Headwinds seen for GBP, will be weaker than EUR in the year ahead

<p>A note via Danske has a negative view for GBP, forecasting EUR/GBP to 0.88 on a 12 month time horizon,</p><p>In brief, citing:</p><ul><li>looming debt problems in the UK</li><li>The UK government would have to start making
significant reductions to the deficit and bigger reductions than what might take place in the
euro area before we would start to turn less negative on GBP and we have a difficult time
seeing how that could happen next year with elections coming up.</li><li>UK economy to perform
relatively worse than the euro area</li><li>the conclusion of the Bank of England
hiking cycle</li></ul><p>And:</p><p>Near-term, we expect the cross to range trade on the back of little divergence
in either the growth or monetary policy for rest of the year</p><p>Daily EURGBP chart</p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.