GBP/USD has traded higher at the week’s opening in NZ., with weekend news of relevance for the GBP including Obama asks Congress to approve military strike against Syria , and Mike posted on the Verizon/Vodafone vote due Monday.

Ahead of Verizon/Vodafone there is some (low-impact) economic data due out today.

At 2301GMT we get the Hometrack Housing Survey for August

  • For the m/m, prior was +0.3%
  • For the y/y prior was +1.3%