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Pound Sterling Forecast Directory - Page #169

A round up of the latest Pound Sterling forecast news items from the Currency News desk.

Pound Euro Exchange Rate (GBP EUR) Gains Following Strong UK Retail Sales And PMI Services Data

5 Mar 2013 at 2 PM - Written by Tim Boyer

A brace of positive UK data releases has caused the Pound to be one of the best-performing of the sixteen most-actively traded currencies today. The overnight session brought the release of the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC) annualised Retail Sales data. The UK shop sales numbers for last month revealed that like-for-like transactions...

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GBP Under Pressure Following Bank Of England Policymaker Tucker?s Call For Negative UK Interest Rates

26 Feb 2013 at 4 PM - Written by Minesh Chaudhari

The Pound has endured a torrid week in the markets so far, following the fall-out from Moody’s AAA UK debt downgrade last Friday. Just when Sterling looked to be recovering its poise, another spanner has been thrown into the works. The Deputy Bank of England Governor Paul Tucker surprised the markets today by publicly stating that the...

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Exchange Rates Outlook: Pound Sterling Gains vs EUR, USD, AUD & NZD on UK CPI Inflation Data

13 Nov 2012 at 10 AM - Written by Tim Boyer

This morning’s UK CPI inflation numbers have thrashed expectations, showing a pronounced uptick from September’s showing of an annualised 2.2% to print at 2.7%. The figure is well ahead of the UK government’s official inflation target of 2.0% and shows that Britain is still suffering from recent persistent price rises in global...

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Exchange Rate Predictions - Pound Sterling to Euro, US Dollar And New Zealand Dollar Currency Forecasts

12 Oct 2012 at 3 PM - Written by Frank Davies

This afternoon’s US Producer Price Index, considered to be a reliable indicator of future levels of inflation in an economy, printed above expectations at an annualised 2.1%. With domestic price rises showing little sign of abating, the Federal Reserve’s hands look to be tied regarding future increases to its current US$40bn Quantitative...

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Exchange Rate Forecasts - Pound Sterling to Euro, US Dollar & Canadian Dollar Currency Predictions

5 Oct 2012 at 4 PM - Written by David Woodsmith

This afternoon’s closely-watched Non-Farm Payrolls release in the US showed at almost exactly the expected level. However, the latest set of US labour market data also revealed that the official level of unemployment unexpectedly dropped to 7.8% last month, down from August’s reading of 8.1%. The market’s instant reaction to the news...

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Currency Exchange Rate Forecasts For Pound Sterling, Euro, Australian Dollar & Canadian Dollar

1 Oct 2012 at 4 PM - Written by Tim Boyer

This morning’s UK PMI Manufacturing survey and Mortgage Approvals data for August provided cause for disappointment, both coming out weaker than anticipated. This has seen the POUND STERLING open up the week on the back foot. Recent comments from the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee members have suggested that a further...

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US Consumer Confidence Data Set To Shape GBP USD Exchange Rate, Announcement Of ?1bn Business Bank Assists Pound Sterling

25 Sep 2012 at 9 AM - Written by John Cameron

Asian stocks registered barely any movement during last night’s session, as institutional investors await this month’s US Consumer Confidence survey, due for release at 1500hrs BST. Recent US data releases have outstripped analysts’ expectations; the last notably weak American data set came in the form of August’s Non-Farm Payrolls...

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Today?s Currency Rate Predictions For The Pound Sterling, Euro, US Dollar and South African Rand

24 Aug 2012 at 4 PM - Written by Toni Johnson

This morning’s latest UK GDP Q2 data brought an upward revision from -0.7% to -0.5%. However, the POUND STERLING struggled to make up any ground on the day, because the upward revision was expected. The overall impression which market participants have taken from the release is that the British Coalition’s austerity measures are hurting,...

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Daily Currency Exchange Rate Forecasts For The Pound Sterling, US Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar And Euro

22 Aug 2012 at 4 PM - Written by John Cameron

The US DOLLAR has staged a comeback in the markets during today’s session, thanks to the return of a ‘risk-off’ trading environment. Last night’s Japanese trade figures raised fresh concerns about a potential global slowdown. These fears were added to by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ appeal for ‘more time’ in order to...

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Daily Exchange Rate Forecast For The Pound Sterling, US Dollar, Euro And Norwegian Krone

16 Aug 2012 at 6 PM - Written by John Cameron

The POUND STERLING enjoyed a bullish start to today’s European session with the release of significantly better than anticipated UK retail sales numbers for last month. However, the bounce proved short-lived for the Pound, as investors soon stepped back and saw the bigger picture. That picture paints an image of a country with no growth in...

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