By Rob Howard — Jun 16 - 07:25 AM
Cable falls to 1.2042 after BoE raises rates by 25 bps to 1.25% nU8N1A4002
1.2042 = intra-day low (1.2059 was early London low, before SNB rate hike)
Economists expected 25 bps BoE hike; I/R futures priced 50% chance of 50 bps
1.2182 was London morning high (pre-BoE hike), following SNB's 50 bps hike
1.2035 (low after 75 bps Fed hike) and 1.2000 are support points sub-1.2042
1.1991 was Wednesday's low (pre-ECB news). 1.1934 was Tuesday's 27-month low
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Refinitiv IFR Research/Market Commentary