Monday, 21 May 2007

U.K. Pound Declines as Industry Survey Shows House Price Gains are Slowing

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. pound dropped after an
industry survey showed house-price inflation slowed this month,
easing pressure on the Bank of England to keep raising interest
rates this year.

The pound fell for a fourth week against the dollar last
week, its longest losing run in 15 months, as investors scaled
back expectations for rate increases this year. Futures traders
decreased their bets for a third week that the pound will gain
against the U.S. dollar, figures from the Washington-based
Commodity Futures Trading Commission show.


Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News

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