GBP/USD

GBP/USD
British Pound - US Dollar
1.3908+0.0008 (+0.06%)
As of: Jul 30 20:55 UTCMarket:Closed
Open
1.3899
High
1.3908
Low
1.3888

Stats

Prev. Close

1.3899

Open

1.3899

Day's Range

1.3888 - 1.3908

52 Week Range

1.2675 - 1.4251

YTD Change

1.72%

1 Year Change

6.04%

Economic Calendar

Time zone: GMT

Friday, July 30th 2021

Time	Country	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
14:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Sentiment Final	81.2	80.8	85.5
14:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Expectations Final	79	78.4	83.5
14:00	USD	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations Final	2.8 %	2.9 %	2.8 %

Saturday, July 31st 2021

Time	Time Left	Country	Event	Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:30		USD	Fed Brainard Speech

Monday, August 2nd 2021

Time	Country	Event	Forecast	Previous
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI Final	60.4	63.9
13:45	USD	Markit Manufacturing PMI Final	63.1	62.1
14:00	USD	Construction Spending MoM	0.4 %	-0.3 %

GBP/USD

The British Pound is also referred to as Sterling, with the GBP/USD pairing is referred to as Cable. Alongside with the U.S Dollar, Japanese Yen, and EUR, the Pound is the 3rd most held reserve currency. The Pound is also the 4th most traded currency in the FX markets. Average trading volumes sit at about USD330bn. Cable is the 3rd most liquid currency pairing, accounting for 11% of total transactions in the FX markets. Geopolitics and macroeconomics are key drivers for the pairing.

	United States		United Kingdom
Interest Rate	0.25% Jul 28, 21		0.1% Jun 24, 21
Inflation Rate	5.4% Jun 21		2.5% Jun 21
Credit Ratings	Moody's	S&P	Moody's	S&P
Credit Ratings	AaaStable	AA+Stable	Aa3Stable	AAStable