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3 Numbers to Watch: UK BOE minutes, US Fed statement & forecast
Wednesday is a busy day for central bank news, starting with the release of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee minutes. The main event arrives later, in three pieces: the Federal Reserve's FOMC statement, its chairman Ben Bernanke's press conference and a new set of Fed economic projections. UK Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Minutes (08:30 GMT): Mark Carney, the incoming Bank of England (BoE) governor, formally takes charge on 1 July and so all things monetary for Britain are increasingly viewed in terms of how the new central banking chief will oversee and reinterpret policy. Yesterday’s ... (full story)