US Warns Japan Not to Devalue the Yen – MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the yen has derived support as well from reports over the weekend that the US has warned Japan not to devalue following meetings late last week in Washington...
RBNZ Cycle Low for the OCR will be 1.88% - Westpac Imre Speizer, Senior Market Strategist at Westpac, suggests that the NZ market pricing for the RBNZ’s OCR low has stabilised, now implying the cycle low for the OCR will be 1.88% (from 1.82% last week...
SDR Does Not Stand for “Secret Dollar Replacement” - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that at the IMF/World Bank meetings last week, Chinese officials are again pushing for greater use of the IMF's unit of account, Special Drawing Rights (SDR...
Leveraged Funds Continue to Reduce Long USD Exposure - ANZ ANZ provides its take on the futures positioning data for the week ending 12 April 2016, noting that leveraged funds continue to reduce their net long USD exposure...
G20: No Currency Accord to Weaken the US Dollar - MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that the gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in Washington over the weekend will take place...
Upward Revisions in Canada Support the CAD - UBS The Bank of Canada left the overnight policy rate unchanged at its April meeting, in line with consensus expectations...
BoE Recognized Economy Lost Momentum - BBH According to analysts from Brown Brother Harriman (BBH), the Bank of England (BoE), recognized today that the economy has lost some momentum and that uncertainty about the Brexit referendum may already by taking an economic toll...
AUD/USD Reaches Fresh 2016 Highs The Australian dollar stretched to fresh 2016 highs at the beginning of the New York session as the greenback weakened slightly following US CPI soft figures. AUD/USD reached its highest level since June 2015 at 0...
EUR/USD Volatile Around 1.1270, Fedspeak Eyed The single currency has faded the post-CPI spike to the boundaries of the 1.1300 handle, taking EUR/USD to the area of 1.1280/75...
GBP/USD Again Fails to Cut Through Hourly 200-MA American dollar suffered due to a weak rebound in CPI, pushing the GBP/USD pair back to hourly 200-MA, which if failed to take out due to a sharp drop in weekly jobless claims. Trades around 1.4160 An attempt to take out hourly 200-MA level of 1...
US Dollar Deflates Further post-CPI The upside momentum in the US Dollar – tracked by the US Dollar Index - has now lost some vigour, returning to the 94.85/80 band. US Dollar giving away gains on US data After hitting fresh multi-day highs above the 95...
USD/JPY Keeps 109.00 on US CPI USD/JPY manages well to keep the trade above the 109.00 handle today following the softer-than-expected US inflation figures during March...
USD/JPY Keeps its Bearish Stance – UOB USD/JPY’s perspective remains on the bearish side, according to the research team at UOB Group. Key Quotes “The anticipated USD strength exceeded our expectation by easily taking out the strong 109.15/20 resistance...
EUR/USD Outlook Constructive Near Term – Westpac Richard Franulovich, Strategist at Westpac, has reiterated the constructive outlook for EUR/USD into next week’s ECB meeting...
Canada: A walk Back to Neutral - ING James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, suggests that a more upbeat prognosis from the Bank of Canada suggests a long period of policy stability lies ahead...
BoC Ctrikes Cautious Tone, Dampening Loonie Upside - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the Canadian dollar has weakened modestly following yesterday’s more dovish than expected BoC policy meeting and release of their latest Monetary Policy Report...
NZD/USD: Supply Capping Minor-Recovery Near 0.6880 The NZD/USD pair faced strong selling pressure ahead of 5-DMA, and the prices stalled its recovery as the US dollar continues to trade higher across the board. NZD/USD recovers 50-pips from daily lows Currently, the NZD/USD pair slumps 0.77% to 0...
EUR/USD Unmotivated Near 1.1260, Focus on US CPI The shared currency is posting moderate losses vs. the dollar on Thursday, with EUR/USD hovering over the 1.1260 area...
