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Persistent Weakness Exposes Multi-Decade Support

GBP
  • GBP begins September on a negative note, with GBP/USD printing lower lows for a fifth consecutive session and EUR/GBP narrowing the gap with June's best levels at 0.8721 (which also marks the April 2021 highs).
  • In the short-term, clearance here opens levels not seen since early last year, and would mark a clean break of 0.8699, the 38.2% retracement for the 2020 - 2022 downleg.
  • On a longer-term view, GBP/USD weakness has exposed a multi-decade downtrendline drawn on the monthly chart from the 2001 low at 1.3682.
  • This trendline could garner more focus should GBP weakness persist, particularly under the tenure of a new Prime Minister, with Liz Truss still heavily favoured to take office next week.


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