
The Bank of England raised Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 4.00%, with the committee voting 8–1 on the size of the move; Catherine Mann preferred a 50-basis-point increase. Sterling briefly reached $1.3506 before easing to around $1.3467, while Governor Andrew Bailey said the hike did not necessarily signal a series of increases.
UK rate expectations can influence sterling and the cost of imported commodities, but the article reports no specific feed-market supply or demand change. The currency response was modest and mixed.
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