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Sterling was hit hard by dollar strength last week but found support above 1.32 against the dollar. Swaps priced almost an 80% chance of a November BoE hike after hawkish comments from MPC member Lombardelli.
The writer expects higher energy prices and rising rates to weigh on UK consumer spending.
The pound's move was mainly dollar-driven, which points to broad USD strength rather than sterling-specific weakness. A firmer dollar raises the local-currency cost of dollar-priced feed ingredients for UK and European buyers.
fxstreet.comMatthew Ryan, CFASep 30, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
