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Feb 11, 2019

Actual

-12.10B

Forecast

-12.00B

-12.40B

The Trade Balance measures the difference in value between imported and exported goods and services over the reported period. A positive number indicates that more goods and services were exported than imported.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the GBP, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the GBP.

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Currency: GBP

Source: Office for National Statistics

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Mar 12, 2019 (Jan)	04:30		-12.00B	-12.10B
Feb 11, 2019 (Dec)	04:30	-12.10B	-12.00B	-12.40B
Jan 11, 2019 (Nov)	04:30	-12.02B	-11.40B	-11.95B
Dec 10, 2018 (Oct)	04:30	-11.87B	-10.50B	-10.68B
Nov 09, 2018 (Sep)	04:30	-9.73B	-11.40B	-11.72B
Oct 10, 2018 (Aug)	03:30	-11.20B	-10.90B	-10.39B

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Analysis

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Alexey No Jan 11, 2017 3:20AM ET

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Why English pound sterling is so high if U.K. Trade Balance is constantly negative?. .

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Qamar Shahzad Jul 08, 2016 3:33AM ET

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https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/

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Deep Rana Jul 10, 2014 5:57AM ET

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I am new in trading world which website can tell me what happened according to the finance calender announcements.

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you can't depend on news since sometime when news tell good the problem the price move down... so the best is you must train your technical skill

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Kevin Kipkemboi Apr 09, 2014 4:56AM ET

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The price went in the opposite direction despite good news on the report.

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francois delta Apr 09, 2014 4:56AM ET

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its the finance world

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Ted Buckler Apr 09, 2014 4:56AM ET

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Yes, it's odd. Investors seem to be shrugging it off.

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