Pound Declines Ahead Of U.K. Retail Sales
January 21 2021 - 7:59PM
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At 2.00 am ET Friday, the Office for National Statistics
releases UK budget balance and retail sales figures. Economists
forecast retail sales to advance 1.2 percent on month in December,
in contrast to a 3.8 percent fall in November.
Ahead of the data, the pound dipped against its major
rivals.
The pound was worth 141.93 against the yen, 1.2125 against the
franc, 1.3698 against the greenback and 0.8824 against the euro as
of 1:55 am ET.
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