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FXWIREPRO: USD/JPY Hovers Around Key Resistance at 108.04, Intraday Bias Remains Slightly Bullish USD/JPY is currently trading around 108.17 marks. It made intraday high at 108.26 and low at 107.87 levels. Today Japan released bank lending data with negative numbers at 2.0% m/m vs 2...
Negative Interest Rate Economies: Spot the Odd One Out – Deutsche Bank Oliver Harvey,Macro strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that Central banks’ experiment with negative interest rates continues apace this year, with the BoJ the latest to have dipped a toe in the water and the ECB edging furt...
Gold Retreats From 3-Week Highs on Profit-Taking Gold failed to sustain at multi-week peaks and retraced a part of overnight gains in the mid-Asian trades, as a profit-taking spree hit the markets ahead of the Chinese data due tomorrow. Gold corrects lower in Asia Currently, gold trades -0...
JPY: Further Weakness in Inflation Forecasts – Nomura Yujiro Goto, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that the private forecasters continue to lower their Japanese inflation forecasts, according to the JCER survey (28 March to 4 April...
USD Longs Fall Sharply, Now the Market is Almost Flat – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, notes that the IMM data has confirmed that investors sharply reduced their long dollar exposure, taking implied USD longs as a fraction of open interest to 4% from 8% in the previous week...
AUD: BS Shows Significant Improvement in Business Conditions and Confidence - NAB Research Team at NAB, notes that the Australia’s NAB Business Survey revealed a significant improvement in both business conditions and confidence, suggesting the domestic business environment not only remains favou...
AUD/JPY Firmer, Pierces Through 82.50 Resistance The AUD/JPY cross remains strongly bid in the Asian trades, mainly driven by renewed strength in the AUD/USD pair after OZ business conditions hit 2008 highs last month. AUD/JPY at four-day high The AUD/JPY pair now jumps +0.70% to 82...
EUR/USD Better Bid Above 1.1400, Awaits Fresh Impetus The EUR/USD pair extends its overnight consolidative phase into mid-Asia, after having failed near 2016 highs in the last NY session, as bulls await fresh incentives in the day ahead for further upside...
AUD/USD Testing Monday’s High on Aus Data, Above 0.7600 AUD/USD extends gains beyond 0.76 handle post-China open, with the upbeat Australian confidence gauge adding to the favourable market sentiment in Asia. AUD/USD rises for 3rd straight session Currently, the AUD/USD pair rises 0...