GBP/USD: UK trade deficit narrowed more than market expectations for February

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP rose 0.32% against the USD and closed at 1.6801, after an official data showed that total trade deficit in the UK narrowed more-than-expected to £2.06 billion in February, compared to … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: IMF upgraded its view on the UK economic growth for 2014

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP rose 0.86% against the USD and closed at 1.6750 after the IMF raised its forecast on the UK economic growth for the second time this year, by stating that the … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: Pound trading tad higher ahead of a slew of economic releases from the UK

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP rose 0.17% against the USD and closed at 1.6608, in a subdued trading session on Monday. Yesterday, the Office for National Statistics noted that despite the recent substantial GDP growth, … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: Pound trading marginally lower amid lack of economic data from the UK

GBPUSD Movement On Friday, GBP fell 0.12% against the USD and closed at 1.6578, after the UK, mortgage lender, Halifax reported that house prices fell 1.1% (MoM) in March, their biggest fall in nearly two years, compared to a revised … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: Interest rate in the UK to remain at current low level for some more time, rise only to be gradual, opines BoE’s McCafferty

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP fell 0.16% against the USD and closed at 1.6599, after Markit Economics reported that its PMI for the UK’s service sector fell to a 9-month low reading of 57.6 in … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: UK construction PMI unexpectedly fell in March

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the GBP marginally fell against the USD and closed at 1.6627 after official data showed that construction PMI for the UK economy edged down to a reading of 62.5 in March, … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: Pound trading tad higher ahead of UK construction PMI data

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP fell 0.21% against the USD and closed at 1.6630, after data showed that the UK Markit manufacturing PMI fell to a 8-month low reading of 55.3 in March, contradicting market … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: Stress tests would test banks’ resilience to rate hikes, BoE’s Andrew Bailey

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP rose 0.10% against the USD and closed at 1.6665. The US Dollar came under pressure, following the Fed Chief, Janet Yellen’s dovish comments on the prevailing conditions in the US … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: UK economy expanded in line with market estimates for the fourth-quarter

GBPUSD Movement On Friday, the GBP rose 0.23% against the USD and closed at 1.6645, as UK’s fourth-quarter GDP revised data came in-line with market estimates. UK GDP rose 2.7% (YoY) in the fourth-quarter, following a 1.9% increase registered in … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: Pound trading higher ahead of UK’s GDP data for the fourth quarter

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP rose 0.17% against the USD and closed at 1.6607, after an upbeat rise in the UK retail sales data fuelled optimism on the recovery of the nation’s economy. Data showed … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: As the economy recovers, interest rates should return to more normal levels, opines BoE’s Weale

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP rose 0.27% against the USD and closed at 1.6578, after a Bank of England (BoE) policymaker, Martin Weale projected interest rates in the nation to gradually rise to a more … Continue reading

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