The GBP/USD pair gathers strength near 1.3645 during the early Asian trading hours on Friday. The US Dollar (USD) softens against the British Pound (GBP) amid fading Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike expectations. Traders brace for the UK Retail Sales data for July, which will be published later on Friday.
Softer US economic data and uncertainty over Fed policy exert some selling pressure on the Greenback. Charu Chanana, chief investment strategist at Saxo, said that higher Treasury yields do not necessarily underpin the USD if investors believe the increase reflects fiscal risk, heavier government borrowing or persistent inflation, rather than…
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