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GBP/USD Offered at 38.2% Fibo Level GBP/USD made another failed attempt to take out 1.4154 (38.2% of 1.4699-1.3835) before dropping to 1.4118 levels in Europe. Rejected at 1.4182 Pair jumped to 1...
Easter comes early this year, and U.S. financial markets will be closed on Good Friday, which falls on March 25, while U.K. and some continental markets will be closed for Easter Monday as well. Good Friday isn't a federal holiday in the U.S...
Japan Jan Leading Index Revised Up The leading index for Japan, which measures the future economic activity, increased at the start of the year instead of a decline initially estimated, final figures from the Cabinet Office showed Friday. The leading index rose to 101...
Follow EUR/USD Higher via Options – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests to follow EUR/USD higher via options while advises to maintain caution on USD/CAD and NZD/USD. Key Quotes “The lack of trendiness persists in G10 with an average VHF standing at the 21st percentile...
Eurozone: Monetary Easing Leaves More Scope for Fiscal Stimulus – Goldman Sachs Research Team at Goldman Sachs, suggests that running an easier fiscal policy is more feasible now than at the peak of the Euro crisis...
EUR/CHF: Brexit the Key Risk to a Sustained Rebound – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that the data out of Switzerland have made a clear turn for the better over the past month as notably CPI, GDP and employment growth alike surprised on the upside...
USD/JPY: Downside Risk Still Prevails – Deutsche Bank Taisuke Tanaka, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the USD/JPY is hovering at around ¥112-113, but downside risk remains prevalent...
BoJ to Catch Up on Negative Rates Relative to Europe – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that with the introduction of a negative interest rate policy the BoJ has added another dimension to its policy framework and can now pursue monetary easing by combining quantitative and qual...
USD Remains Generally Bid – ING Research Team at ING, suggests that the USD remains generally bid as declining oil prices and falling equity markets are supportive of the currency against G10 commodity currencies and EM FX in general...
USD/JPY: Expect BoJ to Cut by 20bp in April – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, notes that the Japanese GDP contracted 0.3% q/q in Q4 15, and they see a high risk of a technical recession in Q4-Q1 with yet another negative growth rate in Q1. Key Quotes “Inflation printed at 0...
Yen Little Changed After Japan CPI, Leading Index Japan's final inflation and leading index reports for January were published at 1:00 am ET Friday. After these data, the yen changed little against its major rivals. As of 1:01 am ET, the yen was trading at 126.25 against the euro, 159...
Malaysia Feb Inflation Accelerates More Than Expected Malaysia's consumer price inflation quickened at a faster-than-expected pace in February, figures from the Department of Statistics showed Friday. The consumer price index rose 4.2 percent year-over-year in February, faster than the 3...
FXWIREPRO: Thai Baht Gains on the Back of Better Than expected Trade Balance Data USD/THB is trading around 35.33 levels. It made intraday high at 35.35 and low at 35.29 levels. Today Thailand released trade balance data with positive numbers at USD4.990B m/m vs USD0.240B m/m previous release...
Dollar Poised for Weekly Gain After Fed Officials Signal Rate Hikes By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was on track on Friday for a weekly gain of over 1 percent against a basket of currencies after a chorus of U.S...
Forex - Yen Weaker after CPI Comes in Flat for February Investing.com - The yen traded weaker in Asia on Friday with some markets closed to mark Good Friday in a thin trading day. USD/JPY changed hands at 113.06, up 0.14%, while AUD/USD eased 0.04% to 0.7526...
Pairs to be Avoided are... - Deutsche Oliver Harvey, analyst at Deutsche Bank explained that the lack of trendiness persists in G10 with an average VHF standing at the 21st percentile. EUR/USD tops the technical scorecard in G10 space...
Swiss Franc Falls Against Most Majors The Swiss franc weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The Swiss franc fell to an 8-day low of 0.9783 against the U.S. dollar and a 2-day low of 1.0915 against the euro, from yesterday's closing quotes of 0.9755 and 1...
Yen Falls Against Majors The Japanese yen weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The yen fell to more than a 1-month low of 116.03 against the Swiss franc, a 9-day low of 113.32 against the U.S. dollar, an 8-day low of 126...
