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AUD/JPY Heavy, On its Way to Hourly 100-SMA? The AUD/JPY cross is relentlessly offered this Thursday so far, with the bears bringing a halt to five straight sessions of gains against a backdrop of broad USD rebound. AUD/JPY back below 86 handle Currently, the AUD/JPY pair drops -0.44% to 85...

GBP/JPY – Challenging Bids Around 161.00 GBP/JPY is testing bids around 161.00 as weakness in European equity futures is keeping JPY on a front foot ahead of BOE governor Carney’s speech...

EUR/USD Unmoved by German Data, Stoxx 50 Futures Open Lower Contract in German retail sales failed to move EUR/USD pair, which trades on a weaker note around 1.1315 levels amid weak action in the European equity futures...

AUD/USD Upside Appears Capped Above 0.77 – UOB According to the research team at UOB Group, the pair’s upside could striggle around 0.7740. Key Quotes “While the break above the month’s high of 0...

Oil Drops to 2-Week Lows on Rising US Crude Reserves Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic prolongs its downward trajectory for the seventh straight session this Thursday, hitting fresh two-week lows on omnipresent supply glut concerns...

USD Losing Momentum? – Danske Bank Jens Pedersen, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, has assessed the recent performance of the greenback. Key Quotes “USD bulls are losing confidence as Fed Chair Yellen’s latest comments seem to undermine previous hawkish comments from other board members”...

Crude Oil Prices Update: WTI & Brent Decline Sharply, Why? Crude Oil prices WTI and Brent fell sharply during the Asian session. Investors failed to prevent losses in crude oil price...

Asian Currencies Gain as Dollar Weakens on Fed Afterglow Huileng Tan @huileng_tan...

Dollar Heads for Biggest Quarterly Loss in Five Years on Yellen Lilian Karunungan and Chikako Mog Commodity currencies gain on signs U.S...

CAD: Setting Up for Real GDP (January) – TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that strong activity-level data will lend support to what should be a stellar month for the Canadian economy. Key Quotes “Real industry-level GDP is forecast to grow at an above-consensus 0...

USD/JPY: Further Downside Expects Below 111.97 – Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, believes the pair could re-test 110.67 in case it breaks below 111.97. Key Quotes “USD/JPY’s correction higher has failed at the top of a 6 week channel at 113...

EUR/JPY Testing Lows Around 127.00 The overnight decline in EUR/JPY seems to have met buyers in the 127.00 neighbourhood, pushing the cross back to 127.10/55...

GBP/USD Hourly 50-MA is Back as Resistance in Early Europe GBP/USD drifted lower in Asia, re-establishing hourly 50-MA as resistance ahead of BOE Carney’s speech and UK GDP release. Focus on Carney Governor Carney’s comments are scheduled to hit the wires well ahead of the UK GDP release...

USD/CAD Stalls Recovery from 5-Month Lows Near 1.3010 The USD/CAD pair stalls its overnight recovery mode near 1.3011, and now consolidates around 1.30 handle amid lower oil prices and a broadly higher greenback. USD/CAD retreats from 5-month lows Currently, the USD/CAD pair gains 0.26% to 1...

US: Stronger ADP Report Confirms Robust Labour Market Conditions - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, notes that the ADP report for March showed jobs rose 200k - a touch higher than expectations (195k) and confirming that the labour market remains robust...

Sustained NZD Run Up will Become Problematic for the Export Sector - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the NZD has crept back in focus for exporters and the RBNZ alike. Key Quotes “For exporters the run back up above NZDUSD 0.69 and to 73.3 on the NZD TWI is proving eye watering...

Developed Economies Have Been Resilient to the Deflationary Wave – Fidelity Dominic Rossi, Global Chief Investment Officer at Fidelity International, suggests that at the same time as financial conditions ease, it’s becoming increasingly clear that developed economies have actually weathered the...

The Third Wave of Deflation is Over – Fidelity Dominic Rossi, Global Chief Investment Officer at Fidelity International, suggests that the developed economies have stood up well to the latest wave of deflation emanating from emerging economies that has seen a combined volume and price shock depre...

BOJ’s Kuroda Says Not Conducting Monetary Policy to Underwrite Govt Debt Comments from BOJ Governor Kuroda crossing the wires yet again, as his speech to the upper house financial affairs committee continues...

Fed Evans Backed Yellen’s Case for a Gradual Rate Rise - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the post-Yellen USD sell off continued overnight following comments from Chicago Fed President Evans which backed Yellen’s case for a gradual approach to rises in the funds rate this year...