{"id":4562,"date":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\/"},"modified":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T04:00:00","slug":"100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP\/USD: BoE Dented Demand For Pound, Employment Data Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pound finally managed to stall is heavily declines versus the dollar in the previous week. After 3 straight weeks of falling versus the buck, the pound eked out a marginal gain. The pound US dollar exchange rate ended the week 0.07% higher at US$1.3543.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>What do these figures mean? <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p> When measuring the value of a pair of currencies, one set equals 1 unit and the other shows the current equivalent. As the market moves, the amount will vary from minute to minute. <\/p>\n<p> For example, it could be written: <em>1 GBP = 1.28934 USD<\/em> <\/p>\n<p> <em>Here, \u00a31 is equivalent to approximately $1.29. This specifically measures the pound\u2019s worth against the dollar. If the US dollar amount increases in this pairing, it\u2019s positive for the pound.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p> Or, if you were looking at it the other way around: <em>1 USD = 0.77786 GBP<\/em> <\/p>\n<p> <em>In this example, $1 is equivalent to approximately \u00a30.78. This measures the US dollar\u2019s worth versus the British pound. If the sterling number gets larger, it\u2019s good news for the dollar.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<p>The pound has dropped sharply versus the dollar over the past month as data out of the UK was consistently weaker than analysts had been forecasting. The month of soft data culminated in the Bank of England keeping interest rates on hold. Whilst this was expected by market participants, a downgrade in GDP and inflation was not expected. Weaker inflation and economic growth forecasts resulted in investors pushing back their perceived odds of an interest rate hike, which sent the pound lower.<\/p>\n<p>That said optimism remains that another rate hike in 2018 remains a possibility. Economic data must improve in order for the central bank to look at hiking rates. This week is reasonably quiet as far as UK economic data releases go, with Tuesday set to grab the most attention. Tuesday sees the release of UK wage data and jobless claims. Average wages have been steadily increasing since last May; however, they stalled last month at 2.8%. Investors and the Bank of England will want to see wages climb higher again, remaining comfortably above inflation.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#focus-on-fed-speakers\" name=\"focus-on-fed-speakers\"><\/a>Focus On Fed Speakers<\/h2>\n<p>The dollar hit a four-month high during the course of the previous week. However, it then lost ground after disappointment from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and slightly soft inflation data. Both events reinforced the status quo rather than pointing to a more aggressive pace of rate hikes from the Fed, ultimately disappointing market participants.<\/p>\n<p>The only high impacting economic release this week for the US dollar is retail sales. As long as this doesn\u2019t print wildly wide of expectations then it is unlikely that it will change the outlook or the dollar. With this in mind, investors are more likely to pay close attention to the steady stream of Federal Reserve officials who are due to comment across the week. Should the Fed speakers sound more hawkish and in favour of a quicker path for rate rises, the dollar could push higher.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><small><em><br \/>\nThis publication is provided for general information purposes only and is not intended to cover every aspect of the topics with which it deals. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content in this publication. The information in this publication does not constitute legal, tax or other professional advice from TransferWise Inc., Currency Live or its affiliates. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content in the publication is accurate, complete or up to date. Consult our <a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/risk-warning\/\">risk warning<\/a> page for more details.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><em>This article was initially published on TransferWise.com from the same author. The content at Currency Live is the sole opinion of the authors and in no way reflects the views of TransferWise Inc.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pound finally managed to stall is heavily declines versus the dollar in the previous week. After 3 straight weeks of falling versus the buck, the pound eked out a marginal gain. The pound US dollar exchange rate ended the week 0.07% higher at US$1.3543. What do these figures mean? When measuring the value of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":4509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1379,1381],"tags":[1394,1398],"class_list":["post-4562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gbp","category-usd","tag-gbp","tag-usd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GBP\/USD: BoE Dented Demand For Pound, Employment Data Next - 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\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\/\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"GBP\\\/USD: BoE Dented Demand For Pound, Employment Data Next\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":650,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100442-gbp-usd-boe-guv-mark-carney.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gbp\",\"usd\"],\"articleSection\":[\"GBP\",\"USD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2018\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/100472-gbp-usd-employment-data-uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"GBP\\\/USD: BoE Dented Demand For Pound, Employment Data Next - 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