During Asian trading, the British pound increased against the US Dollar trading above 1.31000 levels.
The GBP/USD grew slightly in the Asian session, but gains might be limited by continuing uncertainty over the UK budget, set to take place on Wednesday. In the UK, there are no data releases scheduled today. In the US, the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business Index for November (-5.0 last month) will be released (15:30 GMT).*
*The government shutdown has now concluded, but most US Government data will still be delayed. Non government US data will be released as normal.