GBP/USD - Pound Dollar

 
The Pound Sterling or Cable is the fourth-most-traded currency in the Forex market. Access the most up to date statistics, analyses and economic events regarding the GBP USD cross.
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1.5148 -0.0005    (-0.03%)
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Type: Currency
Group: Major
Base: British Pound
Second: US Dollar
  • Prev. Close: 1.5152
  • Bid/Ask: 1.5146 / 1.5149
  • Day's Range: 1.5138 - 1.5174

GBP/USD Overview

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Prev. Close1.5152
Bid1.5146
Day's Range1.5138 - 1.5174
Open1.5152
Ask1.5149
52 wk Range1.4832 - 1.6381

GBP/USD News & Analysis

GBP/USD Analysis  

Majors Daily Forecast: May 22, 2013
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 - May 22, 2013
Talking Forex: EUR/USD Settled Lower, GBP/USD Fell Sharply
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 - May 21, 2013
Major Currency Pairs: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD
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 - May 21, 2013
GBP/USD News  

Forex - Dollar mixed ahead of Bernanke testimony
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Investing.com
 - May 22, 2013
Forex - Dollar gains on safe harbor demand ahead of Bernanke testimony
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 - May 21, 2013
Forex - GBP/USD falls on safe-haven dollar demand, U.K. inflation data
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 - May 21, 2013
 

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Economic Calendar  

Time Cur. Imp. Event Actual Forecast Previous
Wednesday, May 22
04:30   GBP     MPC Meeting Minutes        
04:30   GBP     Public Sector Net Borrowing   7.0B 16.8B  
04:30   GBP     Retail Sales (MoM)   0.0% -0.7%  
04:30   GBP     Retail Sales (YoY)   2.0% -0.5%  
06:00   GBP     CBI Industrial Trends Orders   -19 -25  
07:00   USD     MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW)     -7.3%  
10:00   USD     Existing Home Sales   4.99M 4.92M  
10:00   USD     Fed Chairman Bernanke Testifies           
10:00   USD     Mass Layoffs     1.34K  
10:00   USD     Treasury Secretary Lew Speaks           
10:30   USD     Crude Oil Inventories   -0.778M -0.624M  
10:30   USD     Gasoline Inventories   0.022M 2.588M  
14:00   USD     FOMC Meeting Minutes        
Thursday, May 23
04:30   GBP     Business Investment (QoQ)     1.7% -0.8%  
04:30   GBP     GDP (QoQ)     0.3% 0.3%  
04:30   GBP     GDP (YoY)     0.6% 0.6%  
04:30   GBP     Index of Services   0.7% 0.1%  
06:05   USD     FOMC Member Bullard Speaks           
08:30   USD     Continuing Jobless Claims   3,000K 3,009K  
08:30   USD     Initial Jobless Claims   345K 360K  
08:58   USD     Manufacturing PMI     51.80 52.10  
09:00   USD     House Price Index (MoM)   0.9% 0.7%  
09:45   USD     Bloomberg Consumer Confidence     -30.2  
10:00   USD     New Home Sales   425K 417K  
10:30   USD     Natural Gas Storage     99B  
11:00   USD     KC Fed Manufacturing   -5.00 -5.00  
 

Central Banks

 
 
 BOE - Bank of England
Central Bank Bank of England 
Current Rate%: 0.50% 
Chairman:  Mervyn King 
 
 
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 FED - Federal Reserve
Central Bank Federal Reserve 
Current Rate%: 0.00%-0.25% 
Chairman:  Ben S. Bernanke 
 
 
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GBP/USD User Sentiments

Start DateUsernameCallConvictionOpen RateEnd DateChg. %
22-05-13Teodor Nyamt Firm1.5150+0.01%
22-05-13Абубакир Газ Strong1.5147-0.01%
22-05-13Александр Но Firm1.5147-0.01%
21-05-13Pedro Silva Strong1.5158-0.07%
21-05-13Premysl Mixa Firm1.5155-0.05%
21-05-13JOSE ANTONIO Firm1.515221-05-13 @ 1.5154+0.01%
21-05-13Jack Su Firm1.5139+0.06%
21-05-13Md Habibur ... Strong1.514521-05-13 @ 1.5154+0.06%
20-05-13Premysl Mixa Firm1.525821-05-13 @ 1.5116+0.93%
20-05-13roberto medi Strong1.5238-0.59%
 
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Latest GBP/USD Comments  
Theone Forex
Theone Forex   May 22, 2013 04:17AM GMT
GBP/USD and bank expects further fall to 1.4783 level. For account management $kype us - theoneforex
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Den Denisov
Den Denisov   May 21, 2013 01:25PM GMT
Pull back ?
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Ronaldo Lima(Brazil)
Ronaldo Lima(Brazil)   May 21, 2013 01:14PM GMT
gbp.usd now=1.5136 >>>> next target gbp.usd = 1.5104, 1.5026, 1.5100, 1.5070 e 1.4980 week........ sell and sell.
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