The British pound reached a one-week trough as the US dollar recuperated and UK consumer prices slumped in April from a year ago, the 1st annual decline since 1960.
According to the Office for National Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation fell to -0.1%, largely due to a fall in air and sea fares.
Weak data… and these are “negative for sterling for sure,” said Alvin Tan, Strategist at Societe Generale.
Against the US dollar, sterling ended at $1.5515. It stood at 71.88 British pence per euro.
Meanwhile, traders will await retail sales data due this week.
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