{"id":105767,"date":"2020-10-12T18:10:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T17:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=105767"},"modified":"2020-10-12T19:20:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T18:20:18","slug":"104519-gbp-covid-measures-brexit-negative-interest-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/104519-gbp-covid-measures-brexit-negative-interest-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP: Covid Measures, Brexit &#038; Negative Interest Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A tiered lockdown system is due to be unveiled today.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BoE leans further towards negative rates<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Brexit trade talks intensify ahead of October 15 deadline<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the latest efforts to stem the spread of Covid, UK PM Boris Johnson is due to announce a new three-tier lockdown system today The new system could see specific areas put under tighter lockdown restrictions, with the aim to prevent another national lockdown<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pubs could have to close, along with gyms and restaurants. Households will be unable to mix. Schools and universities are expected to remain open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brexit trade talks will step up this week ahead of PM Boris Johnson\u2019s October 15 deadline. There could be some leeway with this line in the sand. However, Boris, Johnson wants to know this Thursday if a deal is possible; if not he is prepared to leave discussions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European Council meeting starts on October 15, unsurprisingly post-Brexit trade talks will dominate the agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bank of England has communicated with commercial banks asking them about their level of preparation or\u00a0 for zero or negative interest rates. According to a Reuters a letter from BoE Deputy Governor Sam Woods asked for \u2018specific information about your firm\u2019s readiness to deal with a zero Bank Rate, and the steps that you would need to take to prepare for the implementation of these\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GBP\/USD held 1.3000 despite the latest headlines. GBPUSD has shown a short-term bullish trend \u00a0 since the September 23 low of 1.2675 and is now above all three simple moving averages, albeit just in the case of the 50-dma. The pair is considered overbought on the CCI indicator. With so much going on this week it could be prudent\u00a0 to sit on the side lines short term..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tiered lockdown system is due to be unveiled today. BoE leans further towards negative rates Brexit trade talks intensify ahead of October 15 deadline In the latest efforts to stem the spread of Covid, UK PM Boris Johnson is due to announce a new three-tier lockdown system today The new system could see specific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":5730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1379,1381],"tags":[1394,1888,1398],"class_list":{"0":"post-105767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gbp","8":"category-usd","9":"tag-gbp","10":"tag-gbp-usd","11":"tag-usd"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GBP: Covid Measures, Brexit &amp; Negative Interest Rates - Currency Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/104519-gbp-covid-measures-brexit-negative-interest-rates\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fiona Cincotta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/104519-gbp-covid-measures-brexit-negative-interest-rates\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/104519-gbp-covid-measures-brexit-negative-interest-rates\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP: Covid Measures, Brexit &#038; 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