Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD bears take a brief pause ahead of UK CPI

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GBP/USD Forecast: Dead-cat bounce points to further falls, Fed minutes could pummel the pound

No mercy in the summer – the safe-haven dollar has been gaining ground and the pound has been suffering from weak data. That has resulted in a mere "dead-cat bounce" for GBP/USD, following its sharp drop below 1.38. It is now trading at the lowest since late July.

Britain reported an annual inflation rate of 2% in July, softer than 2.3% that was projected and implying no rush from the Bank of England to tighten its monetary policy. The news joins stubbornly high coronavirus cases in Britain, where improvement has stalled. Read more...

GBP/USD Outlook: Bears take a brief pause ahead of UK CPI, FOMC minutes

The GBP/USD pair witnessed aggressive selling on Tuesday and dived to over three-week lows, recording the heaviest fall since June despite a mostly upbeat UK jobs report. In fact, the unemployment rate unexpectedly edged lower to 4.7% during the three months to June from 4.8% previous. This was accompanied by strong wage growth data, showing that Average Earnings including Bonuses improved from 7.4% to 8.8% during the reported period. However, the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits fell 7.8K in July as against the previous month's print of -114.8K. Read more...

GBP/USD Price Analysis: Attempts a bounce from a critical daily support line

GBP/USD is struggling to extend its bounce above 1.3750, having hit monthly lows at 1.3726 on Tuesday. The cable is currently trading at 1.3756, up 0.13% on the day, having rebounded from a critical upward-sloping daily support line at 1.3730. The line connects the previous day’s low and July lows.

In doing so, the pair has stalled its two-day decline, although the risks remain skewed to the downside following a daily closing below the 200- Daily Moving Average (DMA) at 1.3768. Read more...

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.3757
Today Daily Change	0.0014
Today Daily Change %	0.10
Today daily open	1.3743

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.385
Daily SMA50	1.3874
Daily SMA100	1.3928
Daily SMA200	1.3784

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3853
Previous Daily Low	1.3726
Previous Weekly High	1.3894
Previous Weekly Low	1.3791
Previous Monthly High	1.3984
Previous Monthly Low	1.3572
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.3775
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.3804
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3695
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.3648
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3569
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3822
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.39
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3948

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EUR/USD deflates to fresh lows, targets 1.1600

The selling pressure on EUR/USD now gathers extra pace, prompting the pair to hit fresh multi-week lows in the 1.1625-1.1620 band on Friday. The continuation of the downward bias comes in response to further gains in the US Dollar as market participants continue to assess the mixed release of US Nonfarm Payrolls in December.

GBP/USD breaks below 1.3400, challenges the 200-day SMA

GBP/USD remains under heavy fire and retreats for the fourth consecutive day on Friday. Indeed, Cable suffers the strong performance of the Greenback, intensified post-mixed NFP, and trades at shouting distance from its critical 200-day SMA near 1.3380.

Gold flirts with yearly tops around $4,500

Gold keeps its positive bias on Friday, adding to Thursday’s advance and challenging yearly highs in the $4,500 region per troy ounce. The risk-off sentiment favours the yellow metal despite the firmer tone in the Greenback and rising US Treasury yields.