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GBP/USD Weekly Analysis (3rd week of July,2021)Comments from Bank of England officials during the week, pointing to the need to reduce asset purchases earlier than expected, failed to lift the pound significantly. “The impact on GBP was limited, partly because the next step in the eventual policy normalisation process (rate hikes) remains still some way off. Despite the increasing Covid-19 cases, the UK government will deliver the final part of the reopening/end of restrictions on 19 July”, explain ING analysts. Next week UK data includes June retails sales and July PMI, both reports due on Friday.
AUD/USD Weekly Analysis (3rd week of July,2021)Asia-Pacific markets face a shaky open to the week after Australia tightened lockdown measures in Sydney, the country’s most populated city, over the weekend. The New South Wales (NSW) capital city saw a range of added restrictions since Friday, including a shutdown of non-essential retail storefronts, as policymakers scramble to contain a new wave of infections driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant.