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AUD Jury is Out - Till Tuesday - Westpac Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that AUD/USD’s path to 0.80 we discussed last week has taken a huge hit from Australia’s shockingly low Q1 CPI report. Key Quotes “Whether 0...
US: Initial Jobless Claims and Q1 GDP in Focus - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the US reports weekly initial jobless claims and the first estimate of Q1 GDP...
USD/JPY: Staying Bearish, Following Unwind of Longs Promised on BoJ Easing – Deutsche Bank Taisuke Tanaka, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, notes that the BoJ policy meeting today decided to maintain current policy while some in markets speculated that the BoJ might increase ETF purchase and adopt a...
GBP/USD Fails to Sustain Above 1.4600, US GDP Eyed The GBP/USD pair made another failed attempt to sustain its strength above 1.4600 mark and the pair has now erased majority of its early gains and has dropped back below 1.4550 level...
BoJ Defied Expectations - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the Bank of Japan defied expectations and its economic assessment and left policy unchanged. Key Quotes “The inaction spurred a 3% rally in the yen and an even larger slump in stocks...
Advance US Q1 GDP Preview: What to Expect of USD/JPY? The USD/JPY pair nosedived to 108.00 mark after the Bank of Japan announced the outcome of its April monetary policy meeting where the central bank surprised markets and left its monetary policy unchanged...
Fed Signals Less Global Concern but No Urgency Either – MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, notes that the dollar is generally unchanged versus most currencies (except the yen and kiwi) after the April FOMC delivered few surprises...
UK: Brexit Taking More of a Toll - ING James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, notes that the UK growth slowed to 0.4% QoQ from 0.6% in 4Q15 with the approaching referendum on EU membership likely to be a key factor that is leading to a loss of momentum...
Technical Analysis of USD/CAD for April 28, 2016 General overview for 28/04/2016: The market is trying to complete the triple zig-zag pattern in the big wave Z brown...