Jiming Huang / Blog
Heading higher. (Yann Quelenn ) • EUR/USD bullish pressures continue. Hourly resistance is given at 1.1777 (25/07/2017 high). Hourly support can be found at 1.1613...
The ruble is trading sideways around 60 ruble and this may not last long as the USDRUB pair is under pressures. While the Russian economic data are improving, there are other geopolitical issues that may have strong consequences on the future of the Russian economy. Indeed, U...
Durable goods orders printed well above median forecast suggesting a solid recovery in June after two months of contraction. The headline gauge increased 6.5%m/m versus 3.9% expected and an upwardly revised figure of -0.1% in May...
The news did not make massive headlines. The VIX, the US volatility index which is also known as the “Fear Index”, just collapsed to an all-time low below 10. We recall that the 20-year average is above 20 for the index...
As broadly expected, FOMC members decided to leave monetary policy unchanged, maintaining the target range for the federal funds rate to 1% to 1.25% and not providing a clear timing about its balance sheet reduction plan. Little changes were made to the statement compared to the June version...
The divergence between surveys and hard data in the US continued yesterday. The Conference board’s index of consumer confidence increase to 121.1 in July assent expectations for marginal decline...
The headline inflation measure fell unexpectedly in the second quarter, printing at 1.9%y/y versus 2.2% expected and down from 2.1% in the previous quarter...
Judging from the bullish rush in the Euro the global reflation trade is back on. Investors are piling into risky asset to capture real returns, driving inflows into equities (relative growth over value) and EM...
Over the last four weeks the Brazilian real rallied more than 7% against the greenback amid easing political uncertainties. USD/BRL fell from 3.3485 to 3.1111 before stabilising at around 3.1450...