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BOE (Bank of England) will be rendering its interest rate decision today, and it should provide strong volatility in the market if BOE’s final decision is a surprise, here’s the forecast:

7:00am (NY Time) UK Offcial Bank Rate Forecast 0.50% Previous 0.50%
ACTION: GBP/USD BUY 0.75%

The Trade Plan
In the unlikely event BOE hikes rate to 0.75%, we’ll buy GBP/USD immediately on a spike trade. Because of the level of this surprise, I think we’ll see a strong trend change for GBP in the next few weeks, so we should BUY and keep a small portion for larger gains…

7:00am (NY Time) UK Offcial Bank Rate Decision  Forecast 0.50%   Previous 0.50%
ACTION: GBP/USD      N/A

UK’s BOE, Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is once again scheduled to release their interest rate decision today and the expectations are to keep both their official bank rates at 0.50% and APF (Asset Purchasing Facility) unchanged. The important focus as usual today will be the accompanying BOE Statement if they decide to release one, and it is customary that BOE will only release a rate statement if there is a change to either the Interest Rate or the APF. 

7:00am (NY Time) UK Offcial Bank Rate Decision  Forecast 0.50%   Previous 0.50%
ACTION: GBP/USD      N/A

UK’s BOE, Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is once again scheduled to release their interest rate decision today and the expectations are to keep both their official bank rates at 0.50% and APF (Asset Purchasing Facility) unchanged. The important focus as usual today will be the accompanying BOE Statement if they decide to release one, and it is customary that BOE only releases rate statement if there is a change to either the Interest Rate or APF program. 

7:00am (NY Time) UK Offcial Bank Rate Decision  Forecast 0.50%   Previous 0.50%
ACTION: GBP/USD      N/A

UK’s BOE, Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is once again scheduled to release their interest rate decision today and the expectations are to keep both their official bank rates at 0.50% and APF (Asset Purchasing Facility) at 200 Billion Pound. The important focus as usual today will be the accompanying BOE Statement if they decide to release one, and it is customary that BOE only releases rate statement if there is a change to either the Interest Rate or APF program. 

7:00am (NY Time) UK Offcial Bank Rate Decision  Forecast 0.50%   Previous 0.50%
ACTION: GBP/USD      N/A

UK’s BOE, Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is once again scheduled to release their interest rate decision today and the expectations are to keep both their official rates at 0.50% and APF (Asset Purchasing Facility) at 200 Billion Pound (at least for the time being). The important focus as usual today will be the accompanying BOE Statement if they decide to release one.

7:00am (NY Time) UK Offcial Bank Rate Decision  Forecast 0.50%   Previous 0.50%
ACTION: GBP/USD      N/A

UK’s BOE, Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is scheduled to release their interest rate decision today and the consensus expectations are to keep current rates at 0.50% and APF (Asset Purchasing Facility) at 200 Billion Pound.  The important focus today will be the decision concerning the APF program as it is expected to expire later this month.  If MPC decides to take a “wait and see” stance on the APF, expect to see GBP soaring against other majors as this is a strong message reflecting the recovery of UK’s economy.