Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast GBP/USD: All eyes on Fed, BOE for a fresh direction

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GBP/USD Weekly Forecast: All eyes on Fed, BOE for a fresh direction

After finishing the week in negative territory, GBP/USD is looking forward to the Fed and BOE monetary policy decisions in the week ahead for the next directional bias. Mounting tensions over a looming recession and higher inflation dominated financial markets and favored the safe-haven US dollar throughout the week. Meanwhile, UK political jitters and dire economic outlook weighed on the pound. Read more...

GBP/USD Forecast: Pound sellers take action as key support fails

GBP/USD has extended its slide below 1.2500 after having closed the previous two days in negative territory. The broad-based dollar strength continues to weigh on the pair early Friday as investors gear up for the US inflation data. On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) said there will be a 25 basis points rate hike in July but failed to convince markets that they will opt for a 50 bps increase in September. The shared currency came under strong selling pressure and the British pound managed to capture some of the capital outflows out of the euro. With EUR/GBP falling nearly 100 pips from session highs on Thursday, GBP/USD's losses remained relatively limited. Read more...

GBP/USD plummets to fresh three-week low, below 1.2400 amid US CPI-inspired USD strength

The GBP/USD pair extended this week's rejection slide from the 1.2600 neighbourhood and witnessed some follow-through selling for the third successive day on Friday. The intraday selling picked up pace during the early North American session and dragged spot prices to over a three-week low, below the 1.2400 round-figure mark. Read more...

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.2327
Today Daily Change	-0.0167
Today Daily Change %	-1.34
Today daily open	1.2494

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2512
Daily SMA50	1.2666
Daily SMA100	1.3011
Daily SMA200	1.3279

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2558
Previous Daily Low	1.2487
Previous Weekly High	1.266
Previous Weekly Low	1.2458
Previous Monthly High	1.2667
Previous Monthly Low	1.2155
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2514
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2531
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2468
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2442
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2397
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2539
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2584
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.261

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EUR/USD edges lower below 1.1650 as Middle East tensions fuel US Dollar strength

The EUR/USD pair trades in negative territory around 1.1635 during the early Asian session on Thursday. The US Dollar strengthens against the Euro as escalating Middle East conflict boosts safe-haven flows. Traders brace for the Eurozone Retail Sales and US weekly Initial Jobless Claims reports, which will be released later on Thursday.

GBP/USD tests key moving averages as growth downgrade weighs

GBP/USD was nearly flat on Wednesday, edging up 0.08% to settle around 1.3370 in a quiet session. The pair has fallen sharply from its late-January high near 1.3870 and is now testing the 200-day Exponential Moving Average, with this week's one-week forex heatmap showing Pound Sterling as one of the worst performers against the US Dollar, down about 1.4% on the week.

Gold benefits from a retreating USD; reduced Fed rate cut bets cap gains

Gold attracts some buyers for the second consecutive day on Thursday amid a modest US Dollar pullback from an over three-month high, though it remains below the $5,200 mark. Wednesday's upbeat US macro data further tempered hopes for three rate cuts by the Fed in 2026. Furthermore, escalating Middle East tensions might continue to benefit the USD's status as the global reserve currency and contribute to capping the bullion.