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Global Economic Growth Improves But Still Hovers Around 3-Year Lows Global economic growth touched higher for the second straight month in April but remains stuck at around 3-year lows, according to data compiled by Markit...
U.S Treasuries Mixed on Strong Retail Sales, Dovish Yellen's Comment The U.S. Treasuries traded mixed on Friday after data showed higher than expected April retail sales data. On the other hand, Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s dovish comments supported bond prices...
AUD/USD Likely to Trade in Narrow Range, to Reach 0.80 by 2017-End In mid-April, the AUD/USD pair broke to new 10-month highs close to 0.7850 amidst increased volatility. This was mainly due to weakness in the US dollar, indicating the declining prospect of a rate hike in June by the US Fed...
AUD/USD Hits 2-Month Lows, Contained by 200-Day SMA AUD/USD fell to fresh 2-month lows at the beginning of the New York session, as the greenback strengthened on the back of stronger than expected US retail sales data...
USD/CAD Still Eyes 1.30 Near-Term – Scotiabank FX Strategist at Scotiabank Eric Theoret believes the pair could test the psychological 1.30 handle...
AUD/USD Topside Limited Around 0.7450 – Westpac Strategist at Westpac Sean Callow sees the upside in AUD to find resistance in the mid-0.7400s in the near-term. Key Quotes “The timing of another RBA rate cut will hang over AUD for some months, capping rallies”...
JPY: End Of The Run? - Credit Agricole A combination of both, rising intervention fears and additional scope of the BoJ turning more aggressive on monetary policy has been weighing on the JPY this week...
AUD/USD: Downside Alleviated above 0.7410 – UOB Analysts at UOB Group suggested the Aussie dollar could mitigate current downside pressure above 0.7410. Key Quotes “The strong support at 0.7300 was finally breached at the time of writing (low of 0.7286)”...
USD/JPY Surges Past 109.00 Handle on Surprisingly Positive US Data The USD/JPY pair shot-up to a fresh two-week high level of 109.45 on surprisingly positive US retail sales data...