Sterling tilted higher in American trade off April 2017 lows for the seventh session out of eight against the dollar, following earlier data from Britain and the US.
As of 05:23 GMT, GBP/USD rose 0.20% to 1.2681, with an intraday high at 1.2698, and a low at 1.2632.
Earlier UK data showed the GDP rose 0.6% q/q in the third quarter as expected, up from 0.2% in the second, while growing 1.5% as expected as well.
Current account deficit rose to 26.5 billion pounds from 20 billion, while investments in commercial business fell 1.1%, sharpening a decline of 0.7% in the second quarter.
Public net borrowing rose to 6.3 billion pounds from 5.6 billion, revised from 8 billion, and below estimates of 7 billion.
US Data
Earlier US data showed the GDP grew by 3.4% in the third quarter of 2018, missing estimates of 3.5%, and compared to 4.2% in the second quarter.
US durable goods orders rose 0.8% in November, missing estimates of a 1.6% increase, and compared to October's 4.3% drop.
Core orders, excluding transportation, fell 0.3%, missing estimates of a 0.3% increase, and compared to October's 0.2% addition.
US personal income rose 0.2% in November, slowing down from 0.5% in October, while missing estimates of a 0.3% increase, as personal spending rose 0.4%, slowing down from 0.4%.
Finally, University of Michigan released its final reading for the consumer sentiment survey, showing an increase to 98.3 from the preliminary reading of 97.5, beating estimates of 97.6.