At 5.30 am ET Thursday, U.K. retail sales figures and British mortgage approvals data for February are set for release. The pound slipped against the other major currencies before these data.

The pound was worth 1.4075 against the greenback, 158.91 against the yen, 1.3743 against the franc and 0.7930 against the euro at 5:25 am ET.

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