Though investors welcomed the UK and EU’s agreement on post-Brexit trade last week, the pound begins the week with some mixed results against its rivals. As well as maintaining weekly gains against the US dollar, sterling is also up on the japanese yen and canadian dollar compared to this time last Monday.
Britain’s monthly GDP figures will be released on Friday – the last data revealed the UK avoided a technical recession, by the skin of its teeth, so pound-watchers will be keen to see what the latest economic data reveals.
