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Brexit trade talks to shape pound’s prospects
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 Pound traders are about to get their first insight into how the currency may fare in the next phase of the Brexit talks as negotiators move on to the potentially more complicated stage of discussing trade. 


 

Sterling may be vulnerable as UK Prime Minister Theresa May meets with her cabinet ministers on Tuesday to begin mapping out what they want Britain’s future trade relations with the European Union to look like. Meanwhile, with May under pressure from businesses to secure a transition period for when the nation leaves the bloc, the European Commission is planning to unveil its latest stance on the issue on Wednesday. 

 

Following her defeat at the hands of her own party in trying to prevent an amendment to legislation that grants lawmakers a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal, May faces another knife-edge session in Parliament this week on her plans to put a specific leaving date into law. If that wasn’t enough to contend with, there is acknowledgement among leaders, including the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, that the next stage of the UK-EU negotiations will be even harder than the first. 

Sterling posted a second weekly decline, falling 0.6 per cent to $1.3313 in London on Friday. Against the euro it was down 0.8 per cent on the week at 88.43 pence. Ten-year gilt yields dropped 13 basis points to 1.15 per cent, touching their lowest level in three months. 

 

Hard-line proponents of Brexit may choose next week’s cabinet meeting as a further opportunity to try and impose their vision of trade with the EU, with a sudden exit still a possibility, according to Foley. “Sterli .. 

 

Investors may also scour comments from Bank of England Governor Mark Carney on his latest thoughts on Brexit when he answers lawmaker questions at Parliament’s Treasury Committee along with other BOE financial-stability officials on Wednesday. The central bank kept its key rate on hold on Thursday and maintained a cautious outlook. 

 
( Melissa )20 Dec,2017

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