Breakfast saw the public sector net borrowing number released for October.
Economists had predicted £12.3 billion, but the number came in at £17.4 billion.
The larger than expected number has been put down to the public sector pay increases agreed by the Government.
Although this is an indicator of the UK economy as a whole, it had little bearing on currency exchange rates.
There's not much in the way of news scheduled for today before the UK retail sales numbers out at breakfast tomorrow.
Business news covers the UK debt, and also the big headline that Google could be forced to sell of its Chrome search engine to limit monopoly.
UK: Friday 07:00 Retail Sales
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