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US Retail Sales Fail to Pick Up Momentum in March - ING Rob Carnell, Chief International Economist at ING, notes that the US retail sales fall 0.3% mom in March, while the "core" rises only 0.1% mom...

FXWIREPRO: Cyclical Effects Between Uk Inflation-Brexit- BoE- GBP The inflation continues its global trend higher with UK and Sweden following the preliminary German and EU reads higher. U.K. Consumer prices went up 0.5% YoY in March of 2016 which is on track of BoE's target of 2%, following a 0...

GBP/USD Trade Idea Major Support – 1.4185 (200 day MA) Cable has recovered yesterday after making a low of 1.41965 (near 200 HMA) .It is currently trading around 1.42391. Intraday trend is slightly bullish as long as support 1.4185 holds. Any break below 1.4185 will drag the pair down till 1...

US Dollar Near 94.50, Off Highs Post-US Data The greenback, tracked by the US Dollar Index, has lost some momentum following the release of US data, leaving behind session highs near 94.70...

GBP/USD –Confluence of Resistance Intact Despite Weak US Data GBP/USD failed to take out confluence of technical resistance around 1.4250 (hourly 50-MA+ 50-DMA + 1.4252-38.2% of 1.4669-1.3835) despite dismal US retail sales release. Hovers around 1.4240 Prices clocked a post data high of 1...

Technical Analysis of Silver for April 13, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: Silver is pulling back after hitting fresh highs at $16.20 levels yesterday. The metal is seen to be trading at $16.00 levels at this moment, and looking to drop lower towards at least $15...

USD/JPY Back to 109.00 on Poor US Data The upside in the greenback lost some momentum following US data, with USD/JPY returning to the 109.00 neighbourhood. USD/JPY down from 109.40 The pair has faded the spike to fresh 4-day highs near 109...

EUR/USD Moves Off Lows after US Retail Sales EUR/USD moved off daily lows and trimmed intraday losses following the release of disappointing US retail sales and producer prices data. US retail sales fell 0.3% to a seasonally adjusted $446.89 billion in March, missing expectations of a 0...

US Retail Sales Unexpectedly Dropped in March Official data released in the US today showed retail sales unexpectedly dropped in March. Retails sales fell 0.3% m/m in March, compared to an expected rise of 0.1% following an upwardly revised February figure of 0.0%. Retail sales ex autos rose 0...

EUR/NZD Analysis for April 13, 2016 Recently, EUR/NZD has been moving downwards. As I had expected, the price tested the level of 1.6319 in a high volume. EUR/NZD has broken the upward channel. According to the H4 time frame, watch only for selling opportunities on rallies...

Oil in Global Economy Series: Future of Oil can be Seen in Present of Coal If I would have told you back in 2008, a company whose share price was trading at $1260, would go to zero in next eight years, you would have called me crazy, if I would have told you again in 2011 the same thing, when sha...

No Takers for Gold Amid Dollar and Equity Rally Risk-on rally in the equity markets and dollar strength is keeping investors away from Gold, owing to which prices fell to a low of $1240 ahead of the US data release...

USD/JPY Downside Appears Limited – UOB Analysts at UOB Group see the pair’s decline as limited in the near term. Key Quotes “As highlighted in recent updates, while the next significant support is much lower at 106...

EUR/USD Buy the Dip? – Westpac According to strategists at Westpac, the current dip in the pair could represent a buying opportunity. Key Quotes “EUR/USD likely handicapped at least temporarily into next week by the upcoming ECB meeting (April 21)”...

BoC and US Retail Sales in Focus - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the North American session features US retail sales and PPI, the Bank of Canada meeting, and the Beige Book later in the session. Key Quotes “After yesterday’s unexpected 6...

CAD: Room for Optimism? - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that the CAD has this week rallied to its best level vs. the USD since July 2015 and the recent gains in the oil price have been a big incentive for the CAD...

EUR: Flirting with the Month Long Range - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the euro has yet to convincingly breakout of the range that has confined it this month and that would require a break of the $1.1300 area...

USD/JPY Eyes 112.00 in the Near Term – Westpac According to strategists at Westpac, the pair remains poised to test the 112.00 area in a month’s view...

GBP/USD Outlook Turned to Neutral – UOB The research team at UOB Group has shifted its focus to neutral in GBP/USD. Key Quotes “We turned neutral yesterday but were of the view that the prevalent rebound in GBP has room to extend higher to test 1.4380 and 1.4450”...