RBA More Cautious About Talking Down the AUD – MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, suggests that the weakening global growth outlook and likelihood that China’s economy will continue to slow in the coming years does not appear to provide strong foundations for a sustainable and broad-base...
Euro Falls Against Most Majors The euro weakened against most major currencies in the early European session on Tuesday. The euro fell to more than a 2-week low of 1.0881 against the Swiss franc and a 6-day low of 1.1188 against the U.S. dollar, from early highs of 1.0914 and 1.1259, respectively...
GBP/USD Bounces Off 1.4250 on UK CPI The decline in the sterling seems to have found some support vs. the greenback around the mid-1.4200s, with GBP/USD rebounding towards 1.4285/80 band. GBP/USD bid after UK data The pair has managed to gather some traction after UK consumer prices have risen 0...
USD/JPY: Heavy Selling Since Brussels Airport Explosion USD/JPY has lost the 112.00 handle, currently printing fresh lows for the day near 111.75, with the initiated selling being triggered by an explosion at Brussels airport, with several people reported dead...
RBA Stevens: AUD May be Getting Ahead of Itself AUD may be getting ahead of itself said RBA's Stevens, speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum in Sydne, in the Q&A session, adding that it's hard to find a central bank that would prefer a higher currency...
AUD/USD Attempting Gains Above 0.76 after Stevens Speech The Aussie dollar remains on front foot, with the AUD/USD pair now attempting gains above 0.76 after RBA’s Stevens refused to comment on AUD...
Tactical GBP Trading into the Referendum - Nomura Nomura is entering short GBP/USD at 1.40 via digi puts with expiry prior to the referendum date as uncertainty around the vote continues to keep the Sterling under pressure...
RBA's Glenn Stevens, speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum in Sydney, said there's more room to ease policy than most should a serious downturn occur...
NZ Dollar Advances Most Against Majors The New Zealand dollar strengthened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The NZ dollar rose to a 4-day high of 75.93 against the yen, from yesterday's closing value of 75.64. Against the U.S...
Renewed Euro Weakness Ahead - Westpac Sean Callow, FX Strategist at Westpac, expects renewed weakness in the shared currency, which should allow EUR/AUD for a target of 1.45...
Australian Dollar Rises Against Majors The Australian dollar strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The Australian dollar rose to a 4-day high of 85.10 against the yen, from yesterday's closing value of 84.82. Against the U.S...
AUD/USD Awaits Stevens AUD/USD is consolidated sub the 0.76 handle as the PBOC sets the USD/CNY mid -point today at 6.4971. AUD/USD been in gradual decline since losing the 0.76 handle again in the US, post a pop-up to test the 0.7620 offers in European trade...
USD/CNY: Fix to be Higher by 91 Pips - Nomura Analysts at Nomura offered their model for the CNY fix today. Key Quotes: "Our model projects the fix to be higher by 91 pips from the previous fix (6.4915 from 6.4824) and higher by 57 pips from the previous spot USD/CNY official close 6.4858...
The USD/CAD has collapsed after its parabolic rise ended in mid-January, when oil prices first showed signs of stabilisation. Since peaking at just shy of 1.4700, the Loonie has tumbled to below 1.30, hitting a low of 1.2925 last week...
Australian Dollar Off Early Lows Against Most Majors The Australian dollar came off from its early lows against most major counterparts in European trading on Monday. The aussie recovered to 0.7626 against the greenback and 85.07 against the yen, off early 4-day low of 0...
U.S. Dollar Rises Against Majors The U.S. dollar strengthened against the other major currencies in the early European session on Monday. The U.S. dollar rose to 4-day highs of 1.1253 against the euro and 1.4392 against the pound, from early lows of 1.1285 and 1.4467, respectively...
GBP/USD Dips Below 1.44 on Brexit Fears GBP/USD dipped below 1.44 handle as political developments in the UK over the weekend put Tory unity on austerity at risk and heightened bears of Brexit...
There is no trade call for the session. We expect trading to be light until UK CPI tomorrow. As always to kick-start the week I suggest reading my currency update below...
EUR/GBP in Highs Above 0.7800 The now softer tone around the sterling is allowing EUR/GBP to clinch session highs in the 0.7810/15 band. EUR/GBP attention to risk trends The cross is looking to recover part of last week’s drop to the mid-0...
