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Pound hit by downbeat Bank forecast

By Peter Garnham

Published: February 10 2010 11:07 | Last updated: February 10 2010 22:36

Sterling gave up early gains on Wednesday after the Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report painted a gloomy picture of the UK economy.

The pound fell after the Bank cut its forecast for economic growth and said inflation would undershoot its 2 per cent target significantly if interest rates rose as fast as markets were predicting.

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