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Sterling gains on firm tone from Bank

By Peter Garnham

Published: October 21 2009 11:10 | Last updated: October 21 2009 22:21

The pound climbed to a one-month high against the dollar and the euro on Wednesday after the minutes of the Bank of England’s October monetary policy meeting struck a less dovish tone than expected.

As widely forecast, the minutes revealed that the nine-strong monetary policy committee voted unanimously to leave the size of its asset purchase scheme unchanged at £175bn earlier this month.

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