last week's blowout is reminder to the government that gilt market will not accept excess borrowing
The rise in inflation in May introduces some further uncertainty into the near-term outlook for businesses prices, adding that they need to squeeze out inflation.
At the heart of the row is the legacy of quantitative easing (QE) - the Bank's £895 billion bond-buying programme launched during the global financial crisis and expanded in response to the pandemic.
Despite some late-session retracement in GBP/USD, driven by natural profit-taking, the overall trend reflects strong market confidence in the British pound.