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USDCHF Daily Forecast: April 05 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF was indecisive yesterday. There are no changes in my technical outlook. The bias remains bearish in nearest term especially if price able to make a clear break and consistent movement below 0.9570 testing 0.9475...

America's "exorbitant privilege" of being able to pay its bills in the currency it prints at a zero marginal cost has been a matter of great controversy ever since the term was coined in the mid-1960s by the former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who was serving as a young finance mini...

The Japanese yen held a firm tone versus the dollar Monday, with dollar-yen nearing key support around Y111.00, despite inflation data released earlier suggesting scope for new Bank of Japan easing action at the conclusion of its two-day meeting on April 28...

The Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year before markets currently expect since risks to the U.S. economy from abroad are fading, a top Fed official said on Monday. In a confident-sounding speech for a typically dovish U.S...

Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet explained that the GBP/USD pair rose early Europe, with no clear catalyst behind the move, as the only piece of data release in the UK was the construction PMI for March, which resulted at 54.2, unchanged from February...

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: We are neutral. Friday’s ‘‘doji’’ candle warns of a top...

The Japanese yen held a firm tone versus the dollar Monday, with dollar-yen nearing key support around Y111.00, despite inflation data released earlier suggesting scope for new Bank of Japan easing action at the conclusion of its two-day meeting on April 28...

Last week, two separate confidence surveys reconfirmed our view that a dichotomy has emerged between the weak agriculture sector, in particular dairy, and the strong services and construction sectors...

Greece could again face the threat of being pushed into default and out of the euro if its current bailout review drags on into June and July, according to European officials monitoring the slow progress of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s negotiations with creditors...

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Imre Speizer, analyst at Westpac Banking Corporation offered a three month outlook for NZD/USD. Key Quotes: "We expect NZD/USD to be lower at 0.65 by mid-2016, based on a combination of a 25bp lower OCR and 25bp higher US Fed Funds rate, plus soft NZ commodity prices...

All of the three major US indexes closed in the red in a lackluster session, as falling oil prices hurt investors' sentiment, while poor US factory orders sent industrial and consumer-discretionary companies lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 55 points, or 0.31%, to end at 17,737...

Shaun Osborne Chief FX Strategist at Scotiabank explained that sterling looks soft but not soft enough, yet, that we would concerned about a sharp slide in the market...

EUR/GBP may remain steady in April due to seasonal effects, however, Brexit inspired volatility could push up the pair above 0.80 in the run up to the referendum. The UK public will vote to stay in the EU and the pound will rise back to 0...

The Nikkei 225 closed the day at 16,123.27, down by 40 points, and into the red for fifth consecutive day, as the Japanese yen kept appreciating against most of its major rivals...

Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet, explained that majors held within limited ranges this Monday, but the American dollar retained the negative tone, ending the day down against most of its major rivals, although commodity-related currencies were under pressure amid another negative day...

Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet explained the poor performance of stocks alongside with commodities' weakness, resulted in an increased demand for the Japanese yen at the beginning of the week...

Pound's demand helped the GBP/CAD cross to recover some ground this Monday, with the critical 1.8500 support level still holding...

NZD/USD has continued to drift lower below the 0.69 handle from where the price dumped to 0.6833 previous lows...

Crude oil prices came under renewed selling pressure on news that Iran would continue to increase its oil production to reach the market position it enjoyed before the sanctions, diminishing hopes of an output freeze deal amongst OPEC and non-OPEC producers...