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USD/JPY: Yen Gains Amid Cautious Trades Ahead of FOMC, BOJ The Japanese currency reversed a minor portion of yesterday’s losses and edged higher against its US rival in the Asian trades, with market now awaiting fresh incentives from the Fed and BOJ policy outcomes...
Asian Stocks Trade Mixed Ahead of Fed Verdict The stocks on the Asian bourses remains on the back foot and trade mixed this Wednesday, as traders turn cautious heading towards the key FOMC policy decision...
FxWirePro: AUD/USD Slips Below 0.77 Handle on Dismal CPI Data, Test of 0.7525 Likely AUD/USD dived around 100-pips in a knee-jerk reaction to dismal Australian CPI report. Data released earlier today showed Australia’s Q1 headline CPI figures came in at -0.2% q/q versus +0.2% expected and +0...
FxWirePro: ASX200 Faces Strong Support Around 5200, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 5300 Major Support - 5200 (7 day EMA) ASX200 has recovered after making a low of 5207 yesterday. It is currently trading at 5270. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 5200 holds...
AUD/NZD: Bears Relentless on Horrid Aus CPI, 1.11 Eyed The Australian dollar was smashed by its OZ neighbour following the release of extremely poor Australian CPI numbers, which shocked markets big time. AUD/NZD plunges more than 100-pips The AUD/NZD pair now sinks -0...
AUD/JPY on Free-Fall Post Awful Aus CPI Read AUD/JPY has been hammered over 100 pips from highs to lows, last at 85...
AUD/USD Crashes 1 Big Figure on Aus CPI Shocker The AUD/USD pair plummeted almost 100-pips in an immediate reaction to the Australian CPI report, which surprised markets to the downside. AUD/USD drops from daily peaks at 0...
FxWirePro: Nikkei225 Faces Strong Resistance at 17800, Good to Sell on Rallies Major resistance - 17800 (22nd Apr 2016) The index has retreated after making a high of 17510 yesterday. It is currently trading around 17230.Short term trend is slightly bearish as long as resistance 17800 holds...
FxWirePro: Japanese Yen Gain in Early Asia, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral USD/JPY is currently trading around 111.19 marks. It made intraday high at 111.34 and low at 111.10 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment. A sustained close above 111...
Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Lots of economic dockets scheduled for today and some with very high risks associated. Data released so far – Australia – Consumer price index rose 1.3% in first quarter, compared to 1.7% in prior. RBA trimmed mean CPI rose 1.7% y/y, compared to 2...
FxWirePro: South Korean Won Gains on Higher Consumer Confidence Data USD/KRW is currently trading around 1144 levels It made intraday high at 1147 and low at 1142 levels. Today South Korea released consumer sentiment index with positive numbers at 101 vs 100 previous reading...
EURUSD Daily Forecast: April 27 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD attempted to push higher yesterday topped at 1.1339 but closed lower at 1.1295. The bias is neutral in nearest term. Immediate resistance is seen around a trend line resistance located around 1...
GBPUSD Daily Forecast: April 27 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD had a bullish momentum yesterday topped at 1.4638. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing 1.4670 resistance area. Immediate support is seen around 1.4540...
USDJPY Daily Forecast: April 27 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY attempted to push lower yesterday bottomed at 110.67 but whipsawed to the upside and closed higher at 111.31. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing 112.00 – 112.50 area...
USDCHF Daily Forecast: April 27 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF attempted to push lower yesterday slipped below 0.9715 but still unable to stay consistently below that area so far. This fact keeps the bullish outlook remain intact testing 0...
We remain of the view that the BoJ will indeed announce additional measures this week and that should keep the JPY a sell on rallies, for instance against the USD or SEK...
Janet Yellen may pay homage to other more hawkish Fed members when formulating the Fed's statement tomorrow, but when it comes to hike or not in the summer it will pay attention to global developments too...
The following are the latest technical setups for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, and USD/CAD as provided by the technical strategy team at Barclays Capital. EUR/USD: A move below 1.1210 would confirm our bearish view towards targets near the 1.1145 range lows and then the 1...
The FOMC meets this week. No action is expected. The question facing market participants is whether the FOMC will use its April statement to set the stage for action in June. While we do not expect the Fed to signal imminent action (e.g...
Rates markets appear to be increasingly wary of a possible hawkish shift at Wednesday’s Fed announcement and are building in risk premium ahead of the event. Notably, though, the USD is losing ground vs. the funding currencies, as rising Fed expectation also begin to take a toll on risk sentiment...
