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Title: GBP/USD sits near daily tops, above 1.4100 mark ahead of FOMC

  • Writer: analysiswatch
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  • Jun 16, 2021
  • 2 min read

Jun 16, 2021 11:44:34 AM GMT

By: AnalysisWatch

  • GBP/USD won robust wonderful traction following the discharge of hotter-than-anticipated UK CPI.

  • A subdued USD call for remained supportive of the intraday pass up past the 1.4100 mark.

  • Investors now appeared reluctant to region competitive bets in advance of the important thing FOMC coverage choice.

The GBP/USD pair maintained its bid tone via the mid-European consultation and turned into closing visible soaring close to the pinnacle cease of its day by day buying and selling range, readily above the 1.4100 mark.

Following a short consolidation via the early a part of the buying and selling motion on Wednesday, the pair stuck a few clean bids following the discharge of hotter-than-anticipated UK inflation figures. In fact, the headline UK CPI jumped above the Bank of England's goal for the primary time in nearly years and rose 2.1% in May. This marked a pointy acceleration from April's 1.5% and additionally exceeded consensus estimates pointing to a studying of 1.8%.

This, at the side of a subdued US greenback call for, allowed the GBP/USD pair to construct at the in a single day leap from the 1.4035-30 region, or one-month lows. The momentum driven the pair past the 1.4100 mark, though an aggregate of things held bulls from putting competitive bets. Investors continue to be involved approximately the EU-UK stand-off at the Northern Ireland protocol and the United Kingdom government's choice to put off the very last level of easing lockdown measures.

Apart from this, anxiety in advance of the highly-predicted FOMC coverage choice acted as a headwind for the GBP/USD pair. Investors would possibly have already begun out pricing the possibilities for an in advance stimulus withdrawal amid issues approximately growing inflationary pressure. Expectations for a much less dovish Fed helped placed a tentative ground below the dollar and saved a lid on any similarly profits for the major, as a minimum for the time being.



 
 
 

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