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US Jobless Claims Rose for a Second Week US initial jobless claims climbed 17,000 to 274,000 in the week ended Apr 29, the Labor Department said Thursday...
EUR/USD Stays Near Lows after US Jobless Claims EUR/USD remained steady near daily lows after data showed US jobless claims rose for the second straight week...
EUR/JPY Fall to Session Low of 122.50 After yesterday's rejection from 123.53 level, on Thursday too, the EUR/JPY pair failed to sustain its move above 123.00 handle and has now dropped to day's through level of 122.50...
USD: Positioning Itself for a Big Move - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that the futures market may be suggesting that the market is pricing in only a 10% chance of a Fed rate hike in June but there other signs that many investors may have started to take the risk muc...
USD Could See a Bounce to 94.00/95.00 – Westpac Strategist Richard Franulovich at Westpac believes the rebound of the greenback could test the 94.00/95.00 area. Key Quotes “USD oversold on multiple metrics - heavy short positioning and underdone Fed hike probabilities two notable examples”...
UK PMI's Paint a Worrying Picture, Push Back BOE Rate Hike Expectations to 2017 UK service sector which is considered the main driver of the UK’s economic growth appears to be slowing down...
FxWirePro: EUR/CHF Option Trade - a Less Returns But Certain Return The sale of straddles is usually executed using at the money strikes. A trader can attain more probabilities of certain yields by selling a combination with different strike prices via something called shorting strangles...
Riksbank Minutes Suggest Room for Gradual EUR/SEK Depreciation – Nomura Research Team at Nomura, draws two key conclusions from the minutes of the Riksbank’s April meeting...
USD/CHF Climbs Further to Test 0.9650 Resistance Continuing with its upward trajectory, the USD/CHF pair has now moved back above 0.9600 level and is currently trading just a tad below 0.9650 level, virtually at the high point of the day...