• Steady in a 1.2950-1.2957 range in Asia, as markets await US election news

• Retailers - UK consumer spending slowed before last week's budget

• Barclay's economist Meaning - 'the stage is set for real spend growth'

• BOE expected to cut 25bp to 4.75% on Thursday and to 4.5% in February

• Charts - neutral daily momentum studies, 21-day Bollinger bands slip

• 5, 10 & 21-day moving averages ease - signals show a modest bearish bias

• 1.2844 October low, then the 1.2665 August base are initial supports

• Thursday's 1.2999 top and last week's 1.3043 high are the first resistance

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