GBP/JPY faces challenges for the second successive day, trading around 199.90 during the Asian hours on Wednesday. The currency cross depreciates as the Pound Sterling (GBP) struggles against its peers ahead of the United Kingdom’s (UK) Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Retail Price Index data.
The United Kingdom (UK) Office for National Statistics (ONS) will publish the high-impact Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for August on Wednesday at 06:00 GMT.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), an index of the value of the US Dollar (USD) measured against a basket of six world currencies, remains on the defensive near 96.70 as investors firmed bets for a Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate cut later on Wednesday.