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Barclays: EU referendum having a negative impact on UK businesses

In its latest report, Barclays noted that the uncertainty surrounding Brexit is weighing negatively on the UK growth outlook.

Key Points:

Fall in UK services and composite PMI confirms that the upcoming EU referendum is having a negative impact on UK businesses

Continues to cause delays in spending and investment

Q1 GDP estimate 0.0% vs Q1 +0.4%

GBP/USD slips back below 1.4500 as UK PMI weighs

The recovery in the GBP/USD pair faltered near 1.4520 region, allowing the bears to regain control and drive the prices back below 1.45 handle.
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UK services PMI falls to multi-year low - ING

James Smith, Economist at ING, notes that the UK services PMI completed the set of disappointing surveys released this week, emphasising the fact that 2Q growth is likely to be weak.
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