GBP/USD springs higher, looking for 1.23

GBP/USD catches a bid on improving market sentiment, setting a new two-week high.
UK GDP, manufacturing & production figures due later in the week, BoE Gov Bailey to speak on Friday.
US inflation data remains a key focus for broader markets, PPI and CPI in the barrel for Wednesday, Thursday.

Joshua Gibson FXStreet

The GBP/USD is trading higher on Tuesday as market sentiment cautiously recovers following the weekend's Israel-Hamas conflict escalation, and the Pound Sterling (GBP) is catching a bid into fresh two-week highs just shy of 1.2300.

It's a bumper week for US inflation data, with Producer Price Index (PPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures due tomorrow and Thursday respectively, but the Pound Sterling is also represented on the calendar, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Industrial & Manufacturing Production numbers in the barrel for Thursday.

Federal Reserve (Fed) officials have been hitting the newswires for Tuesday, talking down the potential for further rate hikes, keeping the US Dollar (USD) on the low side and giving risk assets a chance to recover some ground.

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UK GDP figures on Thursday are expected to show a mild recovery, with the monthly figure for August forecast to print at 0.2%, against the previous -0.5%.

Industrial & Manufacturing Production for the same period is expected to improve but still show minor declines, with the industrial component expected at -0.2% versus the previous -0.7%, and the manufacturing component is seen printing at -0.4% versus the previous -0.8%.

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GBP/USD Technical Outlook

The Pound Sterling is set to close in the green for the fifth straight day against the US Dollar, having climbed over 2% from the last low at 1.2037, and the GBP/USD pair is set to take another run at climbing back over the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) near 1.2441, though the 50-day SMA is moving bearish rapidly, declining into 1.2495 and set for a bearish cross of the longer moving average.

GBP/USD Daily Chart

GBP/USD Technical Levels

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.2286
Today Daily Change	0.0048
Today Daily Change %	0.39
Today daily open	1.2238

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2265
Daily SMA50	1.2505
Daily SMA100	1.2605
Daily SMA200	1.244

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2244
Previous Daily Low	1.2163
Previous Weekly High	1.2262
Previous Weekly Low	1.2037
Previous Monthly High	1.2713
Previous Monthly Low	1.2111
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2213
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2194
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2186
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2134
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2105
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2267
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2296
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.2349

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Joshua Gibson

FXStreet

Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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