The GBP/USD price analysis leans to the upside, driven by upbeat UK Q2 GDP and the US government shutdown.

Stephen Miran, Donald Trump’s recent addition to the Fed, joined the Federal Reserve the day before the last meeting. At that meeting, he was the only dissenting vote, supporting a 50-basis-point rate cut.

FTSE 100 hits fresh record highs, boosted by pharmaceuticals.

The US government work stoppage began on Wednesday after the Senate rejected a short-term spending measure, forcing agencies to suspend all but the most essential operations.

Ships play a central role in the global trade of goods, but they also make noise, which might affect undersea creatures like whales that depend on sound for communication and navigation.

Congress failed to pass a stopgap funding bill late Tuesday, kicking off the first U.S. government closure in nearly seven years and furloughing over 400,000 federal workers as non-essential operations grind to a halt.