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The pound fell to a two-week low against the dollar after a U.S. report showed retail sales unexpectedly increased last month, attracting investors to America’s currency.
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The pound strengthened against the euro after a U.K. business lobby said company sentiment has improved, increasing speculation the economy will outperform that of the single-currency region.
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The Confederation of British Industry said company sentiment has improved as Britain’s biggest business lobby group maintained its forecast for growth to pick up over the next two years.
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Britain’s biggest business lobby raised its U.K. economic forecasts for this year and next after a surge in third-quarter growth and said the Bank of England will probably refrain from expanding stimulus next week.
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The Bank of England is right to look through accelerating inflation to help the economy, the country’s biggest business lobby group said, backing Governor Mervyn King’s view that tighter policy now would be a mistake.
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Bank of England officials don’t have a strong case to extend their quantitative-easing program as the economy will rebound from its recession, the Confederation of British Industry said.
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The pound rose the most in seven months versus the dollar on speculation Qatar will invest in infrastructure projects, boosting demand for sterling amid calls for growth-based policies in the government’s annual budget.
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The U.K. economy will escape a recession and the recovery will gain momentum this year, avoiding the need for more quantitative easing by the Bank of England, the Confederation of British Industry said.
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The U.K. economy will escape a recession and the recovery will gain momentum this year, avoiding the need for more quantitative easing by the Bank of England, the Confederation of British Industry said.
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The U.K.’s biggest investors want to put billions of pounds into British infrastructure, creating jobs and growth in an economy that is still smaller than it was in 2009. The government is preventing them, they say.
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