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FXWIREPRO: GBP/JPY Faces Strong Resistance at 154.80, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance – 154.80 (3 W EMA) Minor support -153.25 The pair has jumped till 154.22 on Friday and declined from that level. It is currently trading around 153.34...
EUR/JPY Off Lows, Regains 123.00 and Above After a brief dip towards the 122.80 area, EUR/JPY has pulled itself together and has now retaken the 123.00 handle and above...
China: Housing Supports CPI Inflation; Subsiding PPI Deflation - ING Tim Condon, Chief Economist at ING, suggests that the evidence of demand-side CPI pressure and narrowing PPI deflation lessen the case for PBOC rate cuts...
Weakness of the US Economy has Undermined the Greenback - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the weakness of the US economy and the caution by the Federal Reserve to raise rates again after the December lift-off has undermined the greenback...
Oil Prices Wobble as Output Freeze is Viewed with Skepticism Oil prices recovered losses seen in early Europe, but gains are hard to come as markets believe next Sunday’s output freeze meeting in Doha is unlikely to help address supply glut issue...
Fair Value in USD/JPY – Deutsche Bank George Saravelos, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the Japan’s biggest problem with the current yen rally is that it is justified by fundamentals. Key Quotes “Across most of our metrics USDJPY is still expensive or only just approaching fair value...
UK: Inflating the Risks? - ING James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, suggests that the UK headline inflation is likely to stay low in the near term, but with sterling having plunged and commodity prices nudging higher, imported inflation could rise sharply in 2H16...
EUR/GBP Sinks to Lows Near 0.8000 The increasing buying interest around the British pound is now relegating EUR/GBP to trade in fresh lows in the boundaries of the psychological support at 0.8000. EUR/GBP lower on GBP/JPY buying GBP has been rallying vs...
USD/JPY Hit a Fresh 17 Month Low - Rabobank Jane Foley, Senior FX Strategist at Rabobank, suggests that the USD/JPY hit a fresh 17 mth low prompting accusation from Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga that the recent currency moves were one-sided and speculative and the government would take steps as ne...