Carney says his Mansion House comments on interest rate rises were his views

• did not consult MPC directly prior
• was his speech
• views were consistent with MPC view from last meeting

As if by magic.. You reckon the TSC has got ForexLive on their desks ? lol

GBPUSD up a tad to 1.6983

• purpose of comments was intended to get market to revise expectations on rate rise to adjust in line with data
• time to normalize interest rates is edging closer as economy progresses

Carney was understandably asked to clarify his reasons for making the comments and was clear that they were deliberately aimed at markets to revise expectations

Dep gov Bean:

• MPC were all struck by market’s high degree of certainty about timing of first hike before MS speech

GBPUSD 1.6991 finding a few buyers on the responses