Pound climbs to a five-week high on UK jobs and BoE talk

FXStreet20 October 2026, 21:56 UTCUnited Kingdom

A rise in the UK's Bank Rate on November 5 got more backing from Tuesday's jobs data, and GBP/USD climbed to its highest since mid-September. It rose from about 1.3300 to just above 1.3400, and it ended just under that level.

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