{"id":103827,"date":"2020-08-27T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=103827"},"modified":"2020-08-27T14:14:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:14:10","slug":"104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/AUD: Aussie Extends Gains As Data Hints At Slightly Improved Q2 GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pound Australian Dollar (GBP\/AUD) exchange rate heads lower for a second day on Thursday and trades at 1.8230.<\/p>\n<p>The Pound is struggling as the resignation of EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan could delay Brexit trade talks further.<\/p>\n<p>UK service sector job losses are also unnerving investors. A CBI survey reported some parts of the sector are experiencing record breaking number of job cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Dollar is rising after data revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/104053-gbp-aud-aus-rises-business-investment-slump-better-than-forecast\/\">Australian business investment plunged by less than expected in Q2<\/a>. This bodes well for Q2 GDP, which could see a less severe downturn in the April \u2013 June period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pound Australian Dollar (GBP\/AUD) exchange rate heads lower for a second day on Thursday and trades at 1.8230. The Pound is struggling as the resignation of EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan could delay Brexit trade talks further. UK service sector job losses are also unnerving investors. A CBI survey reported some parts of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":47026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1547,1379],"tags":[1540,1541,1394,1391],"class_list":{"0":"post-103827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aud","8":"category-gbp","9":"tag-aud","10":"tag-australian-dollar","11":"tag-gbp","12":"tag-pound"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GBP\/AUD: Aussie Extends Gains As Data Hints At Slightly Improved Q2 GDP - Currency Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fiona Cincotta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/AUD: Aussie Extends Gains As Data Hints At Slightly Improved Q2 GDP\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-27T09:00:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-27T13:14:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":114,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/GBP-aud-broke-ascending-support-line.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"aud\",\"australian dollar\",\"gbp\",\"pound\"],\"articleSection\":[\"AUD\",\"GBP\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2020\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/104054-gbp-aud-aussie-extends-gains-as-data-hints-at-slightly-improved-q2-gdp\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/AUD: Aussie Extends Gains As Data Hints At Slightly Improved Q2 GDP - 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