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The market reaction to Draghi's indication, once again, that interest rate policy has run its course, will be debated for some time. Draghi delivered the goods that many investors said was lacking last December. The ECB policy was more than anyone expected. All the boxes were checked...
USD/JPY Within Familar Range Stuck Around 20 DMA USD/JPY has been better bid for the past number of sessions, although the 20 dma has not been an easy task for the bulls, at 113.32 today while the pair has made highs of 113.92 on dollar weakness to close the week down...
GBP/USD: Consolidation Now, at 1.47 by Year-End Analysts from FX Strategy at Lloyds Bank expect GBP/USD to trade around 1.47 by year-end. Key Quotes: “GBP/USD has had mixed fortunes over the past month. The currency pair fell below 1...
USD/CHF Drops to Fresh 4-Week Lows USD/CHF had a short-lived recovery during the European session and resumed the decline on American hours. Recently fell to 0.9802, hitting the lowest level since February 15. The pair is about to end the week slightly above 0...
Here are the three big surprises on yet another notable day for central banks and markets, and what they may imply for the future: • The European Central Bank went beyond expectations by deploying a full range of policy instruments, including a more negative deposit rate and increased asset purch...
The strong dollar is no longer an excuse not to raise rates. Shortly before the Federal Reserve raised interest rates in December, Fed governor Lael Brainard gave a speech about why it should proceed cautiously...
The following are the latest technical setups for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, EUR/CHF, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, and USD/CAD as provided by the technical strategy team at Barclays Capital. EUR/USD: The rally and close above 1.1045 on increased volumes has forced us to abandon our expectation of further weakness...
Based on Fed speakers since the January meeting, we expect the FOMC to remain on hold this month as they assess spillovers from the recent tightening of financial conditions and debate the cross-currents in the inflation outlook...
NZD/USD Trims Weekly Losses NZD/USD surged after the beginning of the American session and climbed from below 0.6600 to 0.6756, reaching the highest level since the Reserve Bank of New Zeland rate cut surprise. The pair is holding near the highs, currently trading at 0.6742/46, up 1...
EUR/USD Attempts a Recovery to 1.1150 The offered tone in the greenback seems to have returned, now allowing EUR/USD to rebound to the 1.1150 area. EUR/USD still in red, upside capped at 1.1220 The pair has managed to gather some traction and stage a strong rebound after bottoming out in the 1...
Despite the large drop from the NZD after a surprise decrease in interest rates, the NZD/USD has regained a large majority of those losses today as the USD opens weak. The NZD/USD has been trading within an inclining channel since the start of February...
President Mario Draghi's remark during the ECB press conference yesterday that the bank is done cutting rates for now sent EUR soaring and European stocks and bonds tumbling, completely undoing the impact of the aggressive easing measures announced earlier...
The following are UBS' latest short-term (mostly intraday) trading strategies for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, and USD/CHF. EUR/USD: went up 400 pips from the lows Thursday, likely on positioning...
It has long been argued that the strength or weakness of the U.S Dollar depends largely on the Interest rate cycle that the FED is operating on. The theory being: • A rate lowering cycle drives down interest cost to borrow the Dollar...
We take a look at where the NZ dollar stands in the wake of the surprise decision by the RBNZ to cut interest rates. If you were the governor of a central bank and you wanted the most ‘bang for your buck’ you will have to catch markets by surprise...
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has downgraded its growth forecast for the UK economy, blaming "global headwinds and uncertainty". It now expects the UK's economy to grow by 2.2% this year, down from a previous estimate of 2.5%. The BCC also cut its growth forecast for 2017 to 2.3% from 2...
The selling bias remains unchanged around the shared currency on Friday, confining EUR/USD to trade in the 1.1100/1.1080 band for the time being. EUR/USD down on profit taking, risk-on Spot keeps alive its downside from ECB-led peaks around 1.1220 during overnight trade...
An order to sale #GPBUSD has activated, and soon the result was fixed at the level of 1.4241. Here we have entered the market to buy, and this order is still relevant. Find out more by checking out the Source Link. Please note that this post was originally published on Vistabrokers.com...
