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Eurozone: Low Inflation and Political Risks Take Centre Stage – Goldman Sachs Research Team at Goldman Sachs, suggests that the net effect of the recent market volatility on Europe’s growth outlook is likely to be relatively small in our assessment, with the boost to growth from lower oil prices...
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 08:06 #Goldman Sachs
The franc has been on the back-foot of late, mainly on the back of stabilising risk sentiment. Next week, it will become more active in terms of domestic data releases. Both employment and inflation data will attract attention...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 7 March 2016, 08:05 #forex
Japan: Suspending Disbelief – Wells Fargo Research Team at Wells Fargo, notes that among the advanced economies of the world, Japan has the highest debt-to-GDP ratio at nearly 250 percent of GDP...
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 08:03
EUR/GBP Unchanged in the Low-0.7700s Calm waters in both the sterling and the shared currency are motivating EUR/GBP to keep the trade just above the key 0.7700 support on Monday. EUR/GBP well supported near 0.7700 The European cross has found pretty decent support around the 0...
Currency
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 07:59
We lay out scenarios for EUR/$ for different outcomes on Thursday. Above all, after a year of mixed messages, the ECB needs to signal that it is serious about pursuing its inflation mandate, including via a stepped up pace of monthly QE purchases...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 7 March 2016, 07:45 #EUR/USD
The market pricing for ECB rates is similar or more aggressive than to pre-December ECB meeting (and similar to our economists’ call). But I got this feeling last week that people will remember and short covering the EUR, which indeed started happening...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 7 March 2016, 07:36 #eur/gbp
FXWIREPRO: USD/JPY Rangebound, Sees Strong Support at 113.30 07 Maret 2016 1:18 PM USD/JPY has been trading a rising wedge pattern and finds strong support at 113.30 (wedge base). Appetite for risk seen lacking in the markets following China's announcement of lower GDP target range (6...
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 07:34
Crdit Suisse's Economics team expects significant policy easing from the ECB next Thursday, with: 1- a rate cut – a 10bp cut in the deposit rate, to -0...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 7 March 2016, 07:34 #forex
EUR/USD: Neutral: Bullish only if daily close above 1.1005/10. We are sticking to view wherein only a daily closing above 1.1005/10 would shift the current neutral EUR outlook to bullish (closing was 1.1000 last Friday...
GBP/USD: Bulls Taking a Breather After 5-Day Rally The GBP/USD pair is trading in the sideways manner above 1.42 levels after rallying for five consecutive sessions...
Currency
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 07:32
Gold Specs Added to Longs and Trimmed Shorts - TDS Research Team at TDS, lists down the CFTC Commitment of Traders Report for the Week Ending March 1st, 2016...
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 06:26 #gold
Australia Job Ads Decline In February: ANZ 07 Maret 2016 12:07 PM Australian job advertisements declined to the lowest since October 2015, a survey by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group showed Monday. Job ads in newspaper and on the internet decreased 1...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 06:22
Sometimes the news stream drives prices, and sometimes the price action drives the narratives. We argued that the sharp decline in equities at the start of the year was fanned the doom and gloom in the media and market commentary...
Other
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Francis Dogbe, 7 March 2016, 06:04
US Feb Payrolls: Headline Strong but Wages Big Disappointment – ING Rob Carnell, Chief International Economist at ING, notes that the US labour report was its usual mixed bag – but we think the release is dominated by the soft wages component...
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 05:55
EUR/USD was under pressure as the tension towards the ECB's meeting, the main event of the upcoming week but certainly took advantage of the greenback's weakness. Will Draghi drag the euro down or will it bounce like in December...
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Francis Dogbe, 7 March 2016, 05:53
Near-Term Dollar Outlook is Nuanced - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the US dollar fell against all the major and most of the emerging market currencies last week as the risk appetites have been rekindled, and the yen has gone from the best performer in recent weeks to the worst over the pa...
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 05:51
USD/JPY Attempts Tepid-Recovery from 113.50 Having bounced-off a dip to 113.50 levels pre-China open, the USD/JPY pair now continues to move back and forth in a slim range amid mild risk-off seen in Asia so far. USD/JPY supported at 113...
Currency
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 05:48
Pivot Points MONTHLY Last Updated: Mar 7, 7:03 am +03:00 Symbol S3 S2 S1 P R1 R2 R3 EUR/USD 0.98974 1.04588 1.06651 1.10202 1.12265 1.15816 1.2143 USD/JPY 93.993 104.512 108.585 115.031 119.104 125.55 136.069 GBP/USD 1.24708 1.33042 1.36075 1.41376 1.44409 1.4971 1.58044 USD/CHF 0.87851 0.93736 0...
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 7 March 2016, 05:05
Pivot Points WEEKLY Last Updated: Mar 7, 7:02 am +03:00 Symbol S3 S2 S1 P R1 R2 R3 EUR/USD 1.05201 1.07379 1.08693 1.09557 1.10871 1.11735 1.13913 USD/JPY 108.685 111.085 112.425 113.485 114.825 115.885 118.285 GBP/USD 1.32749 1.36881 1.3955 1.41013 1.43682 1.45145 1.49277 USD/CHF 0.96285 0...
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 7 March 2016, 05:03
Asian Stocks Trade Mixed, Nikkei Drops as Yen Strengthens The sentiment on the Asian indices appears mixed on Monday, posing a cautious start to the week, as markets assess the Chinese GDP growth target as well as the US jobs data...
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Roberto Jacobs, 7 March 2016, 05:02