Introduction to European Fundamentals | Episode 6: How the Bank of England Works [Miko Matsuzaki]

Miko Matsuzaki Profile

Miko Matsuzaki. Began her trader career at Swiss Bank Tokyo Branch. In 1988 she moved to the UK, and in 1989 joined the Dealing Room at Barclays Bank London Head Office. She gave birth in 1991. In 1997 she transferred to Merrill Lynch Investment Bank in London City. She resigned in 2000. Now, in addition to FX trading, she provides direct-from-Europe information to Japanese individual investors through blogs, seminars, and YouTube. Her books include “Miko Matsuzaki’s London FX” and “Always-Profit London FX” (both published by Jiyu Kokuminsha). Since 2018 she has run the Fundamentals College. She also started an online salon on DMM called “FX no Ryūgi”.

Blog:http://londonfx.blog102.fc2.com/
Fundamentals College:https://fundamentals-college.com/
Online salon:https://lounge.dmm.com/detail/1215/

Trading volume of GBP/JPY up about 22% year over year

Following a series of movements related to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, volatility in pound-related currency pairs has risen this year. According to the annual “Foreign Exchange White Paper” published by the FX think tank Gaika Dotcom Integrated Research Institute, GBP/JPY trading volume this year is about 22% higher than last year. This indicates that trading in pound-related currency pairs has become more active among Japanese individual investors as well.

However, even among self-styled pound-specialist traders, there are few who know much about the Bank of England. Therefore, this time I would like to explain the Bank of England’s monetary policy decisions.