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EUR/GBP looks oversold, BoE’s May hike priced in – Danske Bank

Analyst Aila Mihr assessed the recent price action around the Sterling and factored in the upcoming BoE interest rate decision.

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“Momentum in the GBP rally has eased and GBP/USD has dropped back to 1.43 after the cross reached a new post Brexit high at 1.4377 yesterday. We expect today’s UK CPI data to support the case for a BoE rate hike in May, but we do not expect the data to provide renewed support to GBP as a BoE rate hike is widely expected already”.

“As such, EUR/GBP looks slightly oversold according to technical measures such as RSI, but a BoE rate hike in May would be likely to continue to underpin GBP and keep EUR/GBP close to current levels in the near term”.

“We target 0.8650 in 1M and 0.86 in 3M. Note, however, that non-commercial positioning is very long GBP suggesting a high correction risk in GBP crosses. Longer term, we remain bearish on EUR/GBP and we have lowered our 6M and 12M forecasts slightly, targeting EUR/GBP at 0.84 in 6M (0.86 previously) and 0.83 in 12M (0.84)”.

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