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UK: Manufacturing Production Fell Much Larger than Expected - TDS Research Team at TDS, notes that UK’s production in the manufacturing sector fell by a much larger than expected 1.1% in February...

GBP/USD Defends Mild Gains as Poor UK Data Weighs The GBP/USD pair continues to consolidate gains below 1.41 handle over the last hours, as markets digest the latest industrial figures from the UK economy. GBP/USD reverses a spike to 1.4140 The GBP/USD pair trades modestly flat at 1...

EUR/USD is Back Below Hourly 100-MA Minor bullish move in EUR/USD fell apart around 1.1390-1.14 levels and the pair is back below hourly 100-MA level of 1.1382 levels. Range intact The currency pair remains restricted in a week long range of 1.1438-1.1335...

Eurozone: What More Can be Done? - BNPP Research Team at BNP Paribas, suggests that despite concerns at the beginning of the year, the effect of financial stress on Eurozone growth should remain contained...

Fed: Speakers Cause More Noise than Data - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that last night we saw Federal Reserve Chair Yellen take part in a discussion with former Fed Chairs Bernanke, Greenspan and Volcker...

ECB: Members Expressed Concerns About Further Cut in the Deposit Rate - Rabobank Stefan Koopman, Market Economist at Rabobank, suggests that there was a broad agreement among the members of the Governing Council that the inflation and growth outlook had deteriorated since the meeting in December...

ECB Minutes Showed Some Disagreement - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that in Europe, some attention was also paid to the release of the ECB minutes from their meeting four weeks ago...

JPY: Partial Reversal but Upside Risks to Persist - MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that the Japanese Finance Minister Aso spoke in early Tokyo trading today helping to stem the relentless buying of the yen, expressing concern over the “excessive” and “one-sided” moves...

Chinese FX Reserves Increase Supported by USD Weakness - Rabobank Stefan Koopman, Market Economist at Rabobank, notes that against all odds, Chinese FX reserves increased by USD 10bn, ending up at USD 3,213bn in March...

USD/JPY Downside is Slowing Down – UOB The research team at UOB Group believes the pair’s downside could run out of steam in the next 1-3 weeks. Key Quotes “When we turned bearish two days ago (see FX Insights on 06 April when spot was at 110...

USD/CAD Off Lows, but Stays Below 1.31 as Oil extends Rally The Canadian dollar reversed more than half of previous losses and now remains strongly bid against its US counterpart in Europe, keeping USD/CAD deep in the red below 1.31 handle. USD/CAD capped below 20-DMA at 1...

EUR/CHF Keeps the Negative Stance – Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analyst at Commerzbank, has reiterated the negative bias around the cross. Key Quotes “EUR/CHF has recently broken down from a triangle, our bias is negative”. “It has reached the 1...

AUD/USD Off Highs, Returns to 0.7540 After advancing to the area of 0.7570, AUD/USD lost upside traction and has returned to the 0.7545/40 band. AUD/USD well supported near 0...

EUR/USD Advances to Highs Near 1.1390 The common currency has reverted the initial negative tone on Friday, now lifting EUR/USD to daily highs around 1.1390. EUR/USD rebounds from 1.1350 After a drop to the mid-1...

USD/JPY Fails to Resist Above 109 Amid Risk-on The bulls face exhaustion in the European session, now pushing USD/JPY back below 109 handle as focus now shifts towards the upcoming Fed speak for fresh cues on the Fed rate hike prospects...

PBoC Intervention on the Cards? – Danske Bank Sverre Holbek, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, sees the possibility that the Chinese central bank could act in case of unwelcomed depreciation of the Yuan...

GBP/USD Tests 1.4100 on UK Data The British pound has abandoned the area of daily peaks vs. the dollar, with GBP/USD wobbling around 1.4100 following UK’s releases. GBP/USD bid despite poor data Spot has retreated from session highs near 1...

EUR/GBP Attempts Recovery After Weak UK Data The recovery in the EUR/GBP pair is gathering pace after the UK trade deficit figure printed higher than estimates, while manufacturing production contracted sharply. Trades around 0.8070 The cross hovers around 0.8070 from the pre-data level of 0...

EUR/USD Still Neutral Near Term – UOB In view of analysts at UOB Group, EUR/USD keeps its neutral bias for the next 1-3 weeks. Key Quotes “EUR touched 1.1453 yesterday but dropped quickly from the high”...

US Oil Breaks Major Trend Line Resistance, Targets $39.35/$40 Major support - $36.80 (200 day 4HMA) Major resistance - $38 (trend line joining $40.11 and $38.26) US Oil has taken support near 200 day 4H MA and recovered from that level. It is currently trading around $38.16...