Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD gains for the first time in four weeks

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GBP/USD bulls step in on US dollar weakness and eye 1.2500

Where there is a price imbalance, PI, on a 4-hour perspective on the way there that guards an order block, OB, above it. At 1.2292, GBP/USD is up 0.16% as the US dollar falls away below a key structure on the DXY chart. The US dollar is extending the downside after it slipped on Friday and posted its first weekly decline this month.

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