{"id":180791,"date":"2023-10-25T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=180791"},"modified":"2023-10-25T18:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:39:18","slug":"gbp-extends-losses-as-soft-uk-data-warrants-another-boe-pause-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/gbp-extends-losses-as-soft-uk-data-warrants-another-boe-pause-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"GBP extends losses as soft UK data warrants another BoE pause &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"fxs_article_content\">\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"fxs_socialmedia_bar_share_label\">Share:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fxs_headline_medium\">GBP\/USD Forecast: Pound Sterling could test 1.2100 next<\/h2>\n<p>Following Tuesday&#8217;s sharp drop, GBP\/USD edged higher toward 1.2200 early Wednesday. The cautious market mood, however, didn&#8217;t allow the pair to extend its rebound.<\/p>\n<p>The data from the US revealed on Tuesday that the business activity in the private sector expanded at a slightly stronger pace in early October than in September, with the S&amp;P Global Composite PMI improving to 51 from 50.2. Although US Treasury bond yields continued to push lower, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/currencies\/us-dollar-index\">US Dollar<\/a> (USD) benefited from the upbeat PMI reading and forced GBP\/USD to stay on the back foot. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/analysis\/gbp-usd-forecast-pound-sterling-could-test-12100-next-202310250852\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/editorial.fxstreet.com\/miscelaneous\/gbp-638338339940021796.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fxs_headline_medium\">Pound Sterling extends losses as soft UK data warrants another BoE pause<\/h2>\n<p>The Pound Sterling (GBP) delivers\u00a0a breakdown as expectations of a mild recession in the United Kingdom economy have escalated. The GBP\/USD pair falls back as higher borrowing costs by the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/macroeconomics\/central-banks\/boe\">Bank of England<\/a> (BoE), a poor demand <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/rates-charts\/forecast\">outlook<\/a>, and deepening geopolitical tensions weigh.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s labor market appears to be facing the consequences of slowing business activity, with employers shedding jobs for the third time in a row. Going forward, investors will focus on the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/economic-calendar\/united-states\">interest rate decision<\/a> by the BoE, which will be announced next week. The BoE is expected to keep interest <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/rates-charts\/rates\">rates<\/a> unchanged at 5.25% for the second consecutive time, and policymakers are expected to downgrade the growth outlook. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/news\/pound-sterling-remains-weak-on-vulnerable-demand-outlook-202310250725\">Read more &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share: GBP\/USD Forecast: Pound Sterling could test 1.2100 next Following Tuesday&#8217;s sharp drop, GBP\/USD edged higher toward 1.2200 early Wednesday. The cautious market mood, however, didn&#8217;t allow the pair to extend its rebound. The data from the US revealed on Tuesday that the business activity in the private sector expanded at a slightly stronger pace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,641,255,250,333,252,247,253,249,308,256,254],"class_list":["post-180791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gbpusd","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-macroeconomics","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-technical-analysis","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180793,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180791\/revisions\/180793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}