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U.K. unemployment falls; pound rises

Jul. 20, 2016 7:45 AM ETEWU, FXB, GBB-OLD, EWUS, FKU, DXPS, DBUK, QGBR, HEWUBy: Stephen Alpher, SA News Editor
  • Could it be the experts were wrong? The U.K.'s unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in the three months ended in May - the lowest level since 2005. Though the numbers predate the Brexit vote, that country's version of the Fed's Beige Book reports a big jump in uncertainty, but no evidence of a sharp slowing in the economy since the vote.
  • Cable is up 0.4% to $1.3165. The FTSE is ahead 0.2%.
  • The Bank of England sat on its hands last week, but promised a rate cut in August. Will it be able to talk its way out of it?
  • ETFs: FXB, EWU, GBB, EWUS, FKU, DXPS, DBUK, QGBR, HEWU

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