GBP under pressure – BBH
|Analysts at BBH note that Sterling has been weakened by two developments and first among them is that some 62 Conservatives have pressed Prime Minister May for a quick and clean break from the EU (hard line).
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“May is expected to clarify the response to the EU's negotiating position. Second, the UK's unemployment rate unexpectedly ticked up (4.4% from 4.3%) in the three-months through December for the first time in a couple of years, though the jobless claims fell in January. Employment growth in the last quarter of 2017 was half (88k vs 165k) expected.”
“Sterling has also slipped to a new five-day low. It is currently testing support near $1.3930. A clean break may spur a move toward $1.3800 in the coming days. The euro, which was turned back from the GBP0.8900 area last week found demand near GBP0.8800.”
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