GBP/USD Price Forecast: Hits fresh intra-week lows after failure at 1.3660 resistance
- The Pound dips to fresh weekly lows below 1.3620 against the US Dollar after rejection at 1.3660.
- US Dollar bulls remain subdued, awaiting US PCE Price Index figures.
- Technical indicators show weaker upside traction but the near-term trend remains bullish.
The British Pound (GBP) pares gains against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday, with bears testing the bottom of the intra-week trading range at the 1.3620 area, after failure to breach resistance at 1.3660. US Dollar bulls, however, remain subdued, awaiting the release of July’s US Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, due later on the day.
Brown Brothers Harriman’s Elias Haddad expects PCE data to “echo the soft July CPI and retail sales data, giving the Fed room to stay on hold.” Haddad also urges investors to “watch the less noisy Dallas Fed trimmed mean PCE and the Cleveland Fed median PCE measures, due around the New York close, for a cleaner read on underlying inflation,” highlighting that “both moved closer to the Fed’s 2% target in June.”
Technical Analysis: Failure to break 1.3660 might lead to a deeper correction
GBP/USD trades just below 1.3620, holding a constructive bullish tone, although failure to extend gains beyond the 1.3660 area might trigger a deeper bearish correction. Momentum indicators show a moderately weaker upside traction, with the daily Relative Strength Index (14) near 65, after pulling back from overbought levels, and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator staying positive, altogether hinting at a positive trend.
A confirmation below the mentioned intra-week low at 1.3620 opens the path towards a previous resistance area around 1.3565 (July 15, August 17 highs). Further down, the next demand zone comes near 1.3520 (August 17, 18 lows)
On the topside, initial resistance emerges at the horizontal level of 1.3660, which has capped bulls several times in the last six months. A sustained break above this level would expose February's peaks, between 1.3716 and 1.3730.
(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool. Know more.)
Pound Sterling Price Today
The table below shows the percentage change of British Pound (GBP) against listed major currencies today. British Pound was the strongest against the New Zealand Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.09% | 0.21% | -0.08% | 0.20% | -0.24% | 0.35% | 0.32% | |
| EUR | -0.09% | 0.11% | -0.15% | 0.11% | -0.31% | 0.29% | 0.23% | |
| GBP | -0.21% | -0.11% | -0.26% | -0.00% | -0.43% | 0.17% | 0.12% | |
| JPY | 0.08% | 0.15% | 0.26% | 0.27% | -0.16% | 0.44% | 0.39% | |
| CAD | -0.20% | -0.11% | 0.00% | -0.27% | -0.43% | 0.18% | 0.12% | |
| AUD | 0.24% | 0.31% | 0.43% | 0.16% | 0.43% | 0.62% | 0.56% | |
| NZD | -0.35% | -0.29% | -0.17% | -0.44% | -0.18% | -0.62% | -0.06% | |
| CHF | -0.32% | -0.23% | -0.12% | -0.39% | -0.12% | -0.56% | 0.06% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the British Pound from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent GBP (base)/USD (quote).
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Guillermo Alcala
FXStreet
Graduated in Communication Sciences at the Universidad del Pais Vasco and Universiteit van Amsterdam, Guillermo has been working as financial news editor and copywriter in diverse Forex-related firms, like FXStreet and Kantox.
