Sideways bias dominates the movements of the EURUSD, between 1.1280 and 1.1350, and the negativity remains. Technically, and carefully looking at the 240-minute chart, we notice that the 50-day moving average is still a negative pressure factor on the price, accompanied by the clear negative features on the stochastic indicator. …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 6-1-2022
Investors are still feeling their feet as the year begins and await key US data due this week. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Thursday that they will decide on a quasi-emergency declaration for parts of Japan on Friday, as reported by Reuters. A Reuters survey showed on Thursday …
Read More »US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 207K
There were 207,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending January 1, data published by the US Department of Labor (DoL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 200,000 (which was revised up from 198,000) and came in slightly above consensus market …
Read More »BOE: Output Price Inflation Seen at 4.5% to December 2022
Businesses in the UK see year-ahead output price inflation at 4.5% in the three months to December, up from 4.2% in November, the Bank of England’s (BOE) Decision Maker Panel (DMP) survey revealed on Thursday. “Annual output price inflation continued to increase in the DMP, reaching 5% on average in …
Read More »The Dollar Resumes Its Rise
The US dollar rebounded to its most recent 14-month high, as the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes reinforced expectations of a US interest rate hike in March. The minutes of the US central bank’s meeting in December revealed that officials discussed reducing the bank’s total holdings and raising interest rates …
Read More »European Shares Drop 1% After Signs of US Monetary Tightening
European shares fell more than 1% on Thursday, after indications from the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting (the US central bank) of the tendency to tighten monetary policy, which dampened the morale of investors around the world and led to turmoil in technology shares. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index …
Read More »German Factory Orders Rebound Sharply by 3.7% MoM
The German Factory Orders rebounded more than expected in November, suggesting that Europe’s economic powerhouse’s recovery in the manufacturing sector seems to have regained traction. Contracts for goods’ Made in Germany’ jumped 3.7% on the month vs. 2.1% expected and -5.8% last, the latest data published by the Federal Statistics …
Read More »Gold Falls After Bond Yields Rise
Gold prices fell Thursday, January 6, as US Treasury yields rose, after the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting indicated the fastest rate hike in interest rates to curb inflation. Yields on benchmark 10-year US Treasury bonds rose to the highest level since April 2021, raising the opportunity cost …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Facing Negative Pressure 6/1/2022
The technical outlook is unchanged, and the movements of GBP/JPY did not change significantly, maintaining the bearish path as we expected, settling below 157.50. On the technical side today, we expect a bearish bias in the coming hours, based on the stability of the intraday trading below the resistance level …
Read More »Canadian Based on Support 6/1/2022
The Canadian dollar built on the pivotal support floor published during yesterday’s analysis, at 1.2670, which forced the pair to rebound to the upside to retest the psychological resistance level of 1.2800. technically, with the positive motive for the 50-day moving average, which returned to hold the price from below, …
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