US dollar climbs to two-week high as pound falls after Bank of England rate decision
The dollar reached a two-week peak as the Bank of England held rates steady. Sterling fell amid the decision and growing political instability in London.
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GB voted 5-4 to leave interest rates unchanged on February 5, 2026, a decision that triggered immediate volatility across global financial markets. The narrow split among the nine-member rate-setting committee coincided with a similar move by the European Central Bank, which also opted to leave its rates unchanged on the same day. These policy signals, arriving as the US 
US corporate earnings season is now halfway complete, prompted a surge in investor risk aversion that pushed the US US dollar to a two-week high while the British pound tumbled.
GB voted 5-4 to leave interest rates unchanged on February 5, 2026, a decision that triggered immediate volatility across global financial markets. The narrow split among the nine-member rate-setting committee coincided with a similar move by the European Central Bank, which also opted to leave its rates unchanged on the same day. These policy signals, arriving as the US US corporate earnings season is now halfway complete, prompted a surge in investor risk aversion that pushed the US US dollar to a two-week high while the British pound tumbled.
