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EUR/USD: Anticipating a Period of Stability – Deutsche Bank George Saravelos, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that following last month’s ECB and Fed meetings, we pushed our EUR/USD parity forecast out to the end of the year, anticipating a period of stability in coming months...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:47
JPY Longs Rise While Leveraged Funds AUD Longs Shrink - Nomura Research Team at Nomura, notes that according to the IMM data for the week ended April 12, leveraged funds continue to ramp up long positions in JPY (37% of total leveraged funds’ contracts) after flipping to net long around mid-Jan 2...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:46
JPY: Expectations Galore from BoJ - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the BOJ meets next week. Key Quotes “There is heightened speculation that new initiatives will be unveiled that could include more asset purchases, such as ETFs, and possibly deeper negative interest rates...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:43
EUR/USD Reclaims 1.1300 Mark ahead of ECB The US Dollar failed to extend its overnight strength against the Euro and the EUR/USD pair has now managed to reclaim 1.1300 mark just ahead of the ECB announcement. EUR/USD trading near key juncture Although the pair has managed to move back above 1...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:42
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Batur Asmazoglu, 21 April 2016, 13:40
EUR/USD a Sell into 1.17 If Seen – Westpac Strategist at Westpac Richard Franulovich has recommended selling the pair on occasional attempts towards 1.17...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:39
Dear Traders, The euro began to drift lower ahead of the European Central Bank meeting today. Market participants now wonder whether this could be the beginning of a renewed downtrend in the EUR/USD...
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maimarfx, 21 April 2016, 13:39 #ECB
This April has seen the euro trade towards the upper end of its 14-month range against the dollar following an impressive 4% rally through March. "We now expect EURUSD to bottom out at 1...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 April 2016, 13:34
The most important message from the March ECB meeting has been the apparent shift away from trying to cheapen the EUR and towards policies to stimulate domestic demand by propping up the Eurozone's lending channel...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 April 2016, 13:32 #forex
AUD/USD: HITTING RESISTANCE… The AUD/USD traded in thin ranges but eased slightly off recent highs through the New York close. Commodities experienced another positive session with oil up near 4% and iron ore making 2016 highs. Local data today are light...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 April 2016, 13:30 #forex
ECB Meeting is the Session's Highlight – BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that it is unreasonable to expect the ECB to take fresh policy initiatives in today’s policy meet. Key Quotes “Last month it announced several new measures, and all of them have not been implemented...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:30
Riksbank Cautiously Takes their Foot Off the Accelerator - TDS Research Team at TDS, notes that the Riksbank left rates unchanged at –0.50% and extended QE by a further SEK45bn over H2 as we expected...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:27
ECB Preview: Re-Opening the Door to Rate Cuts – Danske Bank Senior Analyst, Pernille Bomholdt Henneberg at Danske Bank, expects a dovish tone from Draghi at the ECB meeting this week, but no new measures...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:25
EUR/CHF Off Lows, Near 1.0990 Ahead of ECB After bottoming out near 1.0960 in early trade, EUR/CHF has managed to regain the 1.0980 area ahead of ECB...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:22 #eurchf
EUR/GBP Drops to Fresh 3-Week Low Ahead of ECB The EUR/GBP pair gave up all of its bounce recorded post weak UK retail sale data and has dropped to a fresh three-week low, trading with a weakness of over 0.20% on EUR weakness ahead of the important ECB monetary policy decision announcement...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:19
AUD/JPY Off highs, Flirts with 200-DMA The bid tone surrounding the AUD/JPY cross weakened a bit in the European session, dragging the prices slightly lower from daily tops. AUD/JPY trims gains on Aussie retreat The AUD/JPY pair now trades 0.09% to 85.70, flirting with 200-DMA located at 85.74...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:17
ECB Policy Meeting Unlikely to Materially Impact the Euro - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the euro has weakened modestly ahead of today’s ECB policy meeting and they are not expecting the meeting to have a material impact on the euro...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:16 #ECB
ECB Preview: 7 Major Banks Expectations from ECB’s April Meet As we head towards the ECB’s April meeting, following are the expectations as forecasted by the economists and researchers of 7 major banks...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:13
NZD/USD Pullback Should be Corrective – UOB In view of analysts at UOB Group, the ongoing leg lower of the Kiwi dollar could have short legs. Key Quotes “We turned bullish NZD yesterday and there is no change to the view”...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:08 #nzdusd
USD/JPY Bounces of 109.50 Resistance Turned Support Wednesday's strong existing home sales data assisted USD to scale higher against most major currencies, including USD/JPY pair that broke through 109.50 handle to settle at day high level of 109.85. USDJPY could be eyeing 110...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 April 2016, 13:06