EUR/GBP softens to near 0.8300 as traders await Eurozone GDP data, BoE’s Bailey speech

EUR/GBP trades with mild losses around 0.8310 in Thursday’s early European session. 

BoE Chief Economist Pill sounded cautious on rate cuts. 

ECB’s Rehn said the December cut is likely with disinflation on track. 

The EUR/GBP cross trades with mild negative bias near 0.8310 during the early European session on Thursday. The flash Eurozone Gross Domestic Product (GDP) number for the third quarter (Q3) will be released later on Thursday. The Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey and the European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde are scheduled to speak later on the same day. 

The UK Unemployment Rate rose more than expected to 4.3% for the three months ending in September, weighing on the Pound Sterling (GBP). ”The higher (UK) unemployment rate could see the market start to price in a higher chance of a rate cut from the Bank of England (BoE) next month," noted XTB analysts.

However, the Bank of England Chief Economist Pill remains cautious, saying that wage growth “remains quite sticky” at elevated levels and is “hard to reconcile with the UK inflation target.” Pill further stated, “We have seen a substantial disinflation in the UK economy, and that has allowed monetary policy restriction to be reduced.