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Japan Has Y242.769 Billion Trade Surplus In February Japan posted a merchandise trade surplus of 242.769 billion yen in February, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday. That missed forecasts for a surplus of 235.0 billion yen following the 648.8 billion yen deficit in January...
AUD/NZD Back Above 1.12 Mark, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral Pair is currently trading around 1.1240 levels. Pair made intraday high at 1.1254 and low at 1.1160 marks. Pair remains volatile during the Asian session as both the countries have released key economic data...
AUD/USD: Finally Breaks 0.7600, So Where Next? AUD/USD is chipping away at the 0.76 handle with committed bulls determined to challenge the shorts on the back of the FOMC outcome today, despite the poor show in the jobs data...
AUD/JPY Soars on Australian Jobs, 86.00 in Sight AUD/JPY is building up its bullish momentum, first initiated on the back of a surprisingly dovish FOMC, to now have targeted the area 85...
AUD/USD Bulls Not Done Despite Jobs Miss AUD/USD has been a mixed show on the back of the jobs data and a big miss on the headline again. However, the bulls were not phased right away and bids came in that have been met by cautious offers given the dovish FOMC vibes lingering around markets...
Australian Feb Employment Report: Total Jobs Disappoint, Full Time Bright Spot Australia published flat employment figures for the month of February, with the ABS reporting a minimal 0.3k increase in total employment (seasonally adjusted) vs -10k expected by Reuters. Full-time jobs came in at 15...
EURUSD Daily Forecast: March 17 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a strong bullish momentum yesterday after a rejection to make a clear break below 1.1065 support area as you can see on my H1 chart below. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing the trend line resistance and 1.1300 region...
GBPUSD Daily Forecast: March 17 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD attempted to push lower yesterday bottomed at 1.4052 but whipsawed to the upside and closed higher at 1.4255. As long as stays below 1.4300 the bearish phase should remain valid but this fact could be seen as a false break below 1...
USDJPY Daily Forecast: March 17 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY attempted to push higher yesterday topped at 113.81 but whipsawed to the downside and closed lower at 112.53. The bias remains neutral in nearest term and the best strategy for me remains to buy around 112.50 or sell around 114...
USDCHF Daily Forecast: March 17 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF had a bearish momentum yesterday bottomed at 0.9750. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 0.9700 before targeting 0.9600 region. Immediate resistance is seen around 0.9820...
GOLD: With GOLD rallying on Wednesday, we expect more upside pressure in the days ahead. to hold on to its downside pressure, further decline is envisaged. On the downside, support comes in at the 1,220.00 level where a break will turn attention to the 1,210.00 level...
After the Fed and ECB, A Slew of Central Banks Tune Policy Talking Points: • The Federal Reserve lowered its rate forecasts Wednesday and the ECB leveraged its dovish effort last week • While the world's largest central banks set extreme and aggressive policy, smaller players are forced to adapt...
The euro is now expected to weaken to parity with USD, and its all because of those banks again.. US investment bank Morgan Stanley have taken an island stance remote from other major banks in calling parity for the EUR/USD by the end of 2016...
The pound to dollar exchange rate (GBPUSD) has bounced by an eye-opening 0.8% in the wake of the US Federal Reserve’s March policy meeting. At the time of writing GBP/USD is at 1.4271 ensuring much of this week’s weakness is reversed...
Pivot Points Daily Last Updated: Mar 17, 1:25 am +03:00 Symbol S3 S2 S1 P R1 R2 R3 EUR/USD 1.0804 1.09886 1.11051 1.11732 1.12897 1.13578 1.15424 USD/JPY 109.906 111.394 111.957 112.882 113.445 114.37 115.858 GBP/USD 1.37517 1.39724 1.41139 1.41931 1.43346 1.44138 1.46345 USD/CHF 0.94809 0...
On balance, the Fed’s communication was more dovish than expected, with a weaker tone on growth, but hints of a bit more concern on inflation...
As expected the Fed held rates unchanged, but in a dovish twist is now predicting only two rate hikes in 2016 vs four back in December according to the median of the dot plots...
1. The Fed is worried about global growth The big change in the statement was inserting a line saying "Global economic developments continue to pose risks...
As we head into yet another important FOMC statement, I wanted to bring up a currency pair that is somewhat sheltered from any Fed-induced volatility. I have mentioned AUDNZD several times since November of last year...
