GBP/USD Retreats From 1.1850 As Risk-Off Mood Rebounds Amid Tight US Labor Market
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The GBP/USD pair is observing selling pressure around 1.1850 in the early Tokyo session after remaining sideways on Wednesday. The Cable might deliver sheer losses after surrendering the immediate support of 1.1800. The downside bias for the Cable looks favored as Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell has reiterated the need for bigger rates to bring down persistent United States inflation.
S&P500 futures are showing modest gains, however, the recovery move looks less confident, which could be capitalized as a selling opportunity by the market participants. The US Dollar Index (DXY) settled above 105.20 after a volatile day inspired by upbeat United States Employment data reported by Automatic Data Processing (ADP) agency.
The release of the fresh payrolls addition at 242K vs. the consensus of 200K and the prior release of 119K has confirmed that the US labor market is extremely tight and investors should be prepared to face the extreme stubbornness of inflation. It is highly expected that firms will offer higher wages to fetch talent onboard amid a shortage of labor. This will deliver more funds to households for disposal, which will increase resilience in overall consumer spending.
Also, upbeat Job Openings data added fuel to the fire. The economic data landed at 10.824 million vs. the consensus of 10.6K. Higher job openings demonstrate the overall demand, which is going to propel the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Later this week, the official labor market data will be keenly watched by the street. As per the estimates, the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) (Feb) is expected to land at 203K lower than the former bumper release of 517K.
On the United Kingdom front, falling odds of more restrictive monetary policy is expected to keep the Pound Sterling on the tenterhooks. Bank of England (BoE) policy maker Swati Dhingra warned against further interest rate increases by citing “Overtightening poses a more material risk at this point.” She further added, “Many tightening effects are yet to fully take hold.”
GBP/USD
| OVERVIEW | |
|---|---|
| Today last price | 1.1844 |
| Today Daily Change | 0.0016 |
| Today Daily Change % | 0.14 |
| Today daily open | 1.1828 |
| TRENDS | |
|---|---|
| Daily SMA20 | 1.2036 |
| Daily SMA50 | 1.2136 |
| Daily SMA100 | 1.1997 |
| Daily SMA200 | 1.1909 |
| LEVELS | |
|---|---|
| Previous Daily High | 1.2065 |
| Previous Daily Low | 1.1822 |
| Previous Weekly High | 1.2143 |
| Previous Weekly Low | 1.1922 |
| Previous Monthly High | 1.2402 |
| Previous Monthly Low | 1.1915 |
| Daily Fibonacci 38.2% | 1.1915 |
| Daily Fibonacci 61.8% | 1.1972 |
| Daily Pivot Point S1 | 1.1745 |
| Daily Pivot Point S2 | 1.1661 |
| Daily Pivot Point S3 | 1.1501 |
| Daily Pivot Point R1 | 1.1988 |
| Daily Pivot Point R2 | 1.2148 |
| Daily Pivot Point R3 | 1.2231 |
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