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Gold maintained its strong bid tone for the second consecutive session on Tuesday and climbed to seven-week tops, around the $1490 region in the last hour.
READ MOREEUR/USD is seen breaking its Asian bearish consolidation phase to the upside in early European trading, as the bulls yearn to regain the...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Monday, December 23:
READ MOREWith the political tension between the US and Beijing likely to stop the economies from any longer future trade relations, the latest news of nearness to signing phase-one seems to have largely been ignored by the Asian traders....
READ MOREThe US economy looks resilient despite never-ending trade war concerns, President Trump’s impeachment process, and softer economic data as investors take comfort that the Fed is on hold...
READ MOREAn Analyst at Commerzbank, explains that GBP/USD probes the October 21 and 31 highs at 1.3013/1.2976 which are to offer support...
READ MOREIn view of Axel Rudolph, analyst at Commerzbank, EUR/USD’s recent failure at the October and November highs at 1.1175/80 has taken it back to the 1.1116/01 December 4 high and December 13 low.
READ MOREPressure on China's economy could be even bigger next year, China's Premier Li Keqiang told the state media on Thursday...
READ MOREThe Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor H. Kuroda is on the wires now, via Reuters, addressing the post-monetary policy press conference...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Thursday, December 19:
READ MOREAnalyst at Commerzbank, suggests that EUR/GBP cross swiftly bounced off its current December low at .8239 and is now retesting the November low and ...
READ MOREFormer European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi was on the wires last minutes, speaking at the ECB conference, where the...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Wednesday, December 18:
READ MOREAccording to the latest Reuters poll, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to roll back its massive stimulus, as its next monetary policy move amid receding expectations of further monetary policy easing.
READ MOREEUR/USD came under fresh selling pressure over the last hour and eased nearly 10 pips from the Asian range trade seen between 1.1140-1.1150 levels, mainly driven by solid rebound staged by the US dollar vs. its main competitors...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Tuesday, December 17:
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Thursday, December 12:
READ MOREAxel Rudolph, analyst at Westpac, points out that EUR/USD has broken through the five month downtrend line at 1.1105 and thus targets the 200 day moving average at 1.1154 and also the October high at 1.1180...
READ MOREGold lacked any firm directional bias and seesawed between tepid gains/minor losses, around the $1463-66 region through the early European session on Wednesday...
READ MOREAhead of the highly anticipated FOMC decision, scheduled later during the US session on Wednesday, Mikael Olai Milhøj – Senior Analyst at Danske Bank – offered his take on the US central bank's near-term monetary policy outlook...
READ MOREForex today witnessed some volatility early in Wednesday’s Asian trading, in the face of increased odds of a hung UK parliament and New Zealand’s (NZ) Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Update while uncertainty on the Dec 15. US tariffs kept the moves in check...
READ MORETrade hopes were boosted by comments from the US and China earlier in the week, only to be stamped out after the signing of an American law that supports Hong The upcoming week is going to be a wild ride for those of us in the ...
READ MOREThe USD/JPY pair extended the overnight rejection slide from the 109.00 handle and remained under some selling pressure for the second consecutive session on Friday...
READ MOREEUR/USD manages well to keep business in the upper end of the range around the 1.1100 handle so far on Friday...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Friday, December 6:
READ MOREAccording to the latest headlines floating on the wires, citing two sources familiar with the matter, OPEC and its allies were said to discuss deeper oil cuts of more than 400k bpd as the main scenario...
READ MOREGold struggled to capitalize on the attempted intraday positive move and is currently placed near the lower end of its daily range, around the $1475 region...
READ MOREForex today was a quiet Asian affair, as markets absorbed the latest trade deal optimism with a pinch of salt. The Asian equities traded firmer following the positive Wall Street lead. However, the US equity futures and Treasury yields traded on the back foot that kept the US dollar weaker against most majors, except for the Aussie dollar.
READ MOREMitul Kotecha, senior emerging markets strategist at TD Securities, points out that there was slight improvement in Asia's manufacturing PMI's in November, with all but two (Thailand and Philippines) rising...
READ MOREMitul Kotecha, senior emerging markets strategist at TD Securities, points out that there was slight improvement in Asia's manufacturing PMI's in November, with all but two (Thailand and Philippines) rising.
READ MORE“Bank of Canada is widely expected to leave rates unchanged at today's interim monetary policy meeting. Things are slowly shaping up for an easing of monetary policy and with one full cut priced for 2020, markets will look for confirmation.”
