Pounded Pound Stages Relief Rally On Strong UK Data
The pound, already out of favour ever since the Bank of England’s last policy meeting a couple of weeks ago, fell further yesterday in response to softer-than-expected UK inflation figures.
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GBPUSD – Cable could snap back to reality
The recent improvement in UK data has seen many investors and analysts, ourselves included, ask a rhetorical question with a hint of sarcasm “Brexit, what Brexit?” Traders have apparently reduced their net short positions from record high levels as they realised the fallout in the immediate aftermath of Brexit was not as bad as many had feared. Granted, not all the economic pointers have been great but on the whole
GBPUSD Shows Signs Of Life
The GBPUSD ended higher last week on the back of surprisingly stronger-than-expected UK economic data and as the dollar eased along with expectations about an imminent rate hike in the US.