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US: Evidence for a June Hike Now Lacking - HSBC Research Team at HSBC, recently cut their forecast for US 2016 average growth to 1.8% from 2.0% on the back of the impact of disappointing global growth, financial market turmoil, and continued weakness in the oil and commodity sectors...
Goldman Sachs Revises Its $1000/troy Ounce Gold Call Goldman Sachs’ $1000/troy ounce Gold call, in a year time, given few months back, hasn’t proved so well so far. Despite recent drop in gold prices, yellow metal is still up around 20% this year so far. Goldman cited extra-dovish attitude from U...
BoE: Losing Momentum - Rabobank Jane Foley, Senior FX Strategist at Rabobank, suggests that the publication of the Bank of England’s May Quarterly Inflation Report comes just over a month before the UK goes to the polls to determine whether the country will remain within or leave the EU...
Trading the BoE Inflation Report - TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that a 9-0 vote seems the safe thing to do for BoE in its forthcoming meet with the EU Referendum just 43 days away. Key Quotes “But two MPC members have said a deterioration in the data might push them to vote for a cut...
How US Politics will Impact FX – Deutsche Bank Alan Ruskin, Macro strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the channels through which the coming election will influence the USD are complex and sometimes contradictory - which will probably mute the response to some degree...
FxWirePro: CHF/JPY Faces Strong Resistance at 112.50, Good to Sell on Rallies Major Resistance- 112.50 (21 day MA) The pair has made a high of 112.50 and declined from that level. It is currently trading around 111.54. Short term trend is bearish as long as resistance 112.50 (21 day MA) holds...
Oil Recovery Now Eyeing $45.00 Level Ahead of EIA Inventory Data After dipping back below $44.00/barrel mark, WTI crude oil future recovered sharply to currently trade at the high point of the day at $44.80...
BoE Preview: Silence is Golden - ING James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, suggests that BoE’s dovish tilt in its forthcoming meet may unleash pent-up GBP weakness. Key Quotes “Loss of UK economic momentum has been sizeable...
GBP/USD Attempting to Extend its Recovery Above 1.4400 Level The GBP/USD pair reversed from session high of 1.4467 and dropped to 1.4394 on weak production data, before recovering back to currently trade at 1.4430 level...