READ MOREDeutsche Bank analysts note that the US manufacturing PMI was revised up 0.4pts to 52.6, which matches the April levels once again...
READ MOREGold failed to capitalize on its recent recovery and fell back into the red zone on Tuesday, in response to the broad-based US dollar come back from weekly lows amid a bounce in the US Treasury yields...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Tuesday, December 3:
READ MOREMatthew Hassan – Chief Economist at Westpac Banking Corporation – offered his take on Monday's disappointing Aussie housing market data, wherein building approvals recorded a drop of 8.1% in October as compared to the previous month's downwardly revised gain of 7.2%...
READ MOREThe Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and a manufacturing trade body, Make UK, have made downward revisions to their 2020 UK growth forecasts amid looming Brexit risks and bleak global economic outlook, per Reuters...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Monday, December 2:
READ MORETrade hopes were boosted by comments from the US and China earlier in the week, only to be stamped out after the signing of an American law that supports Hong Kong autonomy was criticized by China bowing retaliation. The prolonged trade war has...
READ MOREMore comments flowing in from the BOJ Governor Kuroda, as he downplays expectations of further monetary policy easing at present...
READ MOREEUR/USD keeps orbiting around the 1.10 handle at the end of the week amidst anaemic trade conditions and marginal volatility...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Friday, November 29, Black Friday:
READ MOREThe AUD/USD pair dropped to fresh six-week tops during the Asian session on Thursday, albeit now seems to have found some support ahead of mid-0.6700s...
READ MORESpeaking to reporters in early Europe on Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and Bank of France Head Villeroy de Galhau said that the Euro area suffered most from external uncertainty this year...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Thursday, November 28:
READ MORE“If Trump administration refuses to roll back high tariffs, the vast number of American farmers could face a loss of exports to the Chinese market, and the loss could be permanent if the trade war lingers longer,” the Chinese highly-read news publication...
READ MOREKaren Jones, analyst at Commerzbank, suggests that EUR/USD is offered near term and attention is on the 1.0989 mid-November low and whilst it holds, last week’s high at 1.1097 may be revisited, a rise above which would have the 1.1180 October high in its sights...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Wednesday, November 27:
READ MORESenior economist at ABN AMRO, suggests that cutting through the noise of the many recent developments in the UK, by far the most important for the economic outlook has been the significant fall in the chance of a no-deal, disorderly Brexit...
READ MOREEUR/USD is trading just above 1.10, looking for a new direction amid contradicting trade headlines. Which direction will it choose? The downside seems more appealing.
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Tuesday, November 26:
READ MOREAccording to Senior FICC Technical Analyst at Commerzbank, the pair could still attempt a test of the boundaries of 1.1100 while above the 1.0989 level...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Monday, November 25:
READ MORERisk-on sentiment dominated the Asian trades at the start of a fresh week, as markets rejoiced the renewed trade optimism following the upbeat remarks from both the US and Chinese officials...
READ MOREFinancial markets were told we have a phase-one trade deal six weeks ago, but US legislation supporting Hong Kong protesters and disagreements on tariff rollbacks have raised the risk of complete setback in trade talks...
READ MOREAccording to flash data from CME Group for JPY futures markets, open interest went up for the third session in a row on Thursday, now by just 396 contracts. Volume, instead, reversed the previous build and shrunk by around 7.4K contracts...
READ MOREWhile delivering a key note address at the European Banking Congress, in Frankfurt, on Friday, the new European Central Bank (ECB) President Lagarde said: “We face a global environment that is marked by uncertainty”...
READ MOREThe German manufacturing sector contraction slowed in November, the preliminary manufacturing activity report from IHS/Markit research showed this Friday...
READ MOREEUR/USD maintains the sideline theme in the upper end of the weekly range in the 1.1080/90 band amidst a steady greenback...
READ MOREGold edged lower through the Asian session on Thursday and is currently placed near the lower end of its daily trading range, around the $1470 region...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Thursday, November 21:
READ MOREGold technical analysis: $1,475 continues to cap upside...
READ MOREFollowing a few quiet days on the data front, the Riksbank is set to present its Financial Stability report today...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Wednesday, November 20:
READ MOREDollar/yen has been on the back foot amid doubts that the US and China are able to strike a trade deal. Looking at the charts, the technical battle lines are well-drawn...
