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USD Strong All Around - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the US dollar is rising against all the major currencies today. Key Quotes “The Australian dollar is retracing a sufficient part of its recent gains to suggest that the current phase of the US dollar's recovery is not over...
Waiting on FOMC Minutes - Forex News and Events Q1 Japan GDP rebounds (by Yann Quelenn) First quarter Japan’s GDP has printed in above expectations at 0.4% q/q with markets only expecting a slight increase at 0.1% q/q. The rebound in private consumption to 0...
Gold Holds Near-Term Trading Range ahead of Fed Minutes Gold once again retreated from $1280 level and dropped back to $1270 level, holding its near-term trading pattern within a narrow range...
EUR/USD Re-Attempts 1.1280 ahead of Fed Minutes The EUR/USD pair is currently retreating from new three-week troughs, although remains deep in the red amid strengthening demand for the US currency, as all eyes remain on the FOMC minutes for next direction...
UK Labour Report Better than Expected - ING Research Team at ING, notes that the UK labour report was much better than it could have been, although with 1Q job creation around a quarter of what it was at the end of 2015, the effects of referendum-related uncertainty appear to be weighing on emplo...
FxWirePro: GBP/JPY Faces Strong Resistance at 159.05, Good to Sell on Rallies Major support -156.80 (10 day MA) Major resistance -159.05 (55 day EMA) GBP/JPY has declined after making a high of 158.98. It is currently trading around 157.59. Minor weakness can be seen only below 156.80...
Russia's Real GDP Growth to Return to Positive Territory in Q2 2016 On a year-on-year basis, Russia’s real GDP shrank 1.2% in the first quarter, according to the data released recently...
USD/JPY Fades a Spike to 109.60; Yen Recovers Amid Risk-Off A renewed spurt of buying interest in the USD/JPY faded over the last hours, as the demand for yen resurfaced as the European stocks turned lower in sync with oil. USD/JPY fails once again above 109...
CBR Ready to Act – CBR’s Yudaeva First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia Ksenia Yudaeva has reiterated the central bank’s readiness to intervene in the FX markets in case of financial instability. She added that those interventions could be carried out without previous notice...