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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...
3 Central Banks, 3 Holds - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that the three central bank meetings overnight saw all three policy makers remain on hold...
RBNZ Refrains from Action – MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that prior to the surprise decision by the BOJ, the RBNZ also surprised the markets by not easing...
BOJ Refrains from Meeting Market Expectations – MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that it is no surprise that USD/JPY is down over 2.5% today after the BOJ decided against implementing further monetary easing measures despite very high speculation of action being taken...
German CPI Preview: What to Expect of EUR/USD? The bid tone surrounding the EUR/USD pair strengthened over the last hours as upbeat macro data from Germany and Eurozone boosted the sentiment around the EUR...
Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for April 28, 2016 General overview for 28/04/2016: The simple corrective cycle, labeled as abc irregular flat correction, might have been completed and according to the main chart another upward leg might be made. Moreover, any violation of the level of 121...