Trading Volatility: UK inflation data for Cable could move the needle

For the week starting Monday 20 May traders will be looking ahead to mid-week with the release of the full round of UK inflation data. It is likely to generate raised levels of volatility for GBPUSD. Consumer prices, or CPI, is likely steal the show, but there is also producer price and retail prices to underpin the release. UK headline CPI YoY forecast to drop from 3.2 to 2.7% core CPI (without food and fuel) down from 4.2 to 3.6%. So where's the risk? Well if there's a read-through from this week's US inflation which gave us a ray of hope is the risk to the downside. IGTV’s Jeremy Naylor looks at the potential performance of GBP/USD.
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