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Riksbank Preview: No Further Easing – Goldman Sachs Lasse Holboell Nielsen, Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs, suggests that they expect the Riksbank to leave its repo rate unchanged next week at -0.50% and also expect the Riksbank to leave its target purchases n of government bonds at SEK200bn...
Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Not many economic dockets scheduled for today, only few with high risks associated. Data released so far – China – Retail sales increased 10.5% y/y in March. Industrial production for February up 6.8% y/y. urban investment YTD increased by 10...
FxWirePro: AUD/JPY Edges Lower from Session Highs at 84.77, Further Upside AUD/JPY hit fresh nine-day highs of 84.77, and there is scope for test of 85 levels. Upside in the pair gathered significant pace after release of RBA’s Financial Stability Review (FSR...
Asian Markets Mix Ahead of G20 and IMF Meetings, Gold Hovers Around $1230 All the major Asian indices are trading on a mix note after china released GDP data with flat numbers at 6.7% q/q while industrial production increases sharply to 6.8% m/m vs 5.4% m/m...
EUR/USD Consolidating the Downside, Around 1.1260 The EUR/USD pair is seen moving back and forth in a 20-pips tight range in the Asian trades so far, keeping range near fresh two-week lows reached the day earlier. EUR/USD downside capped by 1.1250 Currently, EUR/USD trades modestly flat at 1...
NZD/USD Takes Flight Towards 0.6900, China Data Underpins The NZD/USD pair rebounded in the Asian session, bringing an end to its two consecutive sessions of declines and now approaches 0.6900 levels. NZD/USD supported at 0.6850 Currently, the NZD/USD pair jumps 0.47% to 0...
Gold Capped Below 5-DMA in Asia, Set for Weekly Drop Gold stalled its selling spiral in the Asian trades this Friday, although remains poised to book first weekly loss in three weeks as broad based US dollar advance continues to weigh on the metal...
ASX200 Trades Well Above 5100, Jump Till 5200 Is Possible Major resistance - 5130 ASX200 has broken major resistance 5130 and jumped till 5144 at the time of writing. It is currently trading at 5143. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 5065 holds...
FxWirePro: Nikkei 225 Faces Resistance at 17000, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 17000 The index has jumped till 16913 and slightly declining from that level. It is currently trading around 16840.Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 16275 (55 4H EMA) holds...