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Current trend The GBP/USD strengthened significantly, supported by strong labor market statistics, released in the UK on Wednesday. From May to July, Average Earnings including Bonus grew by 2.9%, compared to the same period last year. It is the highest growth for the last 6-1/2-years...
It is almost impossible to justify interest rates being at near-zero given "the cumulative improvement in the economy over the past few years means," says Paul Ashworth chief, U.S. economist at Capital Economics...
The following are UBS' latest short-term (mostly intraday) trading strategies for EUR/USD, AUD/USD, and USD/CAD. EUR/USD: The two likeliest outcomes for today's FOMC meeting are a 'dovish hike' or a 'hawkish hold'...
BNZ made a forecast for EUR/USD up to March 2017 estimating the bearish condition to be continuing in 2015, ranging in 2016 and bear market rally in 2017. As we see from the weekly chart - the nearest support levels are 1.0924, 1.0807 and 1.0461. So, according to BNZ: 1...
The pound was slightly higher against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, after data showed that U.K. retail sales rose in line with expectations in August. Earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that UK retail sales volume rose by 0...
Who has been buying in the last couple of weeks? Maybe those that are hopeful the Fed will keep rates artificially low are buying ahead of that awaited announcement? Or are people are buying for no other reason than others are buying...
H4 price is located above 100 period SMA (100-SMA) and above 200 period SMA (200-SMA) for the primary bullish market condition for the secondary ranging within the following key levels: 1. Intermediate levels. 1.1320 resistance level which is crossed by the price for now from below to above for 1...
September FOMC meeting concludes with a lot of media debating if the Fed will hike rates or not. It is an interesting debate because economic data such as jobs are improving. However, other parts of the world are slowing in growth (think China) and US inflation is non-existent...
Sep 8, 2015 12:03 PM We are happy to share the success stories of our Round 42 champions. Some of their pieces of advice could be inspiring and useful for traders of different levels. Let us remind you the names of the winners: 1st place with the award of 500 USD goes to Mr...
BNZ made a forecast for AUD/USD up to March 2017 estimating the ranging market condition for this pair. As we see from the weekly chart - the nearest support levels are 0.7037 and 0.6907. If 0.7037 support level will be broken so 0.6907 will be the next bearish target...
The New Zealand dollar slipped lower against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, after data showed that the New Zealand economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter. Meanwhile, the Aussie declined after hitting three-week highs ahead of a highly-awaited Fed decision on rates...
The following are the latest technical setups for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, NZD/USD as provided by the technical strategy team at Barclays Capital. EUR/USD: Tuesday’s low close confirms the prior “spinning top” candle and signals lower in range. Below 1...
Citigroup made a forecast for Fed hike for today in technical and fundamental ways: "Citi’s baseline is for a 25bps hike, but there remains considerable scope for surprise, as well as hifting communication to play a role...
EURUSD: Having EUR halted its two-day corrective weakness to close higher on a rejection candle on Wednesday, further strength cannot be ruled out. On the upside, resistance comes in at 1.1350 level with a cut through here opening the door for more upside pressure towards the 1.1409 level...
JPMorgan Stops China Synthetic Shorts After Regulatory Crackdown. Bank won't offer manufactured shorts on Shanghai Connect. Credit Suisse said to cut manufactured shorts of Shangai stocks...
There is no looming physical gold crisis despite lingering rumors, and gold inventories in Comex vaults are well stocked according to two separate reports issued on the same day...
JPMorgan, Barclays among banks assessing bitcoin innovation. Divider Street race is on to make sense of blockchain's potential. A world's percentage greatest banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co...
Eurodollar prospects brokers are scrambling to minimize "Shock Risk." Brokers on Tuesday seemed to choose that the dangers of the Federal Reserve astounding them with an unforeseen interest rate liftoff this week were excessively awesome...
Sustained expand would help streams to east Europe: Commerzbank. Purchase forint, zloty regardless of Fed choice: Deutsche Bank. It's not about the Fed - not when you're sitting in eastern Europe at any rate...