UK GDP report for Q3 2023 as well as UK retail sales data for November was released today at 7:00 am GMT. Attention was mostly on retail sales, as GDP data was a revision.
Actual data turned out to be mixed - retail sales data turned out to be much better than expected, snapping a losing streak, while UK GDP report was revised lower. GBP reacted positively showing that traders saw retail sales as a more important reading.
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- Quarterly: -0.1% QoQ vs 0.0% QoQ in first release
- Annual: 0.3% YoY vs 0.6% YoY in first release
UK retail sales for November
- Headline (annual): +0.1% YoY vs -1.4% YoY expected (-2.7% YoY previously)
- Headline (monthly): 1.3% MoM vs 0.4% MoM expected (-0.3% MoM previously)
- Core (annual): 0.3% YoY vs -1.4% YoY expected (-2.4% YoY previously)
- Core (monthly): 1.3% MoM vs 0.3% MoM expected (-0.1% MoM previously)
GBPUSD gained following release of mixed UK data and tested 1.2715 resistance zone. Source: xStation5
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