GBP/USD soft into NorAm close +0.48% at 1.2133; NY range 1.2193-1.2128

Early gains pared as UST yields rise, GBP longs cut ahead of UK data Fri

Sterling bulls eye 1.22 after Barkin tempers hawkish Fed tones nL1N34P1HF

UK Dec GDP, Mfg/Ind/Cons output Friday may hold sway over UK rate policy

GBP$ res at Thurs high 1.2193, 10-DMA 1.2199, 1.2205 50% of 1.2448-1.1962

Above 1.2205 bulls gain momentum eye 21-DMA 1.2262, Feb 2 high 1.2401

Supt Thurs low 1.2132, Daily cloud top 1.2079, 200-DMA 1.1948

EUR/GBP -0.25% to 0.8854, Thurs range 0.8883-40; GBP dominates on hawkish BoE rhetoric