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US Jobs Report will be the Focus for Markets - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the March US jobs report will be the focus for markets today. Key Quotes “Consensus is 205k vs. 242k in February. We think there is risk of an asymmetric market reaction...
USD Still Vulnerable ahead of NFP Report – MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the US dollar continues to remain on the defensive ahead of the release today of the latest non-farm payrolls report...
JPY: Stronger Yen Hits Business Confidence in Japan - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, suggests that the weakness in the Japanese equity market and the strengthening of the yen likely reflects as well a further loss of investor confidence in Abenomics following the release overnight of...
Euro Rises As Eurozone Manufacturing Growth Improves The euro strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday, after data showed that the Eurozone manufacturing growth improved more than initially estimated in March...
US: Less Dovish Fed Speak – Investec Research Team at Investec, notes that in terms of US economic data yesterday, the main takeaway was further improvement in US manufacturing, with the March Chicago PMI reading showed an increase of 6pts last month to a better than expected 53.6 (vs. 50...
GBP: Final Reading of Q4 UK GDP Revised Up – Investec Research Team at Investec, notes that yesterday saw UK Quarterly GDP growth for Q4 last year was revised up a touch, to +0.6% from +0.5% previously estimated. Key Quotes “For the year 2015 as a whole, growth was also revised up by 0.1pp, to 2...
Indonesian Bond Climbs on Fuel-Price Cut Expectation The Indonesian sovereign bonds rose on Friday, pushing the 10-year yield down the most in a month, on speculation a cut in domestic fuel prices will keep inflation in check. The price consumers pay for gasoline was lowered 7...
EUR/GBP Pushes Higher Near 0.7980 The march north in EUR/GBP continues unabated today, currently testing fresh more than 1-year highs around 0.7980. EUR/GBP boosted by GBP-selling The European cross is trading in levels last seen in late December 2014 near 0...
EUR/USD Rangebound Near-Term – Danske Bank Jens Pedersen, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, sees the pair in a consolidative pattern prior to resume its upside. Key Quotes “We still stress that time is not yet ripe for a move towards the 1...