GBP/USD Attracts Some Sellers Below 1.2620 On Fed Waller’s Hawkish Comments
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- GBP/USD remains under pressure around 1.2614 following hawkish comments from Fed’s official on Thursday.
- Fed’s Waller said there is no rush to cut the rate and may need to maintain the current rate for longer than expected.
- The dovish comments from BoE’s Bailey about rate cuts weigh on GBP.
- Investors will focus on the BoE's Mann speech, final UK Q4 GDP, and US GDP annualized data, due on Thursday.
The GBP/USD pair attracts some sellers to 1.2614 after retreating from a daily high of 1.2640 during the early Asian session on Thursday. The sell-off of the major pair is backed by recent hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve (Fed) official, affirming the higher-for-longer stance and no need to rush the rate cuts.
Early Thursday, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said that the US central bank is in no rush to cut the benchmark rate and may need to “maintain the current rate target for longer than expected.” Waller emphasized that the Fed is in no rush to cut the policy rate as it’s prudent to hold its restrictive stance for longer than previously expected to bring down inflation to the 2% target. His hawkish comments boost the Greenback higher to 104.45 and weigh on the major pair.
On the other hand, the Bank of England (BoE) held the interest rate unchanged at 5.25% for the fifth meeting in a row last week. The UK central bank turned dovish on the interest rate outlook, and this has exerted some selling pressure on the Pound Sterling (GBP). The BoE Governor Andrew Bailey said that interest rate cuts will be ‘in play’ at future BoE policy meetings.
Market players will monitor the speech by BoE's C. Mann and the final UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth numbers for Q4 on Thursday. Any dovish comments from the BoE policymaker or the weaker-than-expected GDP number might extend the selling pressure on the GBP. On the US docket, the GDP annualized number, the weekly Initial Jobless Claims and the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index will be due later in the day.
GBP/USD
| OVERVIEW | |
|---|---|
| Today last price | 1.2618 |
| Today Daily Change | -0.0010 |
| Today Daily Change % | -0.08 |
| Today daily open | 1.2628 |
| TRENDS | |
|---|---|
| Daily SMA20 | 1.272 |
| Daily SMA50 | 1.268 |
| Daily SMA100 | 1.2645 |
| Daily SMA200 | 1.2591 |
| LEVELS | |
|---|---|
| Previous Daily High | 1.2668 |
| Previous Daily Low | 1.2622 |
| Previous Weekly High | 1.2804 |
| Previous Weekly Low | 1.2575 |
| Previous Monthly High | 1.2773 |
| Previous Monthly Low | 1.2518 |
| Daily Fibonacci 38.2% | 1.264 |
| Daily Fibonacci 61.8% | 1.2651 |
| Daily Pivot Point S1 | 1.2611 |
| Daily Pivot Point S2 | 1.2594 |
| Daily Pivot Point S3 | 1.2565 |
| Daily Pivot Point R1 | 1.2657 |
| Daily Pivot Point R2 | 1.2686 |
| Daily Pivot Point R3 | 1.2703 |
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