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Overseas developments continue to drive the gilt market

The fairly modest impact of the MPC’s initial stab at ‘forward guidance’ on gilt yields has cast doubt over whether a formal commitment to keep monetary policy loose will do much to lower gilt yields while those on US Treasuries are rising. But we still believe that there is scope for gilt yields to decouple from their American counterparts.

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