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The unexpected growth of the British pound

The growth of the retail sales volume in the UK increased expectations concerning interest rates growth and thus increased the British currency too. According to the data provided by the Office of National Statistics the retail sales reached the highest level throughout the May increasing monthly by 3.5 percent. Such growth was quite unexpected as the forecasts provided by the experts supposed only stable volume of retail sales (with 4.2 percent annual growth) not growing one (8.1 percent annual growth).

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