Poll conducted by Reuters ... of more than 60 foreign exchange specialists polled in the past week. Expectations:

  • GBP/USD to trade at $1.40 in a month
  • $1.39 in six months
  • and back at $1.40 in a year

Against the euro

  • unchanged forecasts from January
  • euro will be worth 88.0 pence in one month and 89.0p in six months and a year.

Reuters include a couple of snippets from analysts in the report on the poll:

  • "The pound has been well-supported this year, largely on the back of stable monetary policy expectations. Looking ahead, we believe the risk of deteriorating fundamentals will remain, while Brexit-related uncertainty might rise again," analysts at Credit Agricole noted.
  • A disorderly Brexit as a result of Britain misjudging the "self-preservation" instincts of the EU could lead to a further downgrade of the UK's sovereign credit rating, S&P Global
  • "Investors should expect a bumpy path toward an eventual Brexit transition deal between the UK and its EU partners," Goldman Sachs