Yesterday, the Pound significantly declined against the USD amid considerable strengthening in the index of the USD versus the main currencies basket. The index rose by over 1% after the release of information on the number of construction permits in the USA in April. The number rose up to 1.143 million, which was higher than the index of the previous month by 10.1%. It was expected that the growth would be only by 2.2%. The number of new houses foundations also increased to 1.135 million against the previous month number of 1.019.
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