UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that now are seeing the beginning of signs that the restrictions are having an effect on the spread of the coronavirus in many parts of the country, as reported by Reuters.
Johnson, however, further noted that they keep the restrictions under constant review and rHe reiterated that he does not rule out a hardening of them if necessary.
Market reaction
The pound remains among the best performing currencies of the past two days, possibly supported by comments Tuesday from the Bank of England governor, which lowered expectations of negative interest rates being introduced. GBP / USD is trading around 1.3650 / 70.
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