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The spotlight was mostly on the Bank of England’s monetary policy statement, as they decided to maintain rates at 5.25% as expected but still had some surprises up their sleeves.

As expected, the BOE kept interest rates on hold at 5.25% but the more dovish MPC tilt and presser took markets by surprise. How did the pound react?

Are folks over in the U.S. financially confident enough to increase spending activity? Or would they rather keep their hands in their pockets?

Will this week’s labour market numbers point to further disinflation? More importantly, how may CAD react to the news?

With no major market movers on the scene on Wednesday, it was a perfect chance for the key assets to respond to their individual catalysts.

With the BOE expected to shift to a less dovish tone this time, could there be a case for a Cable bounce? Check out this near-term support area I’m watching ahead of this major central bank event!

The absence of fresh major market themes encouraged asset-specific price action on Tuesday! Which major assets saw volatility? We have the deets!

We’ve got the Bank of England’s (BOE) monetary policy decision coming up on Thursday, plus the quarterly Monetary Policy Report to boot.

So the RBA kept its interest rates at 4.35% as expected. So why did AUD go down and stay down after the announcement?

Major financial assets started the week on a chill note as a lack of market movers gave traders room to prep for this week’s potential catalysts.