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Malaysia Feb Inflation Accelerates More Than Expected Malaysia's consumer price inflation quickened at a faster-than-expected pace in February, figures from the Department of Statistics showed Friday. The consumer price index rose 4.2 percent year-over-year in February, faster than the 3...

FXWIREPRO: Thai Baht Gains on the Back of Better Than expected Trade Balance Data USD/THB is trading around 35.33 levels. It made intraday high at 35.35 and low at 35.29 levels. Today Thailand released trade balance data with positive numbers at USD4.990B m/m vs USD0.240B m/m previous release...

Dollar Poised for Weekly Gain After Fed Officials Signal Rate Hikes By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was on track on Friday for a weekly gain of over 1 percent against a basket of currencies after a chorus of U.S...

Forex - Yen Weaker after CPI Comes in Flat for February Investing.com - The yen traded weaker in Asia on Friday with some markets closed to mark Good Friday in a thin trading day. USD/JPY changed hands at 113.06, up 0.14%, while AUD/USD eased 0.04% to 0.7526...

Pairs to be Avoided are... - Deutsche Oliver Harvey, analyst at Deutsche Bank explained that the lack of trendiness persists in G10 with an average VHF standing at the 21st percentile. EUR/USD tops the technical scorecard in G10 space...

Swiss Franc Falls Against Most Majors The Swiss franc weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The Swiss franc fell to an 8-day low of 0.9783 against the U.S. dollar and a 2-day low of 1.0915 against the euro, from yesterday's closing quotes of 0.9755 and 1...

Yen Falls Against Majors The Japanese yen weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The yen fell to more than a 1-month low of 116.03 against the Swiss franc, a 9-day low of 113.32 against the U.S. dollar, an 8-day low of 126...

Australian Dollar Rises Against Majors The Australian dollar strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The Australian dollar rose to 2-day highs of 85.21 against the yen, 1.4816 against the euro and 1...

FXWIREPRO: AUD/NZD Faces Strong Resistance at 1.1298, a Break Above Targets 1.1352 AUD/NZD is trading around 1.1242 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.1246 and low at 1.1210 marks. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 1.1148 levels. A daily close below 1...

AUD/USD: Bulls Clinging to 0.75 Handle AUD/USD is attempting to hold on to the 0.75 handle, but is pressured in Asia below the highs of 0.7535. AUD/USD remains within a tight range around the 0...

USD/CNY: Depends on the Greenback Strengthening Some More - BTMU Analysts at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi explained that whether it was a USD rebound or Madame Lagarde leaving town they don't know, but USD/CNY was unidirectionally higher last week...

FXWIREPRO: South Korean Won Unchanged Despite Better Than expected GDP Data USD/KRW is currently trading around 1168 levels. It made intraday high at 1169 and low at 1167 levels. Today South Korea released GDP data with positive numbers at 0.7% q/q vs 0.6% previous release...

FXWIREPRO: USD/JPY Hits Fresh Weekly High, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish USD/JPY is currently trading around 113.17 levels. It made intraday high at 113.29 and low at 112.74 marks. Today Japan released Tokyo Core CPI data with negative numbers at -0.3% m/m vs -0.1% previous release...

Japan Overall CPI Rises 0.3% On Year In February Overall nationwide consumer prices in Japan gained 0.3 percent on year in February, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday. That was in line with forecasts following the flat reading in January...

USD/JPY Spikes Towards 113.30/35 Resistance USD/JPY has seen strong buying interest in the first hour of Tokyo trade, in line with a rising Nikkei 225 , up 0.57% now, one of the few markets that remains open amid thin liquidity on Easter festivities...

USD/JPY: Taking on the Bears on 113 Handle USD/JPY, popping higher in the Tokyo open, was making a modest attempt towards the 113.00 level earlier, recovering from the 112...

Investors are putting billions of pounds worth of bets on the pound crashing should Britain vote to leave the European Union in June. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, investors have piled up more than £11 billion ($15...

A few short hours stand in the way of the long holiday weekend for many. The capital markets are retracing the recent moves. This means equities and commodities are lower. It means bonds are firmer and the dollar stronger...

•The Japan inflation figure will tell us if the BoJ will go deeper into the red on rates •Japan’s government bond yield curve continues to flatten out •The Fed’s interest rate flight path is an aspiration, not a forecast •US inflation data will reveal if the Fed's flight path is credible •The odd...

The following are the latest technical setups for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, and USD/CAD as provided by the technical strategy team at Barclays Capital. EUR/USD: A move below our initial downside targets near 1.1145 would encourage our bearish view. Our next targets are in the 1...