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A View from the Bridge - February 2026
With political turmoil or “Polycrisis” inside Downing Street being the more dominant theme for sterling markets over the past couple of sessions, market participants were not primed for a pronounced shift in bias from the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)at their first meeting of the year.
PegasusCapital - 06/02/2026
