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RBNZ Keeps Rates Unchanged - Nomura Charles St-Arnaud, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that the continued weakness in the inflation outlook forced the RBNZ to leave the door open for a cut in June. Key Quotes “The RBNZ kept its policy rate unchanged at 2...

FxWirePro: JPY Strengthens Across the Board As BoJ Stands Pat, Sell AUD/JPY Rallies, Target 81.75 The Japanese Yen spiked across the board as Bank of Japan disappointed by markets big time by keeping its monetary policy unchanged...

Fed Offered No Fireworks - Rabobank Michael Every, Head of Financial Markets Research at Rabobank, notes that the Fed left rates unchanged yesterday with one dissenter again voting for a rate hike...

Nikkei Slumps 3% on BOJ’s Inaction, Drags Rest of Asia Lower The stocks on the Asian bourses reversed course dramatically after BOJ’s monetary policy decision disappointed markets and dampened investors’ sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei witnessed heavy selling and drove most major Asian indices lower...

FxWirePro: USD/KRW Hovers Just Above 1142, Intraday Bias Remains Bearish USD/KRW is currently trading around 1143 levels. It made intraday high at 1148 and low at 1141 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 1153 levels...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY Slumps As BoJ Disappoints Markets With No Change in Policy USD/JPY slumped from around 111.70 levels to 108.74 after Bank of Japan decided to stand put, keeping the policy unchanged, with the interest rate at -0.1...

AUD/JPY: AUS CPI, BoJ 'Double Whammy' for Sellers Traders short AUD/JPY continue to celebrate this week's volatile moves in the market, with today's BOJ-induced sell-off in the pair adding to the losses seen 24h ago when the Australian CPI Q1 came shockingly low...

EUR/JPY: Nasty 300-Pips Fall as BOJ Stands Pat The cross in the EUR/JPY halted more than 300-pips free-fall to near 123 handle following BOJ’s unchanged monetary policy stance, which bolstered the JPY bulls across the board. EUR/JPY re-takes 124 handle The EUR/JPY pair now drops -1.78% to 123...

USD/JPY: Yen Jumps Over 2% as BOJ Keeps Policy Steady The USD/JPY pair slumped fresh weekly lows below 109 handle after the BOJ disappointed by markets big time by keeping its monetary policy setting unadjusted...

BOJ Disappoints, No change in Policy The BOJ has decided to stand put, keeping the policy unchanged, with the interest rate at -0.1...

NZD/USD Reverses Post-RBNZ Rally, Flirts with 0.6900 The NZD/USD pair retreats nearly half the RBNZ-led rally and now wavers around 0.69 handle as markets come to terms with an outrightly dovish RBNZ stance at its policy meeting earlier today...

FxWirePro: Nikkei225 Faces Strong Support at 17200, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 17200 (55 day 4 HEMA) Nikkei index is trading slightly positive around 0.31% in the morning session after Fed have kept interest rates unchanged.But markets awaits BOJ decision for further direction...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: April 28 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD was indecisive yesterday. Price attempted to push higher, topped at 1.1361 but closed lower at 1.1319 after touched my trend line resistance as you can see on my H4 chart below. The bias remains neutral in nearest term...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: April 28 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD was indecisive yesterday. The bias is neutral in nearest term. My major technical outlook remains neutral with key intraday resistance seen around 1.4670 as you can see on my H4 chart below. As long as stay below 1...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: April 28 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY had another indecisive movement yesterday but overall still able to maintain its bullish intraday bias and hit 111.88 earlier today. The bias remains bullish in nearest term testing 112.50. Immediate support is seen around 111.00...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: April 28 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF had another indecisive movement yesterday. Price attempted to push lower but still unable to make a clear break and consistent movement below 0.9715 so far. The bias is neutral in nearest term. Immediate resistance is seen around 0...

FxWirePro: AUD/USD Hits 10-Days Low, Bias Back to Downside AUD/USD declined sharply on Wenesday as Australian dollar was weighed down by less than expected inflation reading. The antipodean currency declined sharply, despite the broad dollar sell off across the board...

USD/CHF Spikes Above 0.9750 but Fails to Sustain Gains USD/CHF spiked to fresh daily highs as the greenback strengthened broadly on the back of Fed’s statement on monetary policy. The Fed left the target range for the fed funds unchanged at 0.25%-0...