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• GBP/USD steadies in Asia after closing 0.7% lower on Tue on sticky US CPI
• Undermined by hawkish Fed talk, possibility of more aggressive rate hikes
• Waller floats 50 bps Dec rate hike, Logan says rapid rate-hike pace possible
• GBP seen in a choppy 1.3300-1.3500 range as hawkish BoE offsets Fed hawks
• UK inflation to overshoot BoE target for next 4 years, NIESR forecasts
• UK Q3 and Sep GDP, industrial and manufacturing output, trade data due Thu
• Support 1.3300-10, 1.3270-75, resistance 1.3400-10, 1.3430
• Tuesday range 1.33115-1.3459, Asia 1.3343-1.3355
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(Krishna Kumar is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)