Breakfast today saw a number of key readings reported for the UK.
Retail sales figures and total business investment showed monthly and annualised growth respectively.
This was against expected contraction forecasts issued by economists.
These are significant indicators of the health of the UK economy, that looks to be healthier than anticipated.
GBP/EUR certainly saw a nice reaction to the numbers with a continuance of recent upticks.
Sterling Dollar rates came into focus at lunch time with personal consumption figures being reported in the US.
Annualised growth of 2.5% came in as expected.
That leads us into a relatively quiet weekend of scheduled news, but with plenty of economic changes reported from the US as news stories recently, it doesn't mean there won't be volatility in early trading Monday.
Business news reports on the impact of one such story being the 25% tariff being imposed by the US on UK car manufacturers.
CHN: Monday 01:30 NBS Manufacturing PMI
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