Morgan Stanley on the Bank of England - one of the more hawkish of central banks - GBP implications

Comments from Morgan Stanley on the Bank of England and GBP, via eFX.

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• We maintain a bullish skew on GBP and expect it to outperform on the crosses against currencies with less hawkish central banks, like SEK.
• Recent comments from Bank of England policymakers were on the hawkish side, with Governor Bailey saying the committee was evenly split on whether the minimum conditions for a rate hike had been met at the August meeting
• The BoE should thus remain one of the more hawkish G10 central banks, with the focus being on the evolution of the labour market into the autumn
• GBP/USD should however remain largely driven by the broader USD trajectory and may be more rangebound given our bullish USD view