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Less Dovish Minutes Favours EUR/USD's LHS EUR/USD did not quite know what to make of the FOMC minutes and was trading in a narrow range and directionless on the release...
FOMC Minutes: Members Split on April Rate Hike Fed officials discussed an April rate hike, but some officials argued against such a move, minutes of the FOMC March 15-16 meeting showed...
USD/JPY Hits Fresh 17-Month Low After FOMC Minutes USD/JPY dropped further after the release of the Federal Reserve minutes and bottomed at 109.33, hitting the lowest level since October 2014. The pair then bounced to the upside, and it trading around 109...
FXWIREPRO: EUR/JPY Breaks Strong Trendline Support at 125.26, Good to Sell Rallies EUR/JPY is retreating from last week’s tops just above 128.00, and has breached strong trendline support at 125.26. Momentum studies are bearish, confirming further downside in the pair...
China: March Foreign Reserves Data Preview – ING Tim Condon, Chief Economist at ING, suggests that based on stable CNY policy and ING’s house view that USD/Majors will range trade in 2016 they revised their yearend USDCNY forecast to 6.47 from 6.65...
USD/JPY: Getting the Markets Confused - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that on the first of February, just before the BOJ’s bungled attempt to ease monetary policy, the Bloomberg consensus for USD/JPY in Q4 2016 was 125, with a range of 110-134...
Brent Oil Strengthens, Ignores Iran Oil Minister’s Comments Brent oil regained poise and clocked a fresh session high of $38.83 levels as traders ignored comments from Iran oil minister which indicate rise in oil supply in near future...
Euro To Dollar Forecast: EUR/USD Signaling Bearish Trend Euro currency exchange rate vs US Dollar struggling to break $1.1420 resistance. It looks like that the EUR/USD pair may be setting up for a sharp decline in the near term as the investors eye FOMC meeting minutes...
US: Better ISM Data Coupled with Weaker GDP and Profit Concerns - MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that the US data continues to provide mixed signals on the outlook for the economy that would appear at least for now to back up the need for caution, expressed by Chair Y...