Pound slips on soft UK data March 12, 2021SharePrint The British pound is in negative territory in the Friday session. Currently, GDP/USD is trading at 1.3920, down 0.51% on the day. GDP, Manufacturing Production decline The pound has registered considerable losses on Friday after a data dump out of the UK showed some disappointing results. The monthly GDP report indicated that the economy contracted by 2.9% in January. This was considerably better than the street consensus of -4.9%, but showed a downturn in growth after a gain of 1.2% in December. As well, it was the second decline in three months, raising concerns about the health of the economy.