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BoC Leaves Rates Unchanged, Downgrades Growth Outlook The Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its target for the overnight rate unchanged at 0.5%. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 0.75% and the deposit rate is 0.25...
AUD/USD Gains Capped Around 0.77 – Westpac According to strategists at Westpac, AUD’s upside appears somewhat limited around the 0.7700 handle in the near term. Key Quotes "AUD/USD found fresh buyers and pricing for a May rate cut faded to below 30% after the strong Mar NAB business survey”...
WTI Below $42.00, Losses Momentum Ahead of EIA The barrel of West Texas Intermediate has retreated from recent highs above the $42.00 mark, returning to the $41.70 area...
BoC Decision Preview: What to Expect of USD/CAD? The Bank of Canada (BoC) will announce its monetary policy decision at 14:00GMT and it is widely expected to keep rates on hold at 0.50% this month...
USD/CAD Cautiously Bearish – Scotiabank In view of Eric Theoret, FX Strategist at Scotiabank, USD/CAD's outlook remains tilted to the bearish side. Key Quotes “Trend and momentum indicators are decisively bearish”...
FXWIREPRO: BTC/USD Faces Strong Resistance at $428, Good to Buy at Dips. Major Resistance - $428 BTC/USD has slightly retreated after making a high of $426.67. It is currently trading around $424. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support $400 holds...
Gold Recovers to Hourly 100-MA After US Data Moderate weakness in the US dollar following a dismal US retail sales release saw gold prices recovery to hourly 100-MA level of $1247.50. Trades above 50% Fibo Prices rose to $1248.89 before falling back to trade just above $1245.37 (50% of 1283-1207...
API Reports Surplus, While WTI Awaits EIA Report - Calls Updated WTI is trading at key resistance area at $41.5/barrel...
US Retail Sales Fail to Pick Up Momentum in March - ING Rob Carnell, Chief International Economist at ING, notes that the US retail sales fall 0.3% mom in March, while the "core" rises only 0.1% mom...