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Japan's Manufacturing Activity Will Likely Contract This Quarter Data released earlier today by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) showed that Japanese industrial output fell sharply in February, falling by fastest rate since 2011...

An Upbeat Employment Report Could Keep Alive Expectations of June Fed Hike March non-farm payrolls will be the key release this week (Fri), and the ADP employment report on Wednesday will be watched for clues...

Brexit Spilling Over to Real Economy Yet? - Scotiabank Shaun Osborne Chief FX Strategist at FXStreet explained that the GBP has failed to emerge from the shadow of the “Brexit” debate to take fuller advantage of the weaker USD...

AUD/USD Bulls Tiring at Option Barrier Level AUD/USD bulls are losing their commitments at the 0.77 handle. AUD/USD has been in a bullish trend since since 24th March, drifting initially from 0...

U.S. Economy Requires a Hike in June - BBH Analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman explained that the US economy has evolved largely as the Federal Reserve anticipated. Key Quotes: "The slowdown in Q4 2015 was temporary; the underpinnings of the economy remain firm...

USD/CAD Falls Below 1.3000 to 5-Month Lows USD/CAD broke below 1.3000 and accelerated the decline. It bottomed at 1.2911, hitting the lowest level since October. The pair then rebounded as crude oil trimmed gains. Currently is trading at 1.2985/90, a hundred pips below yesterday’s closing price...

EUR/USD Hits 7-Week Highs EUR/USD gained momentum after the beginning of the American session and climbed to 1.1364, hitting the strongest level since February 11. The rally stopped just a few pips below 2016 highs that were reached at 1.1375...

WTI Eyes $40.00 on EIA Report The barrel of West Texas Intermediate is advancing further on Wednesday, currently up more than 3% and posting daily highs near $39.80. WTI up post-EIA report Prices for the barrel of American light sweet crude have ticked higher after inventories have increased by 2...

USD/CHF Trade Idea Major support – 0.9630 (trend line joining 0.91136 and 0.9257) The pair has broken minor support 0.9680 and declined till 0.96432 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around 0.96516. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 0.9630 holds...

U.S. Treasury Climbs on Fed Interest Rate Caution The U.S. sovereign bonds price rallied on Wednesday, pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note to a 1-month low, as investors cheered Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s cautious stance in raising interest rates...

Yellen Added Fresh Fuel to the Dollar’s Correction - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the Yellen came across very dovish in her speech yesterday as she mentioned the need for "gradual" rate hikes numerous times...

Dovish Yellen Reignited Positive Sentiment in the Market - Rabobank Piotr Matys, EM FX Strategist at Rabobank, notes that the dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reignited positive sentiment in the market...

German CPI Preview: What to Expect of EUR/USD? The bid tone surrounding the EUR/USD pair weakened a bit over the last hours as the broad US dollar selling stalled. Although the prices kept range and now consolidates the upside around 1.1320 ahead of key macro releases from both continents...

US: Focus will be on the ADP Employment – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that in the US the focus will be on the ADP employment change reading for March as a prelude for the Friday employment report, with market expectations currently sitting at 195k...

Gold Surrenders Gains, Flirts with Hourly 200-MA Gold is threatening to drop below hourly 200-MA level of $1236.57 ahead of the data in the US, which could show private sector employment growth slowed in February. Gold to snap two-day winning streak...

US: Yellen Manages to Up Her Dovishness Even Further - MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, notes that the Fed Chair Yellen managing to escalate her dovish stance even further with comments yesterday that would make you wonder what it is that Chair Yellen knows that we all don’t...

XAU/USD: Risks for Economic Growth in the USA Yesterday’s speech by the head of the US fed Janet Yellen obviously disappointed market participants, as it indicated that chances of the interest rate increase in the USA in April are low...

Analytical Review of the Currency Pair GBP/USD Technical data of the currency pair: Previous closing: 1.4385; Daily range: 1.4369-1.4434; Opening: 1.4385...

Euro Zone Sentiment Sours Despite Being captured Before Brussels Attack Euro Zone sentiment report showed confidence tilted despite additional stimulus from European Central Bank. Moreover the data were collected before recent terror attack on Brussels...