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BoJ had no choice than to hold its monetary policy unchanged for now. The base rate has been kept on hold at -0.1% and the central bank will continue to focus on maintaining the 10-year yield to 0 by purchasing massive amounts of Government bonds (80 trillion yen annually...

As was widely expected, the Swiss National Bank held its policy unchanged. Incoming macroeconomic data has been mixed and political risk from Europe has failed to materialise, providing no impetus for the SNB to shift policy strategy...

Loose monetary policy is to continue for some more time. The EURCHF pair is back above 1.0900. This morning Swiss policymakers have decide to hold rates unchanged at -0.75% repeating that the Swiss franc is largely overvalued and that this is a threat for the Swiss economy...

As broadly expected the Federal Reserve lifted borrowing costs by 25bps following a two-day meeting. The decision was already priced in by market participants...

It has been a wild ride for the Russian ruble over the last 18 months. USD/RUB fell as much as 35% between January 2016 and April 2017 before stabilising at between 56 and 58 ruble per US dollar...

What needs to be said has already been said and now we wait. The markets have fully priced-in a 25bp to 1.0-1.25% range hike for this afternoon's FOMC rate decisions. We agree with the Fed that activity and inflation data has been stymied by transitional factors...

The political circus that Washington has become continues to draw investors’ attention away from fundamentals...

A set of data has been released this morning and it seems it is a never-ending story for Japan. April machine orders just collapsed at -.31% m/m while markets had estimated an increase of 0.5. This data is often used as a proxy for the capital expenditure...

The USD was trading broadly lower against its G10 counterpart on Monday morning as investors anticipated a busy week for central bankers. The Federal Reserve is set to release its monetary decision on Wednesday...

Bearish momentum is fading. • Crude oil's decline is stopping since the recent collapse from $52. Support is given at a distance 43.76 (05/05/2017 low). The technical structure suggests further weakness towards 43.76...

Lack of follow-through. • Silver declines. Closest support is given at 16.20 (04/05/2017 low). Strong support is given at 15.63 (20/12/2017 low). Key resistance is given at a distance at 19.00 (09/11/2017 high...

Trading lower within uptrend channel. • Gold is consolidating within uptrend channel. Hourly support is located at 1246 (18/05/2017 low). Stronger support is given at 1195 (10/03/2017 low). Expected to show renewed...

Pausing on short-squeeze. • EUR/CHF is trading lower. The pair has broken support given at 1.0866 (18/05/2017 low). We believe that the medium-term pattern suggests us to see continued bearish pressures towards...

Volatility declines. • EUR/GBP has broken resistance at 0.8787 (13/03/2017 high). The pair keeps on going higher. Strong support can be found at 0.8304 (05/12/2017 low...

Fading momentum. • EUR/JPY is trading lower. Hourly support is given at 122.56 (18/05/2017 low). Hourly resistance can be found at 125.82 (16/05/2017 high). Major support is given at 114.90...

Short-term consolidation. • AUD/USD is pushing higher since the pair has failed to reach hourly support given at 0.7329 (09/05/2017 low). As long as prices remain below resistance at 0.7608 (17/04/2017 high), there are...

Trading mixed. • USD/CAD is trading sideways. Hourly support can be found at 1.3388 (25/01/2017 high). Expected to show continued weakness. • In the longer term, there is now a death cross...

Back to bearish. • USD/CHF continues its decline despite some ongoing consolidation. Hourly resistance can be found at 0.9808 (30/05/2017 high). Strong resistance is given at 1.0107 (10/04/2017 high...

Bearish pressures arise, • USD/JPY's short-term bearish pressures are back. The pair is bouncing lower. Hourly support can be found at 109.12 (07/06/2017 high). Strong support is located at 108.13 (17/04/2017 low...

+ Consolidating. • GBP/USD is now consolidating around former hourly support given at 1.2757 (21/04/2017 low). Hourly resistance lies at 1.3046 (18/05/2017 high...