Every week, we are publishing the Experts Forecast Currencies Poll. A pool of selected traders and analysts gives us their targets for the major currencies for the week, month and quarter to come. They also indicate the whole trend in these periods.
The report includes a visual table for each pair, as well as the comments that the experts might have added to their analysis.
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| GBPUSD | 1 Week | 1 Month | 1 Quarter | 1 Week | 1 Month | 1 Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levels | Trend | |||||||
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| A. Narczewski | 1.5350 | 1.5000 | 1.4800 | Bullish | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Alberto Muñoz,PhD | 1.5200 | 1.5000 | 1.4800 | Bearish | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| ANZ FX Strategy Team | - | 1.6300 | 1.6300 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| BBVA Bancomer Team | - | 1.5690 | 1.5100 | - | Bullish | Bearish | ||
| BNP Paribas Team | - | 1.6200 | 1.6600 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| BoA FX, Rates and Commodities Team | - | 1.5500 | 1.5100 | - | Bullish | Bearish | ||
| BTMU Global Markets Research | - | 1.5800 | 1.5400 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Claudiu Cazacu | 1.5200 | 1.5320 | 1.5500 | Bearish | Sideways | Bullish | ||
| Commerzbank Analyst Team | - | 1.6000 | 1.5800 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Danske Research Team | - | 1.5600 | 1.6100 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Deutsche Bank Analyst Team | - | 1.5870 | 1.5900 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| GFM Research Private Limited | - | - | 1.4500 | - | - | Bearish | ||
| Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research | - | 1.6000 | 1.6500 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Gonçalo Moreira, CMT | 1.5500 | 1.5700 | 1.5800 | Bullish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Gus Farrow | 1.5000 | 1.5300 | - | Bearish | Sideways | - | ||
| HSBC Global Research Team | - | 1.6100 | 1.5900 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| ICN.com analysis team | 1.5075 | 1.5075 | 1.5000 | Bearish | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Ilian Yotov | 1.5000 | 1.5250 | 1.5500 | Bearish | Sideways | Bullish | ||
| ING Global Economics Team | - | 1.5800 | 1.5700 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| J.P. Morgan Global FX Strategy | - | - | 1.5900 | - | - | Bullish | ||
| Malik Khan | 1.5400 | 1.5200 | 1.4955 | Bullish | Sideways | Bearish | ||
| Mauricio Carrillo | 1.5500 | 1.6000 | 1.6000 | Bullish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| NAB Global Markets Research | - | 1.5700 | 1.5700 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| National Bank of Canada Eco. & Strat. Team | - | 1.5700 | 1.5600 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| OCBC Treasury Research & Strategy Team | - | 1.5780 | 1.5690 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Rabobank Financial Markets Research Team | - | 1.5700 | 1.5700 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| RBC Economic Research Team | - | 1.6000 | 1.6500 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| RBS Team | - | 1.5600 | 1.5500 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Ross Yamashita | 1.5200 | 1.4800 | 1.4000 | Bearish | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Scotiabank FX Strategy Team | - | 1.6100 | 1.6000 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Standard Bank Research Team | - | 1.5700 | 1.5500 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| TD Securities Research Team | - | 1.5700 | 1.5700 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| UBS FX Research Team | - | 1.5900 | 1.5300 | - | Bullish | Sideways | ||
| UniCredit Research | - | 1.5500 | 1.5400 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Valeria Bednarik | 1.5100 | 1.5000 | 1.4850 | Bearish | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Víctor Rodríguez del Río | 1.5900 | 1.6030 | 1.5400 | Bullish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Wells Fargo Research Team | - | 1.5800 | 1.6000 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Westpac Institutional Bank Team | - | 1.5900 | - | - | Bullish | - | ||
| Yohay Elam | 1.5300 | 1.5400 | 1.5000 | Sideways | Bullish | Bearish | ||
| Average | 1.5287 | 1.5649 | 1.5540 | Sideways | Bullish | Bullish | ||
The pound has seen pressure rising recently and could head lower if UK data disappoints and the market continues to price expectations of more QE by the Bank of England.
Cable could stabilize after the roller coaster. In the longer term. it has potential to fall.
Risk Disclosure
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Our previous defined target at 1.5265 was rached. Now. eyes are on 1.50 followed by 1.4785.