11.   British inflation figures published on Thursday, which were in line with market forecasts, did not influence the currency.

12.   They said that the latest job figures published on Wednesday to highlighted a growing crisis in the manufacturing sector in which factories have whittled away at staff levels.

13.   Sterling did not react to British trade figures published on Thursday, although they showed an unexpectedly large commercial deficit.

14.   The Eurostat office corrected figures published for the last few months and said that the rate of unemployment had not changed since February.