Barclays guns for sterling sweet spot

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Barclays guns for sterling sweet spot

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The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, during the unveiling at Winchester Cathedral, of the new £10 note featuring Jane Austen, which marks the 200th anniversary of Austen's death. | Chris J Ratcliffe/PA Wire/PA Images

Barclays was looking to add to the £4.8bn equivalent of senior funding it has done this year with a sterling deal in a ‘hot’ tenor on Friday. The deal arrived as Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, talked about a rise in interest rates in the near term.

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