GBP/USD: Pound at a turning point
July 10, 2023 10:24 amVideo
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The British pound has strengthened its leadership in the G10 currency race thanks to the U.S. employment report. The increase of 209,000 jobs in June disappointed USD supporters, causing GBP/USD quotes to soar to the highest level since April 2022. However, it failed to consolidate at that level as the unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% and average wages accelerated to 4.4%, indicating that the Federal Reserve still has a lot of work ahead.
The Bank of England also faces challenges. Wage growth in the United Kingdom is outpacing that of the United States. Bloomberg experts forecast a 7.1% increase in May. The current values, along with sustained elevated inflation at 8.7%, are perceived by companies as a greater incentive for price increases than the BoE’s optimistic forecasts of CPI slowdown.
BoE Governor Andrew Bailey and his colleagues are determined to prevent inflation from solidifying at elevated levels, but their actions could lead to a recession. Indeed, the short-term market expects the repo rate to reach 6.5% by March 2024. Such a high borrowing cost could risk a recession. Additionally, the yield curve inversion signals an impending downturn.
Yield Curve Dynamics in Britain and Germany
At first glance, the pound is at a turning point: the projected 150 basis points increase in borrowing costs could trigger a GDP contraction. Markets generally perceive this negatively, as was the case with the U.S. dollar at the turn of 2022–2023, when its quotes were falling.
However, it’s important to remember that in any currency pair, there are two currencies. The current success of GBP/USD is only partially related to expectations of a repo rate increase to 6.5%. It’s also influenced by some weakening of the U.S. dollar against major global currencies. Some Forex experts believe that the most aggressive monetary restriction by the Federal Reserve in decades will eventually worsen the health of the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, Bloomberg experts predict a slowdown in U.S. consumer prices to 3.1% in June, causing the USD index to decline.
The pound faces a test with the release of UK labor market data by July 14. Alongside the previously mentioned wage growth of 7.1%, Bloomberg experts forecast a slowdown in employment from +250,000 to +158,000. According to Pantheon Macroeconomics, this change will not be sufficient to stop the Bank of England. The repo rate hike toward 6.5% will continue. Considering that markets were anticipating 5.3% a month ago, the pound’s successes are logical.
In my opinion, investors have been somewhat excessive in selling the U.S. dollar based on mixed U.S. employment statistics. This vulnerability makes sterling positions vulnerable.
Technically, on the daily GBP/USD chart, a reversal pattern like a Double Bottom may form, or an upward trend may resume. In the first case, we sell the pair on a breakthrough of the pivot level at 1.2785. In the second case, on the contrary, we buy it upon a new local high at 1.285.
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