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Euro Area's Headline Inflation to Remain Around Zero in Q2 and Rise Higher in H2 2016 In March, euro area’s headline CPI inflation returned to 0% y/y after dropping into negative territory in the previous month...

European Bonds Climb on Doha Worries, Chinese Slowdown The European bonds gained on Friday as angst rose among investors about the Doha talks and slowdown in Chinese Q1 GDP figure. The benchmark German 10-year bonds yield, which is inversely proportional to bond price fell 14.63 pct to 0...

EUR/USD Keeps Gains after US Data The European currency extends its positive momentum vs. the US dollar today, now taking EUR/USD to the 1.1280/85 band. EUR/USD bid after US data disappoints Spot has gathered further traction after today’s US releases have missed expectations...

GBP/USD Regains Poise After Horrible US Data A sharper-than-expected contraction in the US industrial production is boding well for GBP/USD, which is back above hourly 200-MA level of 1.4162 following the data release. Supported by 38.2% Fibo The pair slumped to near 1.4154 (38.2% of 1.4669-1...

BTC/USD Breaks Major Resistance $428, Targets $448/$465 Major Resistance - $428 BTC/USD has broken major resistance $428 and jumped till $428.53 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around $428.53. Minor trend is bullish as long as support $415 (55 day 4H EMA) holds...

USD/JPY: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 15.04 – 22.04 USD/JPY: The pair is undergoing correction. A chance of decline remains. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 110.72. Our opinion: Sell the pair from correction below the level of 110.72 with the targets of 106.60 – 106.00...

USD/CHF: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 15.04 – 22.04 USD/CHF: The pair is likely to grow within correction. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 0.9489. Our opinion: Buy the pair from correction above the level of 0.9489 with the target of 0.99 – 1.00...

AUD: Aussie Summer is Over, Back to Work – Westpac Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that the AUD has found some good news as the NAB Australian business survey produced an improvement in both confidence and in trading conditions in March...

GBP/USD: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 15.04 – 22.04 GBP/USD: Downtrend continues. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.4352. Our opinion: Sell the pair from correction below the level of 1.4352 with the target of 1.36 – 1.34...

EUR/USD: Wave Analysis and Forecast for 15.04 – 22.04 EUR/USD: The pair is undergoing correction. Uptrend continues. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.1140. Our opinion: Buy the pair above the level of 1.1140 with the target of 1.16 – 1.1750...

EuroStoxx50: ECB Meeting Devoted to Monetary Policy It seems that anticipation of the outcome of the meeting of Big 20, which started today and will continue at the weekend, affects not only the currency market buy a stock market as well...

Brent: In Anticipation of the Meeting in Doha In anticipation of the outcome of the meeting of the leading oil producing countries in Doha this weekend, volatility in the oil market has been high in the last two days. The price of crude oil Brent is in the narrow range of 43.80 USD per barrel...

USD/CAD Nears 1.29 as Oil Drops Offered tone around CAD gathered pace, pushing USD/CAD near 1.29 handle as oil prices dropped on caution ahead of producer’s meeting to be held over the weekend. Output freeze unlikely to help CAD...

EUR/USD Firmer, 1.13 on Sight? The common currency is now picking up pace vs. the greenback, lifting EUR/USD to print daily highs near 1.1290...

NZD/USD Further Gains Seen Above 0.6965/70 – UOB According to analysts at UOB Group, the Kiwi dollar could extend he upside after a surpass of the 0.6965/70 band. Key Quotes “As highlighted yesterday, only a clear move above the 0.6965/70 resistance would indicate the start of a bullish phase”...

FxWirePro: NZD/JPY Recovers Most of Previous Week's Losses, Stays capped Below Daily Cloud NZD/JPY extends gains on the day, erasing most of Thursday's losses. Renewed risk-on wave in the markets on positive data supporting the higher-yielding currencies...

NZD/USD Jumps 1% on Profit-Taking, Upbeat China Data The NZD/USD pair extends its recovery mode into the European session, with the bulls unstoppable taking the prices beyond 0.69 handle. NZD/USD: Thursday’s slide reversed Currently, the NZD/USD pair jumps 1.10% to fresh two-day highs of 0...

G20: No Currency Accord to Weaken the US Dollar - MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that the gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in Washington over the weekend will take place...

USD/JPY Drops to Lows Near 109.00 The greenback is now losing the grip vs. the Japanese currency, dragging USD/JPY to test lows in the 109.00 area...