By Robert Howard — Jun 30 - 07:12 AM
• Cable down to 1.3692 as larger than expected UK Q1 C/A deficit weighs on GBP
• 23.5 billion pounds vs 19.75 bln forecast. 1.3740 was high pre-UK C/A data
• 1.3692 is eight pips above Friday's low (1.3770 was Thursday's 44-month top)
• UK lenders report surprise rise in mortgages in May, consumer lending cools
• Pound could slip if Starmer can't get a grip (welfare reform vote Tuesday)
• Trump's "big, beautiful" bill set to further tarnish USTs lustre overseas
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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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London Stock Exchange Group | Thomson Reuters