Sterling Hits One-Month Low

2024-08-02
Summary:

Sterling fell to a one-month low after a 1% drop as the BOE began cutting rates. The euro stayed near a one-month low despite sticky inflation.

EBC Forex Snapshot, 2 Aug 2024


Sterling stumbled to a fresh one-month low on Friday following a nearly 1% plunge overnight as the Bank Of England kicked off its interest-rate cutting cycle. The euro languished close to a one-month despite of sticky inflation.


Core inflation hit 2.9% in July, versus a Reuters estimate of 2.8%. ECB policymaker Yannis Stournaras raised the risk of a weak euro zone economy sending inflation below the 2% target in an interview published on Thursday.

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While the latest UK data has been relatively robust, investors say recent signs of slowing growth and inflation in the eurozone and the US have spurred bets that the British economy could follow a similar trajectory.

Citibank vs. HSBC Currency Pair Data Comparison

Citi (as of 29 Jul) HSBC (as of 2 Aug)

support resistance support resistance
EUR/USD 1.0796 1.0981 1.0728 1.0900
GBP/USD 1.2860 1.3045 1.2621 1.2950
USD/CHF 0.8743 0.9050 0.8637 0.8898
AUD/USD 0.6465 0.6799 0.6387 0.6698
USD/CAD 1.3590 1.3899 1.3704 1.3965
USD/JPY 151.53 155.00 145.61 155.98

The green numbers in the table indicate that the data has increased compared with the previous time; the red numbers indicate that the data has decreased compared with the previous time; and the black numbers indicate that the data has remained unchanged.


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