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Sterling firms after retail sales surprise to the upside
LONDON — by Marcus Ellery ·
Retail sales rose an illustrative 0.6 percent month on month, three times the consensus estimate in this dataset.
GBP/USD reacted by climbing to 1.2871, its best level in a week.
Money market pricing for a near-term cut eased, though the broader path remains data dependent.
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