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The Pound US Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate was trading without a clear direction on Monday as markets mulled over the latest central bank commentary.
Australian monthly inflation data, for February 2024
The yuan’s sharp rebound this morning triggered some attention, if only because other news was so limited today. USD/CNY shot up last Friday on signals that Chinese authorities loosened their grip on the 7.2 handle it defended for several months. Clearly they weren’t expecting nor hoping for such an abrupt move.
News flow is thin and that will stay so for the remainder of the day. Volumes are further reduced by the US public holiday (President’s Day), suggesting some sentiment-driven trading within existing technical ranges. Later this week, attention shifts to an ECB tracker of negotiated wages (tomorrow), Minutes of previous Fed (Wednesday) and ECB (Thursday) meetings and global February PMI’s (Thursday).
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