The pound rose in the beginning of this week’s trading session before a gross domestic report to be published tomorrow in the U.K., which according to forecasts will show positive figures, making the Great Britain to leave the worst recession since the Second World War.
The U.K. currency is rallying on hopes that forecasts for a GDP report will be confirmed tomorrow, showing an quarterly advance of 0.4 percent, which would revert a negative trend for the British economy that made the pound to rank among the worst bets in currency markets during most of 2009. Despite speculations regarding tomorrow’s GDP data, the pound also gained today as Rightmove Plc published a positive real estate report expecting house prices to grow until the next year based on the economic recovery forecasts for the U.K. during the current year.
Analysts explain the pound’s renewed attractiveness based on two distinct factors, one is the economic recovery outlook expected for 2010 in the British Isles, and at the same time, currencies like the euro are losing appeal as the early recovery in the region could have cooled down, allowing the pound to touch higher levels.
EUR/GBP declined to 87.38 as of 15:06 GMT from a previous rate of 0.8789 when markets opened yesterday. GBP/USD climbed to 1.6172 from 1.6086.
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