Comments by BoE Governor Andrew Bailey<\/a> that the central bank could still do plenty to support the UK economy, despite interest rates being so low offered support to sterling. Today is a bank holiday in the UK so the Pound could lack direction.<\/p>\nGerman inflation data will be in focus. Analysts\u2019 are expecting consumer prices to decline -0.2% in August compared to the previous month. This would be a slight improvement on July\u2019s -0.5%. The data comes after ECB\u2019s Philip Lane said that the central bank will adjust monetary policy if needed to boost inflation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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