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AUD/USD Attempting Gains Above 0.76 after Stevens Speech The Aussie dollar remains on front foot, with the AUD/USD pair now attempting gains above 0.76 after RBA’s Stevens refused to comment on AUD...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 07:16
Tactical GBP Trading into the Referendum - Nomura Nomura is entering short GBP/USD at 1.40 via digi puts with expiry prior to the referendum date as uncertainty around the vote continues to keep the Sterling under pressure...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 07:14
The economic costs of the UK leaving the European Union would outweigh the potential benefits and would have credit implications for a range of bond issuers, including the UK government, banks, insurers and non-financial companies, Moody's Investors Service said in a report published today...
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Francis Dogbe, 22 March 2016, 07:08
RBA's Glenn Stevens, speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum in Sydney, said there's more room to ease policy than most should a serious downturn occur...
Currency
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Gabriel D Arco, 22 March 2016, 07:08
FXWIREPRO: Malaysian Ringgit Continues to Add Strength Against US Dollar, Intraday Bias Remains Bearish Pair is currently trading around 4.0200. It made intraday high at 4.0610 and low at 4.0220 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 4.0933...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:54
FXWIREPRO: NZD/USD Largely Rangebound, Further Bullishness Only on Break Above 0.6870 NZD/USD has been trading in a narrow range after seeing rejection at 0.6874 (strong trendline resistance) on March 18th. Upside on the day seen capped by 5-DMA at 0...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:51 #nzdusd
Japan Jan All Industry Activity Climbs More Than Forecast Japan's all industry activity increased at a faster-than-expected pace in January, after falling in the previous two months, figures from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed Tuesday. The all industry activity index rose 2...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:45
NZ Dollar Advances Most Against Majors The New Zealand dollar strengthened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The NZ dollar rose to a 4-day high of 75.93 against the yen, from yesterday's closing value of 75.64. Against the U.S...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:43
RBA's Stevens: More Room to Ease Policy than Most RBA's Glenn Stevens, speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum in Sydney, said there's more room to ease policy than most should a serious downturn occur...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:40
Renewed Euro Weakness Ahead - Westpac Sean Callow, FX Strategist at Westpac, expects renewed weakness in the shared currency, which should allow EUR/AUD for a target of 1.45...
Currency
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:36
A fairly uneventful session has left AUDJPY coiling even tighter following the 650-pip rally that commenced on March 1st. I commented on the pair shortly after it began its ascent, noting the two channels I was keeping an eye on at the time. You can read that commentary here...
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Francis Dogbe, 22 March 2016, 06:35
OPEC Sees Moderate Oil Bounce Even If Iran Won't Join Freeze OPEC expects oil prices to rebound to a “moderate” level even if Iran doesn’t join other producers in an agreement to freeze production...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:33 #OPEC
ECB, BOJ Seeking to Push Down Exchange Rates, Mervyn King Says The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are essentially trying to push down the values of their respective currencies with the use of negative interest rates, former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:28 #ECB
Dollar Drops Versus Yen Amid Skepticism of April U.S. Rate Hike The dollar halted a two-day advance against the yen as comments by Federal Reserve officials suggesting the central bank may raise interest rates as soon as next month failed to boost the greenback’s appeal. The U.S...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:18
Asian Shares Edge Lower as Fed Rate Talk Revives Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday as hawkish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials clouded the monetary policy outlook less than a week after Fed Chair Janet Yellen had set out a more cautious path to interest rate increases this year...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:12
Japan Manufacturing Sector Contracts Unexpectedly In March Japan's manufacturing activity deteriorated for the first time in eleven months in March, the latest flash survey from Markit Economics showed Tuesday. The Markit/ Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, fell to 49...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 06:01
Australian Dollar Rises Against Majors The Australian dollar strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The Australian dollar rose to a 4-day high of 85.10 against the yen, from yesterday's closing value of 84.82. Against the U.S...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 05:59
Nikkei Rises Sharply as Dollar Gains on Hopes for Fed Rate Hike TOKYO, March 22 Japan's Nikkei share average rose sharply on Tuesday as the dollar extended its rebound against the yen after two U.S. Federal Reserve officials supported the case for an interest rate hike sooner than later...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 05:54 #Nikkei
Analytical Review of the Stocks of Merck&Co. Inc. Merck&Co. Inc., #MRK [NYSE] Health care, drug production, USA Financial performance of the company: Index – DJIA, S&P 500...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 05:43
Taiwan Jobless Rate Rises As Expected In February Taiwan's unemployment rate increased for the fourth straight month in February, in line with expectations, figures from the Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics, or DGBAS, showed Tuesday...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 05:34