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Daily Analysis of GBP/USD for April 29, 2016 The pair is still trapped in a bullish consolidation phase above the support zone of 1.4539, where the Cable did a rebound during yesterday's session. Currently, a breakout is expected to be held above the 1...

EUR/USD: Bulls Capitalize on USD Weakness, 1.14 Attack Looms... EUR/USD is easing modestly off 1...

EUR/GBP Still Struggling Below 0.7800 Handle The EUR/GBP pair on Friday is trading with minor gains near 0.7780 and is attempting a fresh move towards 0.7800 level, above which it has repeatedly struggled to sustain its strength...

EUR/JPY on the Verge as 122.00 Support Re-tested EUR/JPY, just like GBP/USD flirting with 1.4650, is also playing with fire as it re-visits a key support at the 122...

Asian Markets Mix, USD/JPY Hits Lowest Level Since October 2014 and Gold Rises to Seven Week High All the major Asian indices are trading on a mix note on the last working day of the week. Japanese banks will be closed in observance of Showa Day. Today USD/JPY falls below 107...

FxWirePro: EUR/JPY Edges Higher from Weekly Lows at 121.88, Bias Lower EUR/JPY edges higher from weekly lows at 121.88 to retake the 122 handle, but bias remains to the downside. Our previous call (http://www.econotimes...

USD/CAD Eyeing 1.2500 Level to Extend Some Support Weak USD GDP print and rising crude oil prices continued pressing the USD/CAD pair lower and the pair is now inching closer to 1.2500 handle, level that has not been tested since June 2015. From 2016 peak of 1...

USD/JPY: 200-Day MA Should Underpin Market - Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis Research at Commerzbank AG, shares her technical analysis on USD/JPY, noting that the 200 month moving average at 105.86 should underpin the market at this stage...

Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Lots of economic dockets scheduled for today and all with low to medium risks associated. Data released so far – New Zealand – ANZ activity outlook rose to 32.1% for April, compared to 29.4% prior. ANZ business confidence rose to 6.2 from 3.2 prior...

FxWirePro: NZD/JPY Sees Strong Downside Bias, Good to Sell Rallies NZD/JPY price action breaks below daily cloud and bias is strongly to the downside. The pair has broken strong trendline support at 75.70 on Thursday's trade...

FxWirePro: Spot Gold Rises 1 Pct to 7-Week High of $1,280 on Weaker Dollar, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish XAU/USD is currently trading around $1274 mark. It made intraday high at $1280 and low at $1264 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds immediate support at $1262 marks...

USD/JPY: How Far Will Flying On One Engine Get You? - Credit Agricole USD/JPY dropped sharply in response to the BoJ’s policy inaction in April. The outcome eroded the market’s belief that the BoJ will be easing anytime soon, if at all, and may argue for further JPY appreciation...

Intra-day Market Moving News and Views (USD/JPY) USD/JPY - ...... Although dlr stabilized in o/n New York after falling the most in 5-year from 111.88 (Asia) to as low as 108.88 due to surprised BoJ's unchanged monetary policy decision, price had fallen again after meeting renewed selling at 108...

JPY: All-Japan Core Inflation Rate Lower than Consensus – Nomura Research Team at Nomura, notes that in March the all-Japan core CPI (general index excluding fresh food) fell 0.3% y-y, below the consensus of -0.2% (Bloomberg survey median) and down from 0.0% in February...

NZD: RBNZ Kept Cards Close to the Chest – ANZ Research Team at ANZ, notes that the OCR was maintained at 2.25% by RBNZ and a clear easing bias was retained (“further policy easing may be required”...

US: Q1 GDP Disappoints but Household Details Show Promise – Nomura Research Team at Nomura, notes that the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that US real GDP grew by 0.5% q-o-q in Q1 2016, slightly below expectations (Nomura and Consensus: +0.7...

GBPUSD: Threatening Further Upside Short Term GBPUSD: Having GBPUSD taken back its losses to close higher on Tuesday, further bullishness is envisaged. On the downside, support lies at the 1.4550 level where a break will turn attention to the 1.4500 level. Further down, support lies at the 1...

GBP/USD Flirting with 1.4650, Highest Since Jan 6th Once Above... GBP/USD has been on a steady rise in Asia hours, with bulls currently threatening with the prospects of a break through 1...

NZD/USD Bulls Committed, Targeting 0.7025 NZD/USD is currently bid on the daily sticks and combating the downside from the 2016 highs on the 0.70 handle scored earlier in the week at 0.7053 on the back of the RBNZ staying put. NZD/USD: too high, expecting one more cut - UOB U.S...

AUD: Lower Commodity Prices Mask Iimproved Trade Integration with East Asia - NAB Research Team at NAB surveyed Australian business integration with East Asia in September 2014 and China in December 2015 and noted that the recent headline trade data indicate a reversal in the decades-long process...