Sterling today: Pound edges lower as Fed hike bets, hot CPI buoy dollar

Sterling slipped modestly against the dollar as market pricing shifted toward a further Federal Reserve rate increase, following a hotter-than-expected US consumer price inflation reading. The transmission runs through the interest rate differential: stronger expectations for higher US policy rates widen the yield advantage of dollar-denominated assets, drawing capital toward the greenback and weighing on sterling. GBP is the most directly exposed among major currencies given its sensitivity to shifts in relative policy expectations, while US Treasury yields at the front end of the curve are likely to reprice most sharply in response to the inflation data. Traders will be watching the next UK and US inflation releases and the Bank of England's policy signals for evidence on whether the dollar's advantage is sustained or whether sterling can recover against it.

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