{"id":107297,"date":"2020-12-17T18:12:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=107297"},"modified":"2020-12-17T20:58:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:58:19","slug":"105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/USD holds above 1.36 highest level since May 2018 post-BoE"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GBP\/USD rallied for a fourth straight session on Thursday.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brexit trade deal optimism underpinned GBP.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BoE monetary policy decision had little impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pound pushed the GBP\/USD pair beyond1.36to a 19 month high. Progress in Brexit talks and a weak tone surrounding the US dollar helped boost the pair higher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest Brexit headlines revealed a trade deal between the EU and the United Kingdom could come by the end of the week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persistent USD weakness also added to the GBP\/USD bull run story. The USD Index tanked to a multi year low on growing optimism for additional US fiscal stimulus. Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress could soon clear a $908 billion COVID-19 relief package.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separately the rollout of covid vaccines is also boosting investors\u2019 confidence undermining the USD\u2019s safe-haven status. the Fed\u2019s pledge to keep interest rates near zero for years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GBP\/USD saw a muted reaction to the latest BoE monetary policy decision. As expected, the BoE\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) left their interest rate unchanged at 0.10%.it also kept the Asset Purchase Facility steady at \u00a3895 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The announcement was a non event with the focus firmly on Brexit developments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GBP\/USD rallied for a fourth straight session on Thursday. Brexit trade deal optimism underpinned GBP. BoE monetary policy decision had little impact. Pound pushed the GBP\/USD pair beyond1.36to a 19 month high. Progress in Brexit talks and a weak tone surrounding the US dollar helped boost the pair higher. The latest Brexit headlines revealed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":4555,"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-107297","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\/USD holds above 1.36 highest level since May 2018 post-BoE - 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\/105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe\/\" \/>\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\\\/105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/USD holds above 1.36 highest level since May 2018 post-BoE\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-17T18:12:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-17T20:58:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100467-gbp-eur-boe-super-thursday.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gbp\",\"gbp\\\/usd\",\"usd\"],\"articleSection\":[\"GBP\",\"USD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2020\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/105067-gbp-usd-holds-above-1-36-highest-level-since-may-2018-post-boe\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/USD holds above 1.36 highest level since May 2018 post-BoE - 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