Pound Sterling pulls back after US bank rescue seals Fed rate hike GBPUSD Technical Analysis Fundamental Analysis
From a technical perspective, the GBP/USD pair continues to pull back from new year-to-date highs in the 1.2580s formed on April 28, and forms a two-bar reversal pattern that bodes follow-through lower in the very short-term, though the overarching trend remains bullish.
That said, data for March continued to show UK inflation above 10% for the seventh consecutive month suggesting the Bank of England is far from done with putting up interest rates. JOLTS jobs reports data for March, scheduled for release at 14:00 GMT, could impact on the pair. After the release of last month’s JOLTS, for example, the US Dollar declined in as job openings fell from 10.4M to 9.9M. GBP/USD has been a broad sideways trend since the beginning of the year within a longer-term uptrend that began at the September 2022 lows. Despite the volatile ups and downs of recent months, the pair did manage to make new higher highs in the upper 1.
A decisive break above the year-to-date 1.2583 highs of April 28, would probably lead to a continuation higher to the next key resistance level at circa 1.2680. When inflation falls too low it is a sign economic growth is slowing. In this scenario, the BoE will consider lowering interest rates to cheapen credit so businesses will borrow more to invest in growth-generating projects.Data releases gauge the health of the economy and can impact the value of the Pound Sterling. Indicators such as GDP, Manufacturing and Services PMIs, and employment can all influence the direction of the GBP.
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