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The pound fell to $1.6035, down 0.2 percent on the day after the data was released, from $1.6075 beforehand.
The euro hit a session high of 84.22 pence from 84.03.
British government bond futures pared modest early losses after the data and turned positive, standing 9 ticks up on the day at 109.95 at 0837 GMT from a level of 109.81 just before the data were released.