Sterling Clears 1.35 as Soft PPI Cracks the DollarGBP/USDTASTYFX:GBPUSDtastyfxGBP/USD rallied around 1% over the past seven hours, clearing both 1.34 and 1.35 within the same session to trade above 1.3550 by Tuesday afternoon. The move puts Sterling up more than 1.5% from this week's lows and marks the highest level since May 12. The pace and breadth of the advance stand out against a backdrop in which the U.S. Dollar largely shrugged off softer CPI data yesterday. The rally reflects a combination of forces working in Sterling's favor. On the domestic side, fading U.K. political uncertainty has lifted the pound, while on the U.S. side, a softer than expected PPI print has weighed on the Dollar. That second leg is the more notable development: the Dollar had held up reasonably well through June even as both CPI and PPI came in soft, so today's reaction looks like the clearest crack yet in an otherwise resilient Dollar. Whether the move has legs will depend on whether it is underpinned by a genuine shift in the Dollar or simply a burst of political optimism that fades once positioning settles. In the above chart, GBP/USD has broken decisively higher through 1.35, exposing a fresh range with the next resistance sitting above 1.36. Price has also pulled clear of its major moving averages, which had been clustered around 1.340 and now sit below as potential support. Momentum is firmly to the upside, but the scale of the move warrants some caution: today's range is running at roughly double the pair's average true range (ATR), and with RSI approaching 70 a near-term pullback would not be surprising even if the broader uptrend holds. A single strong session does not confirm a trend, and some consolidation may be needed before the durability of the breakout can be judged.