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The British pound’s outlook ultimately rests with two factors, in our view: The EU referendum in June and UK inflation data. The referendum is of course the sexier of the two drivers, but it could be the speed of price rises confronting shoppers that truly becomes the market’s biggest concern...
End of FX Wars? - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that following the G20 meetings earlier this year there were plenty of rumours that the US had demanded that other central banks ease back from monetary policies that led to USD strength...
Silver Jumps to Near 6-Month High Silver prices in the USD terms or XAG/USD rose to $16.183, which is the highest level since Oct 28, 2015 as falling Fed rate hike bets continues to support precious metals. Prices currently trade around $16.10. The previous cyclical high stands around $16...
Analytical Review of the Currency Pair AUD/USD Technical data of the currency pair: Previous closing: 0.7595; Daily range: 0.7583-0.7652; Opening: 0.7595; 52- week range: 0.6824-0.8168; Annual revenue: -1.18%; Change in % for the previous day: +0.38...
We expect further flows from various market participants to continue to support JPY. First, Friday’s reluctance for JPY to weaken (indicating de-risking ahead of the weekend) suggests that ‘the Street’ has not traded JPY long in significant amounts last week...
Germany: War of Words with ECB - ING Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist at ING, suggests that the German criticism on the ECB’s monetary policy throughout the crisis is not new but in recent days, however, it has entered a new stage...
We are currently Long on a very good price at USD/JPY in yesterday’s support, however we took the risk of holding this position overnight. Enter long in case price breaks 108.4 and put stop loss slightly below 108.250. Initial target for this long is 108...
US Session Includes Fed Speak and Import Prices Data - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the US session features import prices, where the risk is on the upside after a 0.3% decline in February. Key Quotes “Three regional Fed presidents speak (Harker, Williams, and Lacker...
USD/JPY Choppy Near 108.30, Fedspeak on Sight USD/JPY remains in a consolidative pattern in the low-108.00s for the time being, slightly rebounding from recent multi-month troughs near 107.60...
The JPY was among the strongest G10 FX currencies in recent weeks. Unstable risk sentiment as well as limited room of officials considering direct currency intervention kept the currency attractive as a safe haven play...
NZD/USD: STILL USD DRIVEN… NZD/USD lifted overnight as the USD remained under broad pressure. The failure of kiwi to push any lower suggests its heading for a test higher as markets have lost faith in the USD strength story...
UK: Extension of Sterling's Recovery - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the highlight in the foreign exchange market today is the extension of sterling's recovery...
CAD: BoC Preview/Made in the US - ING Viraj Patel, Foreign Exchange Strategist at ING, suggests that the tighter financial conditions will be a concern for BoC’s governor Poloz...
EUR/NZD Analysis for April 12, 2016 Recently, EUR/NZD has been moving downwards. As I had expected, the price tested the level of 1.6544 in a high volume. EUR/NZD has broken the upward channel. So, only watch for selling opportunities on the rallies...
CAD/CHF Faces Strong Resistance at 0.7410, Break Above Targets 0.7450/0.7515 Major resistance – 0.7410 (trend line joining 0.75168 and 0.7457) Minor support – 0.7370 CAD/CHF is facing strong resistance around 0.7410 and any break above confirms minor trend reversal .The pair has made a high of 0...
RUB More Vulnerable to Further Tightening of US Fed Policy in 2016 Since February, the USD/RUB pair has moved 13% lower and has closely tracked the move higher in crude oil...
BoC in Neutral Mode at April Meet, Focus Likely to be on the Monetary Policy Report The Bank of Canada (BoC) holds its next policy meeting on Wednesday, 13th April. While no change in policy is expected, the central bank's new growth forecasts will be watched...
USD/CAD Depressed Below 1.2900, Focus on Fedspeak The Canadian dollar remains on a firm footing today, now dragging USD/CAD to the 1.2870 area. USD/CAD lower on oil, USD selling The barrel of West Texas Intermediate has advanced to fresh highs above the critical $40...
EUR/USD Constructive Above 1.1340 – Rabobank Strategists at Rabobank keep the constructive outlook for the pair while above the 1.1340 pivot. Key Quotes “After fairly volatile March, EUR/USD has been trading in a relatively narrow range so far this month”...