READ MOREReuters reports the latest tanker data from sources, showing that OPEC’s share of India’s oil imports hit the monthly lowest since at least 2011...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Tuesday, November 19:
READ MOREThe AUD/USD pair struggled to capitalize on the previous session's goodish recovery move and remained depressed through the early European session on Monday...
READ MOREAccording to analysts at ANZ, the RBNZ, RBA, and the Federal Reserve have all now joined the Texas Hold’em club, betting – for now – on previous rate cuts doing the job...
READ MOREEconomist at UOB Group, gave her views on the latest releases in the UK docket and the BoE event...
READ MOREThe USD/JPY pair caught some fresh bids on Tuesday and has now moved well within the striking distance of multi-month tops set last week...
READ MOREDanske Bank analysts suggest that following the dovish policy signal sent by Bank of England last week, they now expect it to deliver a 25bp cut at its next 'big' ...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Tuesday, November 12:
READ MOREAfter a brief test of daily highs around 1.1030, EUR/USD has now re-shifted its focus to the lower end of the range in the 1.1020 zone...
READ MOREGold prices edged higher on the first day of a new trading week and recovered a part of the previous session's slide to three-month lows, though lacked any strong bullish conviction.
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Monday, November 11:
READ MOREThis week has been a little slow, trade deal speculation and baffling UK election gaffs aside. There’s a lot more economic data to come over the next week, with particular focus it seems on the ...
READ MOREAnalyst at Westpac, points out that the RBA embraced the opportunity of the FOMC’s guidance of a sustained pause in rate-cutting to not only hold its cash rate steady at 0.75% but to make clear that it expects to hold again in December...
READ MOREThe latest European Central Bank (ECB) Economic Bulletin is surprisingly upbeat. The ECB have stated that incoming data and survey results point to moderate but positive growth in the second half of 2019...
READ MOREGold edged higher on Wednesday and recovered a part of the overnight sharp fall to three-week lows, albeit seemed struggling to capitalize on the attempted bounce...
READ MOREIn opinion of FX Strategists at UOB Group, EUR/USD could now slip back and test the 1.10 region in the next weeks.
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Wednesday, November 6:
READ MOREOPEC forecasts global oil demand to rise to 103.9 million bpd (mbpd) by 2023 and raised its mid-term outlook for non-OPEC oil supply growth for 2019...
READ MOREFX Strategists at UOB Group noted further upside in EUR/USD appears to be losing some traction...
READ MOREMitul Kotecha, senior emerging markets strategist at TD Securities, suggests that their composite GDP weighted Asia manufacturing PMI measure recorded a renewed slip into contraction in October while the average Asia PMI measure remained in contraction for a fifth straight month...
READ MOREAnalysts at TD Securities point out that Christine Lagarde makes her first speech tonight since taking over as ECB President on the 1st of the month.
READ MORERabobank analysts are expecting the Bank of England to leave the policy rate unchanged at 0.75% on Thursday 7 November...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Monday, November 4:
READ MOREThe upcoming week will focus heavily on incremental trade updates, German economic data, an RBA rate decision, Bank of England policy meeting that comes with updated economic forecasts and the beginning of campaign season for Britain’s first December general election since 1923. While investors are...
READ MOREThe buying interest around the single currency remains well and sound so far this week, with EUR/USD meandering the upper end of the range around 1.1170...
READ MORESenior Economist at UOB Group Alvin Liew reviewed the recent FOMC event, where the Committee reduced the FFTR by 25 bps...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Friday, November 1:
READ MOREEUR/USD keeps the solid pace in the 1.1170 region on Thursday following key releases in Euroland...
READ MOREAccording to a Senior Currency Strategist at Westpac – the combination of the FOMC and BoJ meetings really should have supported USD/JPY....
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Thursday, October 31:
READ MOREToday, world markets are keenly awaiting the outcome of the all-important Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) monetary policy decision for the month of October, which will be...
READ MOREIn opinion of FX Strategists at UOB Group, the upside momentum in EUR/USD could extend to the 1.1180 region....
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Wednesday, October 30:
READ MOREFX Strategists at UOB Group noted the bullish outlook on EUR/USD appears to have lost some momentum despite a test of 1.1180 still remains on the cards...
READ MORERabobank analysts are expecting the Bank of Canada to leave the policy rate unchanged at 1.75% on 30th October...
READ MOREHere is what you need to know on Tuesday, October 29:
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