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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops Less Than Previously Estimated In March While the University of Michigan released a report on Friday showing an upward revision to its U.S. consumer sentiment index for March, the revised reading still indicated a deterioration compared to the previous month...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 17:13
US ISM Manufacturing PMI Rebounds to Expansion Territory in March The US Institute of Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing PMI index released today showed the activity returned to expansion territory in March, indicating the sector may have bottomed out. The headline figure printed at 51...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 17:10
USD/CAD Outlook Remains Bearish – Scotiabank Eric Theoret, FX Strategist at Scotiabank, has reiterated the negative stance of the pair. Key Quotes “Both trend and momentum indicators are decidedly bearish, however the extent of their bias has moderated”...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 17:05
U.S. Manufacturing Index Indicates Growth For First Time In Six Months After reporting contractions in U.S...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 17:02
WTI Weaker, Testing the $37.00 mark The barrel of West Texas Intermediate has given away part of the recent upside, currently hovering over the $37.00 handle after bottoming out near $36.70...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 17:00
Gold Hovers Around 50-DMA Gold hit a session low of $1208.91 following the release of a better-than-expected US ISM manufacturing PMI, before trimming losses to trade around $1212.51 levels. Weekly gains erased At $1213 levels, weekly gains in the metal stand erased...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 16:58 #gold
US Dollar Bid Around 95.00 Post Data The greenback, measured by the US Dollar Index, has reverted the initial negative tone and is now trading in daily highs around 95.00 the figure. US Dollar firmer post-US releases After a brief test of lows near 94...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 16:56
EUR/USD Extends Losses on Upbeat US ISM Manufacturing Print A rebound in the US ISM manufacturing PMI to expansion territory has pushed EUR/USD to a fresh session low of 1.1342 (Mar 17 high...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 16:54
GBP/USD Breaks Below 1.4200 The selling pressure around the sterling is not giving up today, now dragging GBP/USD below the 1.4200 handle, or session lows. GBP/USD in 4-day lows Spot is retreating further today, rapidly breaking below the 1...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 16:51
Activity levels across China’s manufacturing sector expanded for the first time in eight months in March, according to a report from China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The government’s manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) rose 1.2 points to 50...
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Francis Dogbe, 1 April 2016, 16:08 #China
With most advanced economies experiencing anemic recoveries from the 2008 financial crisis, their central banks have been forced to move from conventional monetary policy – reducing policy rates via open-market purchases of short-term government bonds – to a range of unconventional policies...
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Francis Dogbe, 1 April 2016, 15:25
The Big Short has been making a big splash this year, racking up five Academy Award nominations and taking home the Oscar for best adapted screenplay...
Other
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Francis Dogbe, 1 April 2016, 15:22
EUR/USD Advances Further Around 1.1420 The common currency keeps its buoyant march intact today, now lifting EUR/USD to fresh 2016 highs in the 1.1420/25 band...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 13:51
EUR/USD Trade Idea Major resistance -1.4375 The pair has made a high of 1.4117 and slightly retreated from that level. It is currently trading around 1.13802. Short term trend is slightly weak as long as resistance 1.14375 holds...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 13:49
March Non-Farm Payroll Preview Today NFP report is to be published at 12:30 GMT from US. What is NFP report? NFP or non-farm payroll report is the monthly statistics on labor condition in the US released by US department of labor statistics...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 13:45
US Non-Farm Payrolls Preview: What to Expect of EUR/USD? US March non-farm payrolls figure is due for release today. Markets expect the data to show the economy added 205K jobs compared to 242K additions seen in February. The unemployment rate is seen unchanged at 4...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 13:38
Nonfarm Payrolls: Who Cares? A new month starts and with it we get a new US Nonfarm Payroll report. The US economy is expected to have added 205K new jobs in March, the unemployment rate is expected to remain steady at 4.9%, while wages are expected to pick up after the decline seen in February...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 13:34
US NFP Preview: 8 Major Banks Expectations from the March Print We are heading closer to the release of US Non-Farm payrolls data for the month of March. As we get closer to the release, here are the expectations as forecasted by the economists and researchers of 8 major banks...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 13:22
GBP/JPY Under a Bear Attack, Nears 130 Handle Sterling bears are flexing their muscles after the release of UK manufacturing PMI release, courtesy of which the GBP/JPY cross has extended losses to 160.23 levels. 10-DMA is now resistance Cross has re-established 10-DMA as a resistance...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 April 2016, 13:19
#USDJPY fell to the middle of the trading range of the past two months, where it will likely remain until the release of the U.S. employment data. Published at night #Tankan manufacturing# index did not affect the situation. Find out more by checking out the Source Link...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Vistabrokers CIF Ltd, 1 April 2016, 13:08 #Trading