Oil Steadies Ahead of Producers Meeting Oil prices at both sides of the Atlantic were trading steady as investors turned cautious ahead of OPEC and non-OPEC meeting planned over the weekend. At the time of writing, Brent was up 13 cents at $44/barrel. WTI was up 16 cents at $41.66/barrel...
Aussie Futures Show Bulls Committed With Uptrend Preliminary data from the CME Group shows that futures traders continue to add new long-sided business in the 6A contract (AUD/USD) this week, as the Aussie continues its relentless course north, following upbeat Australian employment numbers on Th...
Oil Trades Cautious in Asia, Doha Meeting Eyed Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic steadied in the Asian trades, unable to find a clear direction as traders remain on the side-lines awaiting the outcome from weekend’s Qatar meeting...
Riksbank Preview: No Further Easing – Goldman Sachs Lasse Holboell Nielsen, Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs, suggests that they expect the Riksbank to leave its repo rate unchanged next week at -0.50% and also expect the Riksbank to leave its target purchases n of government bonds at SEK200bn...
Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Not many economic dockets scheduled for today, only few with high risks associated. Data released so far – China – Retail sales increased 10.5% y/y in March. Industrial production for February up 6.8% y/y. urban investment YTD increased by 10...
Asian Markets Mix Ahead of G20 and IMF Meetings, Gold Hovers Around $1230 All the major Asian indices are trading on a mix note after china released GDP data with flat numbers at 6.7% q/q while industrial production increases sharply to 6.8% m/m vs 5.4% m/m...
We think the Yellen-induced carry trade is close to reaching a tipping point. For sure, it seems unlikely a fresh USD rally will exceed the highs seen over the past two years...
Asian Stocks Subdued Ahead of Doha Meet, Ignore China Data The Asian stocks rally took a pause on the final trading day of this week, as a cautious tone prevailed in the markets ahead of the OPEC producers in Doha, while the regions’ indices failed to benefit from upbeat Chinese economic news...
CAD/JPY Bearish Below March High; Break Sub-84.57 Fuel Losses Talking Points CADJPY Rebound at risk- on the lookout for short-triggers Resistance at 86.21/ Broader Bearish invalidation at March high Updated targets & invalidation levels...
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...
GBPJPY GBPJPY bulls displayed resilience during trading on Thursday following the Bank of England’s dovish stance on future UK rate hikes which left the Sterling heavily pressured across the board...
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...
WTI Off Highs, Back Below $42.00 The barrel of West Texas Intermediate has now resumed its daily decline after failing to sustain another break above the $42.00 mark. WTI down from $42.40 Crude oil prices have managed to clinch fresh 2016 highs in the $42...
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...
US CPI Disappoints at Core and Headline Level - ING Rob Carnell, Chief International Economist at ING, suggests that weaker than expected US inflation figures make it even more likely that the April FOMC is a non-event...
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...
