Pound Slides Ahead Of BoE Decision
January 14 2016 - 12:55AM
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The pound declined against its major rivals in European deals on
Thursday, as traders focus on the Bank of England's interest rate
decision, due shortly, with relentless fall in oil clouding
uncertainty over global growth outlook.
The bank is widely expected to keep its record low 0.50 percent
interest rate and asset purchase program at 375 billion pounds.
Markets expect the BoE to sound dovish, with the plunging oil
prices, stock market rout and lingering worries over global growth
pushing back hopes for a rate hike at least until July.
European markets are weaker, following weak cues from Asia and
Wall Street overnight, ahead of the ECB minutes and the BoE
monetary policy decision.
The pound was slightly higher against most major rivals in the
Asian session.
In European trading now, the pound dropped to a 2-day low of
1.4360 against the greenback and a 3-day low of 1.4392 against the
franc, off its previous highs of 1.4427 and 1.4548,respectively.
The pound is likely to find support around 1.40 against the
greenback and 1.42 against the franc.
The pound depreciated to 0.7607 against the euro, its lowest
since January 2015. If the pound extends slide, 0.77 is possibly
seen as its next support level.
Data from Destatis showed that Germany's wholesale prices
continued to fall in December but the pace of decline slowed
further.
Wholesale prices decreased 1 percent year-on-year in December,
slower than the 1.1 percent drop seen in November. Nonetheless, the
index has been falling since July 2013.
The pound declined to 168.83 against the yen, a level unseen
since October 2014. The next possible support for the pound is
likely seen around the 167.00 zone.
Looking ahead, the minutes of the ECB monetary policy meeting in
December will come out at 7:30 am ET.
The U.S. import price index for December, U.S. weekly jobless
claims for the week ended January 9 and Canada new housing price
index for November are slated for release in the New York
session.
At 8:30 am ET, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James
Bullard is scheduled to give a presentation on the U.S. Economy and
Monetary Policy before the Economic Club of Memphis at the 2016
Regional Economic Briefing and Breakfast in Memphis.
Shortly after, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis
Lockhart is set to deliver the welcome remarks before the 2016
Operation Hope Global Forum Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
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