{"id":835864,"date":"2025-03-22T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/pound-sterling-price-news-and-forecast-gbp-usd-slips-as-trader-war-fears-central-bank-uncertainty-weigh\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:12:00","slug":"pound-sterling-price-news-and-forecast-gbp-usd-slips-as-trader-war-fears-central-bank-uncertainty-weigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/pound-sterling-price-news-and-forecast-gbp-usd-slips-as-trader-war-fears-central-bank-uncertainty-weigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP\/USD slips as trader war fears, central bank uncertainty weigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fxs_article_body\">\n<h2>GBP\/USD slips as trader war fears, central bank uncertainty weigh<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The Pound\u00a0<a data-fxs-autoanchor href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/currencies\/gbpusd\">Sterling<\/a>\u00a0(GBP) is dropping\u00a0some 0.29% against the\u00a0<a data-fxs-autoanchor href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/currencies\/us-dollar-index\">US Dollar<\/a>\u00a0(USD) on Friday, set to end the week unchanged after major central banks featured monetary policy decisions led by the\u00a0<a data-fxs-autoanchor href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/macroeconomics\/central-banks\/fed\">Federal Reserve<\/a>\u00a0(Fed) and the\u00a0<a data-fxs-autoanchor href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/macroeconomics\/central-banks\/boe\">Bank of England<\/a>\u00a0(BoE). At the time of writing, GBP\/USD is trading\u00a0at 1.2931 after hitting a daily peak of 1.2969.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/news\/gbp-usd-slips-as-trader-war-fears-central-bank-uncertainty-weigh-202503211535\" target=\"_blank\"> Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/editorial.fxsstatic.com\/miscelaneous\/image-638781681286026806.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Pound Sterling underperforms US Dollar as Fed supports restrictive policy stance<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Pound Sterling (GBP)\u00a0extends correction to near 1.2920 against the US Dollar (USD) in North American trading hours on Friday. The GBP\/USD pair weakens as the US Dollar extends recovery amid growing expectations that the\u00a0<a data-fxs-autoanchor href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/macroeconomics\/central-banks\/fed\">Federal Reserve<\/a>\u00a0(Fed) will not cut interest\u00a0<a data-fxs-autoanchor href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/rates-charts\/rates\">rates<\/a>\u00a0soon. The\u00a0<a data-fxs-autoanchor href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/currencies\/us-dollar-index\">US Dollar Index<\/a>\u00a0(DXY), which tracks the Greenback\u2019s value against six major currencies, gathers strength to break above the key resistance of 104.00. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/news\/pound-sterling-corrects-further-against-us-dollar-as-fed-maintains-restrictive-policy-stance-202503210751\" target=\"_blank\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/editorial.fxsstatic.com\/miscelaneous\/_GBP_USD_2025-03-21_12-54-14-638781402468135971.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>GBP\/USD consolidates above mid-1.2900s; remains close to multi-month peak set on Thursday<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The GBP\/USD pair lacks any firm intraday direction on Friday and oscillates in a narrow trading band, around the 1.2960 area during the Asian session. Spot prices, however, remain close to the highest since early November \u2013 levels beyond the 1.3000 psychological mark touched on Thursday \u2013 and remain at the mercy of the\u00a0<a data-fxs-autoanchor href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/currencies\/us-dollar-index\">US Dollar<\/a>\u00a0(USD) price dynamics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/news\/gbp-usd-consolidates-above-mid-12900s-remains-close-to-multi-month-peak-set-on-thursday-202503210244\" target=\"_blank\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Information on these pages contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Markets and instruments profiled on this page are for informational purposes only and should not in any way come across as a recommendation to buy or sell in these assets. You should do your own thorough research before making any investment decisions. 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Errors and omissions excepted.<\/p>\n<p>The author and FXStreet are not registered investment advisors and nothing in this article is intended to be investment advice. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/news\/pound-sterling-price-news-and-forecast-gbp-usd-slips-as-trader-war-fears-central-bank-uncertainty-weigh-202503211658\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Elroy Fleishman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GBP\/USD slips as trader war fears, central bank uncertainty weigh The Pound\u00a0Sterling\u00a0(GBP) is dropping\u00a0some 0.29% against the\u00a0US Dollar\u00a0(USD) on Friday, set to end the week unchanged after major central banks featured monetary policy decisions led by the\u00a0Federal Reserve\u00a0(Fed) and the\u00a0Bank of England\u00a0(BoE). At the time of writing, GBP\/USD is trading\u00a0at 1.2931 after hitting a daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":835865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2794,32662],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pound","category-sterling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}