By Greta Rosen Fondahn (Reuters) -British assets remained under pressure on Friday from elevated global borrowing costs, with sterling falling for the fourth day in a row and gilt yields rising for a fifth consecutive day,

The bond market has taken fright from the growing sense of inflationary pressures in the air. The benchmark UK 10-year gilt has now risen to levels not seen

British assets remained under pressure on Friday from high global borrowing costs, with sterling falling for the fourth day in a row and better-than-expected U.S. jobs data intensifying the move, while gilt yields rose for a fifth consecutive day.

British assets remained under pressure on Friday from elevated global borrowing costs, with sterling falling for the fourth day in a row and gilt yields rising for a fifth consecutive day, though both were off the previous session's most extreme levels.

The pound sterling has dropped to its lowest level in 14 months against the US dollar, reflecting mounting unease among investors about Britain’s fiscal trajectory. Simultaneously, UK borrowing costs are climbing sharply,

Investing.com - The British pound slumped to its lowest level in over a year Thursday, weighing by falling confidence in the country’s fiscal outlook amid soaring borrowing costs. At 08:10 ET (13:10 GMT),

Sterling slid for a second day on Wednesday against a generally firmer U.S. dollar, despite British long-term borrowing costs sitting at around their highest since 1998.