Created
: 2024.09.20
2024.09.20 15:27
EUR/GBP continues to lose ground, trading around 0.8390 during Friday's Asian hours, following the release of UK Retail Sales data for August. Retail Sales rose by 1.0% month-over-month, rebounding from a prior decline of 0.5% and surpassing the expected increase of 0.4%. Meanwhile, the annualized rate increased to 2.5%, up from the previous 1.5% rise.
The Pound Sterling (GBP) received support from the Bank of England's (BoE) decision to maintain its interest rate at 5% on Thursday, as widely anticipated. The BoE had previously signaled the possibility of rate cuts earlier in the summer with a quarter-point reduction at the last meeting, but this move may have been premature.
Out of the nine Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members, BoE external member Swati Dhingra voted for cutting interest rates for the second consecutive time, while the remaining members supported maintaining rates at their current levels. Investors had anticipated that two MPC members would back a dovish policy decision.
On the euro side, Germany's Producer Price Index (PPI) showed a consistent month-over-month increase of 0.2%. However, the annual PPI declined by 0.8%, lower than the expected 1.0%. Traders are likely to focus on European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde's speech at the Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture in Washington, DC, on Friday.
European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers are divided on the pace of policy easing due to differing views on the inflation outlook. ECB Governing Council member Peter Kazimir and Deutsche Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel have expressed a desire to see more evidence that inflation will return to the levels the bank aims for, according to Reuters.
The Retail Sales data, released by the Office for National Statistics on a monthly basis, measures the volume of sales of goods by retailers in Great Britain directly to end customers. Changes in Retail Sales are widely followed as an indicator of consumer spending. Percent changes reflect the rate of changes in such sales, with the MoM reading comparing sales volumes in the reference month with the previous month. Generally, a high reading is seen as bullish for the Pound Sterling (GBP), while a low reading is seen as bearish.
Read more.Last release: Fri Sep 20, 2024 06:00
Frequency: Monthly
Actual: 1%
Consensus: 0.4%
Previous: 0.5%
Source: Office for National Statistics
Created
: 2024.09.20
Last updated
: 2024.09.20
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