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British Pound breaks 1.3350 as Warsh stays vague, BoE hike bets build

FXStreet16 October 2026, 15:40 UTCUnited Kingdom

The Pound Sterling advanced against the US Dollar on Friday after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh didn’t provide forward guidance on interest rates, while expectations that the Bank of England would hike rates in November supported GBP/USD, pushing it above 1.3350 and registering gains of over 0.61%.

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