• GBP/USD pushed above 1.2700 in tepid Wednesday trading.
• US midweek holiday crimped market volumes, hobbling flows.
• BoE expected to hold rates, investors to look for shifts in votes.

GBP/USD elbowed its way firmly above 1.2700 in quiet Wednesday trading as GBP traders gear up for Thursday’s latest outing from the Bank of England (BoE), which is expected to keep rates on hold at 5.25% even as UK economic data continues to miss the mark, but not badly enough to spark institutional fears of an outright recession.