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英国経済の市場期待値、GBP/USD市場予想

Overview British Economy
                               Actual  Q3/18  Q4/18  Q1/19 
GDP Growth Rate       0.40      0.50     0.40     0.50
Unemployment Rate    4.00      4.10     4.20     4.40
Inflation Rate             2.50      2.40     2.20     2.10
Core Inflation Rate     1.90       2.30     2.30     2.20
Interest Rate             0.75      0.75     1.00     1.25
Balance of Trade       -1861   -3000   -3500   -3700
Manufacturing PMI     54.0       55.4     56.0     55.7
Services PMI             53.5      53.0     53.4     53.8
Corporate Tax Rate    19.00     19.0     19.0     18.0
Currency                   1.28      1.30     1.28     1.25  (GBP/USD)

The British Pound is expected to trade at 1.30 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate it to trade at 1.25 in 9 months time.

The GBP/USD decreased 0.0001 or 0.01% to 1.2809 on Friday August 24 from 1.2810 in the previous trading session. Historically, the British Pound reached an all time high of 2.86 in December of 1957 and a record low of 1.05 in February of 1985.