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May 10, 2018

Actual

-12.29B

Forecast

-11.20B

-10.41B

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
Jun 11, 2018 (Apr)	04:30		-11.25B	-12.29B
May 10, 2018 (Mar)	04:30	-12.29B	-11.20B	-10.41B
Apr 11, 2018 (Feb)	04:30	-10.20B	-12.00B	-12.23B
Mar 09, 2018 (Jan)	05:30	-12.32B	-12.00B	-11.77B
Feb 09, 2018 (Dec)	05:30	-13.58B	-11.50B	-12.46B
Jan 10, 2018 (Nov)	05:30	-12.23B	-11.00B	-11.68B

News

Forex - USD/CAD Slump Continues Despite Upbeat Inflation Data; Fed Minutes Eyed By Investing.com - Apr 11, 2018

Investing.com – The dollar bounced off session lows against a basket of major currencies but remained under pressure as geopolitical uncertainty continued to weigh on sentiment despite data...

Forex - Dollar Turns Higher as U.S. Shutdown Ends By Investing.com - Feb 09, 2018

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar turned higher against other major currencies on Friday, after the U.S. Congress managed to pass a two-year budget agreement, ending a brief government shutdown. The...

Forex - Dollar Index Holds Steady in Cautious Trade By Investing.com - Feb 09, 2018

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar remained lower against other major currencies on Friday, as investors were still cautious after the U.S. Senate approved a bill to end a government shutdown and amid...

Analysis

Kiwi Tumbles On Dovish RBNZ; Sterling Goes Nowhere Ahead Of BOE By Marc Chandler - May 10, 2018

The US dollar is consolidating in narrow trading against most of the major currencies as participants digest several developments ahead of what was expected to be the highlight today, the BOE meeting...

Kiwi Tumbles; BoE Decision And US Inflation In Focus By XM Group - May 10, 2018

Here are the latest developments in global markets: FOREX: The US dollar index was practically flat on Thursday, ahead of the release of the US CPI data for April at 1230 GMT. Kiwi/dollar plunged...

Loonie Lurches Higher, BoE Up Next By Ashraf Laidi - May 10, 2018

After a slow start to the week in the way of data, get ready for some Thursday action with a BoE rate decision, minutes, inflation report and Carney speech. And don't forget US CPI. Crude jumped more...

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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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its the finance world

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

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	Interest Rates	Next Meeting
FED	1.75%	Jun 13, 2018
ECB	0.00%	Jun 14, 2018
BOE	0.50%	Jun 21, 2018
SNB	-0.75%	Jun 21, 2018
RBA	1.50%	Jun 05, 2018
BOC	1.25%	May 30, 2018
RBNZ	1.75%	Jun 28, 2018
BOJ	-0.10%	Jun 15, 2018
CBR	7.25%	Jun 15, 2018
RBI	6.00%	Jun 07, 2018
PBOC	4.35%
BCB	6.50%	Jun 20, 2018