BoJ Defied Expectations - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the Bank of Japan defied expectations and its economic assessment and left policy unchanged. Key Quotes “The inaction spurred a 3% rally in the yen and an even larger slump in stocks...
In our latest article, AAPL: Buyers have Room for Another $15 Move! and in earlier posts, we have discussed a possible move higher than $112. Apparently, we gave wave 3 too much of a room and a possible 5-move up from the lows was completed...
Advance US Q1 GDP Preview: What to Expect of USD/JPY? The USD/JPY pair nosedived to 108.00 mark after the Bank of Japan announced the outcome of its April monetary policy meeting where the central bank surprised markets and left its monetary policy unchanged...
Fed Signals Less Global Concern but No Urgency Either – MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, notes that the dollar is generally unchanged versus most currencies (except the yen and kiwi) after the April FOMC delivered few surprises...
UK: Brexit Taking More of a Toll - ING James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, notes that the UK growth slowed to 0.4% QoQ from 0.6% in 4Q15 with the approaching referendum on EU membership likely to be a key factor that is leading to a loss of momentum...
Technical Analysis of USD/CAD for April 28, 2016 General overview for 28/04/2016: The market is trying to complete the triple zig-zag pattern in the big wave Z brown...
3 Central Banks, 3 Holds - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that the three central bank meetings overnight saw all three policy makers remain on hold...
RBNZ Refrains from Action – MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that prior to the surprise decision by the BOJ, the RBNZ also surprised the markets by not easing...
BOJ Refrains from Meeting Market Expectations – MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that it is no surprise that USD/JPY is down over 2.5% today after the BOJ decided against implementing further monetary easing measures despite very high speculation of action being taken...
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German CPI Preview: What to Expect of EUR/USD? The bid tone surrounding the EUR/USD pair strengthened over the last hours as upbeat macro data from Germany and Eurozone boosted the sentiment around the EUR...
Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for April 28, 2016 General overview for 28/04/2016: The simple corrective cycle, labeled as abc irregular flat correction, might have been completed and according to the main chart another upward leg might be made. Moreover, any violation of the level of 121...
USD/JPY Attempts Tepid Bounce Above 108, Awaits US GDP The bears appear to face exhaustion after the relentless slide seen in the USD/JPY so far this Thursday, with markets now focussed on the US advance GDP numbers for next direction...
EUR/USD: Neutral: Likely in 1.1200/1.1400 range. We just turned neutral on EUR yesterday and there is no change to the view. We continue to expect this pair to trade between 1.1200 and 1.1400 for now. Looking further ahead, the odds for a break above 1...
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Our economists expect the BoJ to consider a more aggressive stance, irrespective of more stable risk sentiment as for instance reflected in the Nikkei rebounding above 17000...
The Fed flies under the radar in April. The April FOMC statement was broadly in line with expectations...
The FOMC statement was slightly more hawkish than we had expected in that the previous statement that “global economic and financial developments continue to pose risks “ was deleted, which presumably reflects the better tone of Chinese data recently, and the softer dollar...
Back to monitoring global developments As was widely expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) did not change policy at its April meeting. However, its updated statement nudged the Fed slightly in a less dovish direction, leaving the door open for a June hike in our view...
