By Rob Howard — Aug 05 - 10:05 AM
Cable elicited support pre-1.2000 after extending south from 1.2140
Profit-taking on short positions aids subsequent climb towards 1.2065
1.2065 was Thursday's low (after pound fell on BoE's long UK recession tip)
GBP/USD was at 1.2140 into July's big NFP beat (at 1230 GMT) nL1N2ZG2G3
Strong data spurs hawkish shift in Fed expectations, and lifts UST yields
10-year UST yield up to 2.83%, from 2.70% when the NFP data was released
Source:
Refinitiv IFR Research/Market Commentary