U.K. British Pound Higher early Thursday

The GBP/USD pair is trading firm at 1.5170 up 0.0030. Chatter will be focused on the expected ECB policy news today to help the economy. Bank of England Member(s) are making comments and market talk concerning those comments will be featured Thursday. UK manufacturer data from CBI showed order books expanded in January at a slower pace than December, prices slipped a bit for exports.