British Prime Minister Liz Truss and new finance minister Jeremy Hunt will have to do a lot more to restore credibility
British Prime Minister Liz Truss and new finance minister Jeremy Hunt will have to do a lot more than Friday’s U-turn on corporation tax to restore Britain’s credibility with financial markets after three bruising weeks.
“Undertaking a U-turn that is forced doesn’t really give the impression that Liz Truss is driving forward with a credible policy plan but rather reacting to developments as they unfold, which itself doesn’t engender much confidence,” said Richard McGuire, head of rates strategy at Rabobank in London.Ten-year gilt yields were 40 bps above session lows hit earlier on Friday, also pushed up by moves in bond yields globally.
Focus also turned to growing political instability with the fourth finance minister in as many months appointed in a country grappling with a cost-of-living crisis, and some questioned how long Truss herself could stay in office. The BoE was also forced to carry out a round of emergency bond-buying which ended on Friday, leaving many investors anxious about what might happen next week.
Rabobank’s McGuire said pressure on UK assets could lead the BoE to re-intervene in the bond market or delay its quantitative tightening, bond-selling plans.
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