There are three Bank of England speakers coming up on Friday

Monetary Policy Committee members Ramsden, Pill and Tenreyro are to speak on Friday.

• Ramsden and Chief Economist Pill are giving a Monetary Policy Report National Agency Briefing from 1215 GMT.
• 1300 GMT will bring comments from Tenreyo

On Thursday the BoE left rates unchanged. Analysts were split going into the meeting

• Bank of England Monetary Policy meeting decision due 4 November 2021 - a line-ball call

but markets were pricing a hike.

Read from the bottom up for the chronology:

• Bailey: It is not our responsibility to steer markets on interest rates
• The bond market is having a big re-think on the path of rates today
• BOE's Bailey: It was a very close call today
• BOE fails to walk the talk
• BOE leaves bank rate unchanged at 0.10% in November monetary policy meeting