GBPUSD higher on dovish BoE’s expectationsThe GBPUSD currency pair intraday price action sentiment appears bullish, supported by the longer-term prevailing uptrend. The initial spike higher was triggered by the release of Retail Sales, a key measure of consumer spending. Retail sales rose at 1.7% in the month after contracting by 0.6% in December, revised lower from -0.3%. Todays data is beating the economists expectation, moderate 0.3%. Upbeat Retail Sales data is influencing the traders to further pare their bets on the Bank of England (BoE) cutting interest rates again in the March meeting.
The key trading level is at 1.2517, the 05th Feb ‘25 swing high. A corrective pullback from the current overbought levels could target the downside support at 1.2517. A bullish bounceback from the rising support at 1.2517 could target resistance at 1.2700 followed by 1.2800 followed by 1.2820 levels over the longer timeframe.
Alternatively, a confirmed loss of 1.2517support and a daily close above that level would negate the bullish outlook opening the way for further retracements and a retest of 1.2450 support level followed by 1.2400.
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