The
Pound
Sterling
(GBP)
edges
higher
against
the
US
Dollar
(USD)
in
Wednesday’s
American session
after
a
mild
correction
from
almost
a
four-week
high
of
1.2850
this
week.
The
broader
appeal
of
the
GBP/USD
pair
remains
firm
amid
strong
speculation
that
the
Federal
Reserve
(Fed)
will
start
reducing
interest
rates
during
the
September
meeting.
The
odds
for
the
Fed
pivoting
to
policy
normalization
remain
firm
even
though
Fed
Chair
Jerome
Powell
reiterated
in
his
semi-annual
Congressional
testimony
on
Tuesday,
refrained
from
providing
any
specific
rate-cut
path
for
this
year.
Powell
argued
in
favor
of
maintaining
interest
rates
at
their
current
levels
for
long
until
they
get
evidence
that
inflation
will
return
to
the
desired
rate
of
2%.
What
was
unexpected
from
Fed
Powell’s
commentary
before
Congress
is
his
acknowledgement
that
the
United
States
(US)
economy
is
no
longer
overheated,
with
cooling
job
market
conditions.
Powell
said
that
the
labor
market
has
moderated
to
where
it
was
before
pandemic-era.
Now
that
risks
have
become
two-sided,
a
rate-cut
move
by
the
Fed
in
September
appears
to
be
a
done
deal.
For
more
clarity,
investors
will
focus
on
the
US
Consumer
Price
Index
(CPI)
report
for
June,
which
will
be
published
on
Thursday.
The
report
is
expected
to
show
that
the
core
inflation,
which
strips
off
volatile
food
and
energy
items,
grew
steadily
by
0.2%
and
3.4%
on
a
monthly
and
annual
basis,
respectively.
Annual
headline
inflation
is
estimated
to
have
decelerated
to
3.1%
from
May’s
reading
of
3.3%,
while
the
monthly
figure
is
expected
to
have
barely
grown
after
remaining
unchanged.
A
scenario
in
which
price
pressures
remain
sticky
or
hot
would
ease
expectations
for
rate
cuts
in
September.
On
the
contrary,
soft
numbers
will
boost
them.
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.
GBP | EUR | USD | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GBP | 0.01% | 0.10% | 0.17% | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.74% | 0.00% | |
EUR | -0.01% | 0.09% | 0.14% | 0.10% | -0.00% | 0.74% | 0.01% | |
USD | -0.10% | -0.09% | 0.05% | -0.01% | -0.08% | 0.67% | -0.06% | |
JPY | -0.17% | -0.14% | -0.05% | -0.05% | -0.15% | 0.57% | -0.14% | |
CAD | -0.11% | -0.10% | 0.01% | 0.05% | -0.08% | 0.66% | -0.08% | |
AUD | -0.00% | 0.00% | 0.08% | 0.15% | 0.08% | 0.74% | -0.01% | |
NZD | -0.74% | -0.74% | -0.67% | -0.57% | -0.66% | -0.74% | -0.73% | |
CHF | -0.01% | -0.01% | 0.06% | 0.14% | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.73% |
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).
The
Pound
Sterling
aims
to
hold
the
key
figure
of
1.2800
against
the
US
Dollar.
The
GBP/USD
pair
gathers
strength
for
a
decisive
breakout
of
the
Inverted
Head
and
Shoulder
(H&S)
chart
formation
on
a
daily
timeframe
whose
neckline
is
plotted
near
1.2850.
A
breakout
of
the
H&S
formation
results
in
a
bullish
reversal.
Advancing
20-day
Exponential
Moving
Average
(EMA)
near
1.2730,
suggests
that
the
near-term
trend
is
bullish.
The
14-day
Relative
Strength
Index
(RSI)
climbs
into
the
bullish
range
of
60.00-80.00.
A
sustained
move
above
the
same
will
keep
the
momentum
towards
the
upside.
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