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The Pound-to-Euro exchange rate ended the week on its back foot amid further turbulence in the American bond market but kept a toehold on the doorstep of 1.17 and may overcome that on route to new highs this week, as the diverging policy stance of the Bank of England (BoE) vindicates Sterling's rally. 

The UK economy will be boosted by a sizeable pick up in consumer spending in 2021 as pent up savings are spent according to economists at Deutsche Bank, who say that the Bank of England might be underestimating the scale of the consumer-lead rebound.

The Bank of England's Chief Economist has said UK inflation is likely to rise notably over coming months, a comment that triggered a rally in the yield on UK government yields and recovery in the value of the Pound.

The Pound has confounded expectations with sharp gains over all major rivals until Thursday, leading to much head-scratching in some parts and prompting Pound Sterling Live to draw on the buy-side expertise of Toscafund Asset Management to tell the untold story of Sterling's steamrolling 2021 rally. 

The Canadian Dollar rallied to a three-year high with gusto on Wednesday, weighing on the Pound-to-Canadian Dollar rate in the process, although Sterling's recently-improved outlook has been buttressed by the prospect of a further dovish turn in monetary policy at the Bank of Canada (BoC). 

The decision is on balance a positive outcome for the British Pound which rallied against the Euro, Dollar and other major currencies following the outcome.

The Pound was taking a breather from its 2021 rally on Wednesday having eked out gains over only its European counterparts ahead of a Bank of England (BoE) policy decision that will be instructive of the outlook for Sterling and, potentially even other currencies too in the months ahead. 

The Bank of England will cut its basic interest rate and raise its quantitative easing programme to support the lockdown-ravaged UK economy, according analysts at major pan-European lender and investment bank.

Negative interest rates are unlikely at the Bank of England (BoE) if the latest remarks from Governor Andrew Bailey and Pound Sterling's response to them are anything to go by, although the matter is not decisively settled and at least some derivation of the controversial policy could yet be implemented.

The debate over whether to introduce negative interest rates at the Bank of England has intensified over the past 24 hours, and the British Pound is reacting by going higher.

A leading member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has given a strong signal that negative interest rates in the UK are potentially on their way, a development that could prove to be a significant headwind to the Pound.

The Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told MPs it was reasonable to assume the EU and UK could reach a deal on financial services by the end of March.

The Bank of England (BoE) sat on its hand in December when it left interest rates and the parameters of its quantitative easing programme unchanged pending the outcome of Brexit trade talks and decisions on the government's so-far failed containment of the coronavirus.

The Pound has been burdened anew in November by evolving market expectations for interest rates at the Bank of England (BoE) and elsewhere in the world, although this weight around the ankles of Sterling could turn to a tailwind in the event that a Brexit deal is agreed over the coming days or weeks.

UK economic growth forecasts for the UK economy have been downgraded by the Bank of England, while pointing to a more gradual recovery in growth towards pre-Covid levels.

The Bank of England on Thursday announced it would boost quantitative easing by £150 billion, an amount significantly greater than the £100BN markets were anticipating, and economists are saying this won't be the last expansion.

The British Pound's recovery against the Euro, Dollar and other major currencies was stopped after markets reacted to comments by Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey on the prospect of UK interest rates turning negative in the future, while a looming update on Brexit trade negotiations will increase nerves.

Bank of England's Governor Andrew Bailey has downplayed the prospect of negative interest rates in the future as he sought to downplay the market's rising expectations for future interest rate cuts, an intervention that appears to have offered some support to the British Pound.

The British Pound fell sharply against the Euro, Dollar, Australian Dollar and other major currencies after the Bank of England said it was preparing to engage regulators on lowering interest rates to below 0% in coming months.

The Bank of England forms the highlight for Pound Sterling on Thursday as any signal of imminent interest rate cuts or a boost to the quantitative easing programme could weigh on the currency.