Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD fades bounce off weekly low
|GBP/USD Price Analysis: Sellers attack 50-DMA on monthly support break
GBP/USD prints a three-day downtrend following the key support break, pressured around 1.3740 during the early Asian session on Thursday. The cable pair broke an ascending support line, now resistance, from September 30 the previous day but refrained from closing below 50-DMA.
GBPUSD outlook: Optimistic outlook for economic growth lifts pound but the downside remains at risk
British pound regained traction and bounced from the lowest in over one week (1.3710), hit earlier today. Optimistic tones from UK FinMin Sunak’s budget speech lifted sterling. Sunak announced stronger economic growth as the country emerges from coronavirus pandemic, saying that the economy was likely to grow by 6.5% in 2021, compared to a forecast of 4% growth, made in March, when the country was still in a lockdown.
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