During late-Tuesday, The Guardian relied on the business and industry sources to convey UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s inclination to follow Germany while seeking replacement of the furlough scheme.
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The sources said the Treasury had decided, at the eleventh hour, to delay an announcement timed for Wednesday that would have extended the availability of state-backed loan schemes for struggling companies.
The chancellor was expected to confirm four government-backed loan guarantee schemes would be extended until November.
One option believed to be under consideration after talks with businesses and unions in recent weeks is a scheme similar to the German Kurzarbeit (“short work”) system – which would involve the government paying the wages of workers for short-time working.
FX implications
While the news should ideally help GBP/USD, by way of indicating further helps to the British business, the Cable stays mostly unchanged around 1.2735 amid a generally quiet period for the Pound traders.
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