Fri, February 17, 2017
The Pound Fell this morning after Data showed that UK retails sales for January Fell.
The monthly retail sales figure for January showed at -0.3%. Analysts has predicted a reading of 0.9%. There was also a revision to the December figure which was cut to -2.1% from a previous 1.9%. The ONS also found that retail sales fell by 0.4% over the last quarter, in comparison to the previous three months - the first fall since December 2013.
Sterling fell over 0.5% against the Dollar after this data to 1.2407. The pound also declined against the Euro to 1.1653.
Data to look out for today.
09:30: GBP UK Retail Sales
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