eFX Apex
The Institutional-Grade Data Hub
- Plus: Discretionary Trades
- Edge: Sentiment Trades
- Alpha: Systematic Trades
- Apex: Full Big Data Stream
• Cable dips to 1.3377, then rallies to 1.3406, after cooler than expected UK inflation data
• CPI up 2.8% YY in April vs 3.0% forecast. 1.3377 = fractionally fresh two-day low
• 1.3406 is intra-day high. 1.3378-1.3401 was Asian session range (pre-UK CPI data)
• Cooler CPI print is boost for doves opposed to BoE rate hike in June
• BoE's Bailey, Breeden, Mann and Dhingra to address UK TSC from 1315 GMT
• UK PMQs 1100-1130GMT; first since Labour's poor local
election results
GBPUSD

(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)