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On Thursday, #AUD is declining against the U.S. dollar amid mixed statistics on Australia. At the time of writing, #AUDUSD is trading at 0.7653, shedding 0.23%. The negative impact on the pair had the HIA new home sales data. Find out more by checking out the Source Link...
CAD: Setting Up for Real GDP (January) – TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that strong activity-level data will lend support to what should be a stellar month for the Canadian economy. Key Quotes “Real industry-level GDP is forecast to grow at an above-consensus 0...
USD/JPY: Further Downside Expects Below 111.97 – Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, believes the pair could re-test 110.67 in case it breaks below 111.97. Key Quotes “USD/JPY’s correction higher has failed at the top of a 6 week channel at 113...
EUR/JPY Testing Lows Around 127.00 The overnight decline in EUR/JPY seems to have met buyers in the 127.00 neighbourhood, pushing the cross back to 127.10/55...
GBP/USD Hourly 50-MA is Back as Resistance in Early Europe GBP/USD drifted lower in Asia, re-establishing hourly 50-MA as resistance ahead of BOE Carney’s speech and UK GDP release. Focus on Carney Governor Carney’s comments are scheduled to hit the wires well ahead of the UK GDP release...
USD/CAD Stalls Recovery from 5-Month Lows Near 1.3010 The USD/CAD pair stalls its overnight recovery mode near 1.3011, and now consolidates around 1.30 handle amid lower oil prices and a broadly higher greenback. USD/CAD retreats from 5-month lows Currently, the USD/CAD pair gains 0.26% to 1...
US: Stronger ADP Report Confirms Robust Labour Market Conditions - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, notes that the ADP report for March showed jobs rose 200k - a touch higher than expectations (195k) and confirming that the labour market remains robust...
Sustained NZD Run Up will Become Problematic for the Export Sector - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the NZD has crept back in focus for exporters and the RBNZ alike. Key Quotes “For exporters the run back up above NZDUSD 0.69 and to 73.3 on the NZD TWI is proving eye watering...
Developed Economies Have Been Resilient to the Deflationary Wave – Fidelity Dominic Rossi, Global Chief Investment Officer at Fidelity International, suggests that at the same time as financial conditions ease, it’s becoming increasingly clear that developed economies have actually weathered the...
The Third Wave of Deflation is Over – Fidelity Dominic Rossi, Global Chief Investment Officer at Fidelity International, suggests that the developed economies have stood up well to the latest wave of deflation emanating from emerging economies that has seen a combined volume and price shock depre...
BOJ’s Kuroda Says Not Conducting Monetary Policy to Underwrite Govt Debt Comments from BOJ Governor Kuroda crossing the wires yet again, as his speech to the upper house financial affairs committee continues...
Fed Evans Backed Yellen’s Case for a Gradual Rate Rise - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the post-Yellen USD sell off continued overnight following comments from Chicago Fed President Evans which backed Yellen’s case for a gradual approach to rises in the funds rate this year...
New Zealand Business Confidence Dips In March Business confidence in New Zealand weakened again in March, the latest survey from ANZ Bank showed Thursday. The business confidence index fell to 3.2 in March from 7.1 in the previous month. At the same time, the activity outlook improved in March...
Yen Rises Against Most Majors The Japanese yen strengthened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday. The yen rose to a 3-day high of 160.95 against the pound, from yesterday's closing value of 161.59. Against the euro and the Swiss franc, the yen advanced to 127.05 and 116...
Pound Falls Against Majors The British pound weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday. The pound fell to 3-day lows of 0.7895 against the euro, 1.3841 against the Swiss franc and 160.95 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 0.7883, 1.3871 and 161...
FXWIREPRO: Gold Remains Supported Above $1222, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish XAU/USD is currently trading around $1226 mark. It made intraday high at $1228 and low at $1223 levels. Yesterday U.S. released ADP job data with flat numbers at 200K vs 195K expected...
Asian Markets Trading on a Mix Note, Gold Finds Support Above $1222 Asian markets are trading on a mix note on Thursday after U.S. released ADP job data with flat numbers at 200K vs 195K expected. On the other side, Gold fails to sustain above $1242 and trading around $1226 marks...
Normalization of Interest Rates will not End Fed’s Headaches – Nomura Richard Koo, Chief Economist at Nomura, suggests that as the Fed normalizes interest rates, it will also have to pay even higher interest on the $2.3trn in excess reserves...
Eurozone: Mar CPI is Expected at -0.1% y/y - Westpac Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that the Eurozone Mar CPI is expected at -0.1% y/y though core is seen to tick up to 0.9%. Key Quotes “NY Fed president Dudley speaks on financial crises with text and audience Q&A expected...
