound worry for exporters
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The pound draws closer to the $2 barrier, hitting a new 14-year high of $1.9748 before retreating slightly.
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Sterling rose on the news, with separate data for eurozone manufacturing coming in much weaker than expected. Output actually contracted in Germany and Italy.
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The pound crept up against the dollar and euro on Monday after a slight rise in producer prices was interpreted by investors as a sign that the Bank of England (BoE) will be forced to raise interest rates.
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British business is facing increasing pressure to move jobs abroad to cut costs and there is no sign that this global trend is set to reverse, an industry survey shows.
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The monthly U.S. trade deficit soared to an all-time high of $60.3 billion in November, sending the dollar tumbling and raising new worries about whether the U.S. economy has become too dependent on borrowing from foreigners.
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The pound was stronger across the board after the Bank of England sounded hawkish in its Inflation Report, saying interest rates are likely to fall at a slower pace than the market currently expects.
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The pound has been under pressure after a survey overnight showed UK house prices fell for the first time in nearly two years, adding weight to expectations that the Bank of England will not be in a position to raise interest rates further.
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New reports showed rising prices of imported goods, struggling manufacturing and an erosion in consumer confidence.
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Sterling bulked up some by the end of the session. Earlier the pound had been on the backfoot after softer than expected inflation numbers for August cemented expectations that the Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee may not raise the cost of borrowing too much further from its current 4.75 percent.
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Saturday 20 November 2004 The Federal Reserve chairman is concerned that foreign investors may unload the US currency because of the growing trade deficit.
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Business & money: Factory gate price rises at a 16-year high will cause severe headaches at Bank of England, analysts say
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The prospect that Chinese exports will soon overwhelm the worldwide clothing market was thrown into doubt yesterday after Beijing announced it will tax its shipments of textiles and apparel once the global market is liberalized Jan. 1.
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The pound suffered after worse-than-expected third-quarter GDP data.
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Investment funds controlled by foreign governments could trigger a protectionist backlash, a report warns.
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Sudden changes in the housing market pose the biggest threat to the UK economy, the world financial watchdog warned today. In an unusually stark message, the International Monetary
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The European Union is bracing for the expiry of import quotas on Chinese textiles at the end of the year amid fears of a new wave of T-shirts and trousers bearing "Made in China" labels flooding in.
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A mixture of problems including sharp currency fluctuations has led to uncertainty about how strong and durable the world recovery will prove, British finance minister Gordon Brown said yesterday.