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The euro has strengthened sharply following the ECB’s announcement of more aggressive easing, notes BTMU. "The counter intuitive reaction sends a bullish signal for the outlook for the euro in the near-term...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 11 March 2016, 10:37 #EUR/USD
EUR/USD: Outlook turn bullish but upside likely limited to 1.1245. The strong overnight rally is accompanied by impulsive momentum and the outlook for EUR in the next 1 to 2 weeks has shifted to bullish from neutral. That said, it is very likely that we have seen a bulk of the move...
Technical Analysis of USD/CAD for March 11, 2016 General overview for 11/03/2016: The weekly pivot point at the level of 1.3396 was tested after the data release and it capped the price...
Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for March 11, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news on the Italian Industrial Production m/m and German Final CPI m/m is due to be released. The US will deliver the economic data on the Import Prices m/m...
Yesterday, the #ECB has announced a number of extraordinary measures to maintain the economy of the euro zone. The monetary policy has never been so ultra-soft! All that the market had expected from Mario #Draghi was a reduction of the deposit rate, but he surpassed himself...
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Vistabrokers CIF Ltd, 11 March 2016, 09:17 #Trading, forex
Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for March 11, 2016 In Asia, Japan will release the BSI Manufacturing Index. The US will publish some economic data on the Import Prices m/m.So, there is a probability that the USD/JPY pair will move with low to medium volatility during this day...
Technical Analysis of Gold for March 11, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: Gold has managed to push higher and test recent highs of $1,279.00 before pulling lower again. The metal had push through the levels of $1,283.50 earlier, but dropped lower towards $1,277.00/78.00...
Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for March 11, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The EUR/JPY pair rallied through the levels of 126.80 yesterday. The pair is trading at 126.50 now, looking for an opportunity to reverse lower below 122.00. Please note that the rally from 122...
Technical Analysis of GBP/CHF for March 11, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The GBP/CHF pair has dropped lower and is currently trading at 1.4040. The pair might have completed its correction and should be preparing to resume its rally towards the level of 1.4300...
Commodity Currencies Gain On Rebounding Oil Price Commodity currencies such as the Australian, the New Zealand and the Canadian dollars strengthened against their major counterparts in the Asian session on Friday amid rising risk aversion, as sentiment improved on rebounding oil prices...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 08:25
USD/JPY Swings Back to 113.60 as Nikkei Rebounds The bulls found solid support near 5-DMA at 113.17 and swung back higher into gains, now taking on the recovery towards 114 handle...
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 07:34 #Nikkei
ECB: Rethinking its Strategy? – Rabobank Research Team at Rabobank, notes that the ECB cut its deposit rate by 10bp to -0.40% and its main refinancing rate by 5bp to 0...
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 07:29 #ECB
Brexit Scenarios: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – HSBC Simon Wells, Chief UK Economist at HSBC, suggests that armed with a measure of uncertainty, its potential impact on GDP and what the policy response might be, they outline three ways in which the economy might be impacted in the event of a v...
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 07:12
Negative Interest Rates: The world Turned Upside Down Research Team at NAB, suggests that the latest ECB move highlights negative interest debate...
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 07:04
EUR/USD: U-turn, After Draghi Suggested Little Scope for Further Action Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that the EUR/USD dropped about 1.5 cents in response to the ECB’s various easing measures but later reversed sharply, surging 4 cents to above 1...
Currency
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 06:39
NZ Dollar Advances Against Majors The New Zealand dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The NZ dollar rose to a 2-day high of 1.1145 against the Australian dollar, from yesterday's closing value of 1.1174. Against the U.S...
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 06:35
Draghi Delivers, but Now What? Research Team at BBH, notes that the Draghi delivered as he managed to get approval for everything. Key Quotes “Rate cuts, acceleration of purchases, including corporate bonds to the purchase program and new long-term repos were announced...
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 06:25
A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said...
Banks
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Francis Dogbe, 11 March 2016, 06:23
AUD/USD: Bulls Struggling to Take-out 0.7500 Amid Higher commodities The overnight recovery in the AUD/USD pair gained further traction over the last hour, as improved risk sentiment on rebounding oil prices underpins the Aussie. AUD/USD re-attempts 0.7500 Currently, the AUD/USD pair rallies 0...
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Roberto Jacobs, 11 March 2016, 06:23
In a near replay of the tumble, then rally, seen in December, the euro Thursday moved first sharply lower and then sharply higher in response to European Central Bank policy actions. On Dec. 3, the euro rallied 4.3%, from a $1.0524 trough to a $1...
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Francis Dogbe, 11 March 2016, 06:19 #ECB