REVIEW: created by import-candles on 2026-10-23 from Monorex history (digits 5 map); check digits/point_size/pip_size, then activate. Great Britain Pound vs Swiss Franc
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Bank of England raises rate to 4% as energy inflation risks build
The Bank of England raised Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4%, with eight members backing that move and Catherine Mann preferring 4.25%. It expects inflation to reach around 5% by mid-2027. Stronger activity and prolonged energy costs prompted the increase, but further decisions depend on how those costs spread into wages and other prices.
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The Bank of England raised Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4%, with eight members backing that move and Catherine Mann preferring 4.25%. It expects inflation to reach around 5% by mid-2027. Stronger activity and prolonged energy costs prompted the increase, but further decisions depend on how those costs spread into wages and other prices.
Thesis: The Bank judges prolonged energy inflation and stronger activity sufficient to warrant tighter policy.
Counter view: Limitation: Evidence of spillovers into other prices and wages remains limited, and weaker demand could restrain pricing power.
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Swiss inflation reaches 1.5% as fuel prices rise
Swiss consumer prices rose 1.5% from a year earlier in October, according to the Federal Statistical Office. Prices increased 0.2% over the month, with heating oil, petrol and diesel among the drivers. Footwear and hospital outpatient services also became more expensive. Lower prices for medical services at local surgeries, international package holidays and hotels partly offset those increases. The CPI reached 101.7 points on its December 2025 base of 100.
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Swiss consumer prices rose 1.5% from a year earlier in October, according to the Federal Statistical Office. Prices increased 0.2% over the month, with heating oil, petrol and diesel among the drivers. Footwear and hospital outpatient services also became more expensive. Lower prices for medical services at local surgeries, international package holidays and hotels partly offset those increases. The CPI reached 101.7 points on its December 2025 base of 100.
UK factory output accelerates, but costs stall hiring
Britain’s manufacturing PMI rose to 52.8 in October from 51.9, Reuters reports, confirming the flash estimate. The output index reached 53.6, its highest since September 2024, as domestic and overseas demand improved. The recovery has a cost: input prices rose at their fastest pace since June, and employment growth stopped. The survey predates the budget, so it does not measure businesses’ response to the new fiscal measures.
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Britain’s manufacturing PMI rose to 52.8 in October from 51.9, Reuters reports, confirming the flash estimate. The output index reached 53.6, its highest since September 2024, as domestic and overseas demand improved. The recovery has a cost: input prices rose at their fastest pace since June, and employment growth stopped. The survey predates the budget, so it does not measure businesses’ response to the new fiscal measures.
Counter view: Limitation: the survey predates the budget and does not measure its effects.