Negative movements dominated the British pound against its Japanese counterpart after hitting the resistance level of 163.60, which forced the pair to trade with clear negativity again, to witness the stability of the current movement around the lowest level during early trading at 162.10. On the technical side, today, we …
Read More »CAD is under selling pressure 5/5/2022
The Canadian dollar declined noticeably after several days of consecutive ascent after it succeeded in recording its highest levels around the psychological barrier of 1.2900. Technically, we find that the pair failed to stabilize for a long time above 1.2900 and failed to maintain the trading level above 1.2750. With …
Read More »GBP testing support 5-5-2022
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Read More »Gold breaks through the resistance, may witness a recovery 5/5/2022
There was a noticeable rush in the yellow metal’s prices during the last session’s trading, trying to compensate for its previous losses, to witness the current movements of intraday stability above the resistance level of 1890. On the technical side today, and by looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice …
Read More »The Euro is temporarily rising 5/5/2022
A positive trading session dominated the EUR/USD moves despite the Fed’s 50bp hike in interest rates, the most significant rate hike in 20 years. Technically, we find the euro building on the psychological barrier’s 1.0500 support floor, in addition to breaching the 1.0530 level and by looking closely at the …
Read More »European Central Bank Preview
For the ECB, the latest Eurozone data provide a discomforting combination of record-high inflation and slow first-quarter growth. The level and widespread nature of the former are forcing the central bank to act, and markets are now pricing in 90 bp of rate hikes this year, although the latter provides …
Read More »BoE Preview: Forecasts From Four Major Banks
Wells Fargo “For May, the consensus forecast (and Wells Fargo forecast) is for the BoE to deliver another 25 bps hike, which would take the policy rate to 1.00%. We expect the BoE’s economic projection to include an upward revision to its CPI inflation forecast and a downward revision to …
Read More »Canada: International trade surplus falls in March
According to the latest figures released on Tuesday by Statistics Canada, the Canadian Trade surplus fell unexpectedly to C$2.49B in March from C$3.08B a month earlier versus expectations for a rise to C$3.9B. Exports were up 6.3% MoM to C$63.63B from C$59.84 a month earlier, while imports were up 7.7% …
Read More »US: Private sector employment rises in April
Private sector employment in the US rose by 247,000 in April, well below the expected gain of 395,000 jobs, according to US payroll company ADP’s latest estimate of national employment change released on Wednesday. That marked a sharp decline in the rate of job gains after 479,000 were added to the US …
Read More »The dollar continues to decline from the highest level in 20 years
On Wednesday, the dollar index continued to retreat from its highest level in 20 years after it had already digested expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by half a point later on Wednesday and about 250 basis points by the end of the year. Currency markets are …
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