People walk outside the Bank of England in the City of London financial district, in London, Britain, January 26, 2023.
Henry Nicholls | ReutersLONDON — The Bank of England's rapid pace of bond sales is creating a "selling gold at the bottom" moment for investors, according to Christopher Mahon, head of dynamic real return at Columbia Threadneedle.
Now, despite the fact that the value of gilts has fallen dramatically since then, the central bank is unwinding those holdings, and fast.
In late July, the central bank estimated that it would require the Treasury to indemnify £150 billion ($189 billion) of losses on its asset purchase facility (APF).
The Bank of England, for its part, disputes that the asset sales are affecting markets in any substantive way.
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Henry Nicholls, Christopher Mahon, Mahon, BOE, it's, Dave Ramsden, Ramsden
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City, London, Britain