
The UK Office for National Statistics will publish Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, May 18, at 09:00 MT.
On Tuesday, the British pound rallied to the day’s maximums before decreasing after British jobs data disclosing that the unemployment rate was still steady at 42-year minimum, although the squeeze on wages kept unrolling.
The currency pair GBP/USD initially reached a maximum of 1.3212, ascending from 1.3197 ahead of the report before rebounding to 1.3153.
The unemployment rate for the three months to the end of September didn’t change, keeping to 4.3%, which is line with experts’ expectations.
The number of folks in employment slumped for the first time in a year. Evidently, there were up to 32.06 million employees in work for the three months to September, which is a 14,000 sag on the previous quarter.
The Bank of England is closely monitoring wage ascend as it estimates whether the leap in inflation is putting longer-lasting pressure on prices or not. The bank expects UK wages to ascend by 2.0% in 2017 before picking up next year and in 2019.
The UK Office for National Statistics will publish Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, May 18, at 09:00 MT.
The US Census Bureau will announce Core Retail Sales and Retail Sales on Tuesday, May 17 at 15:30 MT.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics will announce average hourly earnings, nonfarm employment change (NFP), and the unemployment rate on May 6, at 15:30 MT time.
The United States will publish the Preliminary GDP on Thursday, May 26, at 15:30 GMT+3.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will publish a monetary policy report and make an update on the interest rate on May 25, at 05:00 GMT+3.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will announce the updated Unemployment Rate and Employment Change data on Thursday, May 19, at 04:30 MT.
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