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Normalization of Interest Rates will not End Fed’s Headaches – Nomura Richard Koo, Chief Economist at Nomura, suggests that as the Fed normalizes interest rates, it will also have to pay even higher interest on the $2.3trn in excess reserves...

Eurozone: Mar CPI is Expected at -0.1% y/y - Westpac Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that the Eurozone Mar CPI is expected at -0.1% y/y though core is seen to tick up to 0.9%. Key Quotes “NY Fed president Dudley speaks on financial crises with text and audience Q&A expected...

Japan Bond Holdings Reduced to Lowest Ssince June '15 – Reuters Poll The latest Reuters poll showed the results of stock and bond holdings by the Japanese fund managers in Feb and March. Key Findings: Japan fund managers raise overall stock holdings in March to 43...

NZD/USD Corrects Lower from 9-Month Peaks, Gives Up 0.69 The NZD/USD pair paused its 3-day massive rally to multi-month tops and now extends the retreat on 0.68 handle as the USD sees a minor pullback across the board. NZD/USD halts 3-day rally Currently, the NZD/USD pair trades -0...

BOJ’s Kuroda: No limits or Obstacles to BOJ's Monetary Policy More comments from BOJ Chief Kuroda hitting the wires, as he continues to speak in parliament today...

Asia Defends Mild Gains, Australian Stocks Outperform The stocks on the Asian bourses are seen posting moderate gains, tracking modest gains on the Wall Street overnight after Fed officials backed Yellen’s dovish tone, while month-end as well as quarter-end repatriation flows also keep the sentim...

China Investment Bank Defaults on ‘Dim Sum Bond' - FT The Financial Times reports thata a unit of Guosen Securities, China's eighth-largest investment bank, has defaulted on a Hong Kong-traded renminbi bond...

Gold Ticks Higher in Asia, but Stays Below $ 1230 Gold is seen reversing a part of yesterday’s losses and defends mild gains on Thursday, amid modestly higher Asian equities and broad based USD recovery. Gold supported above $ 1220 Currently, gold trades +0.08% at 1227...

Bank of China: PBOC Should Cut RRR by 0.5% in Q2 In its outlook report published earlier today, Bank of China revealed China’s GDP forecasts for Q1 & Q2, while noted that the Chinese central bank should lowering RRR in Q2. Key Quotes: China Q1 GDP growth at about 6.6%, Q2 at about 6...

Key US Data Ahead and Previewed - Nomura Analyst at Nomura previewed the key US data ahead for today. Key Quotes: "Initial jobless claims: Labor market conditions have been fairly tight. The unemployment rate has fallen below 5...

Can US Jobs Growth Stay Strong? - ANZ Analysts at ANZ offered the detail of the overnight US ADP report for March. Key Quotes: "Showed jobs rose 200k - a touch higher than expectations (195k) and confirming that the labour market remains robust...

FXWIREPRO: USD/SGD Finds Support Above 1.3500, Good to Buy on Dips USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3513 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3524 and low at 1.3487 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 1.3487 levels. A daily close below 1...

FXWIREPRO: Nikkei225 Struggles to Close Above 17000, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 17300 The index has retreated after making a high of 17090.It is currently trading around 16874.Short term trend is bullish as long as support 16500 holds...

FXWIREPRO: USD/JPY Remains Supported Above 112.00, Japan's Housing Data in Focus USD/JPY is currently trading around 112.37 marks. It made intraday high at 112.65 and low at 112.24 levels. Pair breaks key support level at 112.60 and confirms bearish trend for the moment...

FXWIREPRO: AUD/NZD Refrains to Fall Below Key Support at 1.1062, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral AUD/NZD is trading around 1.1093 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.1107 and low at 1.1069 marks. Today New Zealand’s ANZ Business confidence survey showed that a net 3...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: March 31 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD continued its bullish momentum yesterday topped at 1.1365. The bias remains bullish in nearest term especially if price able to make a clear break above 1.1375 testing 1.1450 – 1.1500 region which is a good place to sell...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: March 31 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD attempted to push higher yesterday topped at 1.4459 but whipsawed to the downside and hit 1.4347 earlier today. As you can see on my H1 chart below, this fact could produce another false breakout (above 1.4400) bearish scenario...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: March 31 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY was indecisive yesterday. The bias remains bearish in nearest term testing 111.50 region. Immediate resistance is seen around 112.80. A clear break above that area could lead price to neutral zone in nearest term testing 113...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: March 31 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF was indecisive yesterday formed a Doji/pin bar formation as you can see on my daily chart below...