Pound Rises Ahead Of U.K. Unemployment Data
May 17 2017 - 12:28AM
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At 4:30 am ET Wednesday, the Office for National Statistics is
scheduled to issue U.K. unemployment data. The ILO jobless rate is
forecast to remain unchanged at 4.7 percent in the first
quarter.
Ahead of the data, the pound rose against its major rivals.
As of 4:25 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8579 against the
euro, 1.2726 against the Swiss franc, 1.2930 against the U.S.
dollar and 145.46 against the yen.
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