The U.K. pound is down in currency trading on the FX market after days of gains overall. U.K. retail sales data prompted the decline in forex trading with the sterling. Economic data coming out of Britain continues to show a slowing economy. Bloomberg reports on the U.K. pound in currency trading:
``The problem with the pound is the bigger picture, which is
deteriorating,'' said Simon Derrick, London-based head of global
strategy at Bank of New York Mellon Corp., who is more bearish on
the pound than 36 analysts in a Bloomberg survey. ``Factors that
have supported the currency such as interest rates and carry
trades seem to be dissipating.''
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