# Pound Sterling at Risk of 'Dovish' Bank of England Decision

> Sterling is at risk if the Bank of England signals faster interest rate cuts at its meeting next week. Analysts note UK natural gas prices are about 20% lower than assumed in February's inflation forecast.

- Date: 2025-04-29 · published 2025-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25380-pound-sterling-at-risk-of-dovish-bank-of-england-decision
- Commodities: [British Pound (USD per GBP)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GBPUSD.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

A more dovish BoE would weaken the pound and could change the cost of dollar-priced imports for UK feed buyers. Lower UK gas prices also ease energy costs for UK feed production.

## Read by commodity

- GBPUSD: bearish ▼
- NATGAS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2023-03-20 | [Global Natural Gas Prices Keep Falling as Demand Weakens, Banking Crisis Weighs on Markets – LNG Recap](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37032-global-natural-gas-prices-keep-falling-as-demand-weakens-banking-crisis-weighs.md) | -10.6% | -5.7% |
| NATGAS | 2022-08-29 | [Stocks And Bonds Sell Off, While The Dollar Rallies \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40299-stocks-and-bonds-sell-off-while-the-dollar-rallies-investing-com.md) | -4.3% | -27.3% |
| NATGAS | 2019-03-22 | [Russia-China Power of Siberia gas pipeline on track for Dec startup: PetroChina](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60263-russia-china-power-of-siberia-gas-pipeline-on-track-for-dec-startup-petrochina.md) | -4.9% | -11.5% |
| NATGAS | 2018-04-23 | [A Changing Global Gas Order 2.0 - Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA \| CGEP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65696-a-changing-global-gas-order-2-0-center-on-global-energy-policy-at-columbia.md) | +1.3% | +1.4% |
| NATGAS | 2026-06-23 | [Natural gas: Lower TTF path but winter risks – Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18990-natural-gas-lower-ttf-path-but-winter-risks-rabobank.md) | +1.5% | -11.7% |

## Sources

- poundsterlinglive.com: https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/gbp-live-today/21809-pound-to-euro-and-dollar-risk-of-dovish-bank-of-england

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