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RBA to Remain on Hold as Downside Risks Ease - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, had revised their rate profile and now expect the RBA to remain on hold at 2% this year and next...

GBP/USD – Rejected at 10-DMA, Eyes UK Data GBP/USD’s attempt at recovering Friday’s loss ran out of steam near 5-DMA of 1.4241 in Asia and the spot is now trading around 1.4225 levels; largely unchanged on the day...

RBA Likely to Highlight its Reluctance to Cut - TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that tomorrow we have RBA meet...

New Zealand’s PM Key: Yellen Doesn’t See an Enormous Amount of Pressure to Raise Rates in a Hurry Speaking at a press conference, New Zealand PM John Key commented on the Fed interest rates stance...

Asian Shares Firm After Solid U.S. Jobs Data, Dollar Soft Asian share prices held firm on Monday after solid U.S. payroll data underpinned investor risk sentiment while dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen the previous week kept the U.S. dollar in check...

USD/JPY Struggling to Extend Recovery Beyond 111.50 The USD/JPY pair is seen treading water around the mid-point of 111 handle, making minor recovery attempts from session lows amid mixed sentiment persisting on the markets...

AUD: Not a Rate Cut Trigger - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the RBA board meeting tomorrow will be the main focus this week. Key Quotes “We (and the market) are expecting rates to remain on hold at 2% as global and domestic economic conditions have recently been tracking reasonably well...

Yen Rises Against Majors The Japanese yen strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The yen rose to nearly a 5-week high of 158.43 against the pound and a 2-week high of 111.32 against the U.S. dollar, from last week's closing quotes of 158.69 and 111...

Iran’s Oil Exports Jump Ahead of Producers’ Freeze Talks - WSJ As reported by WSJ on Monday, Iran’s oil minister on Sunday noted that the country’s oil exports jumped again in March, potentially undermining a global deal to limit crude output and raise prices...

Australia Job Ads Rise In March: ANZ Job advertisements in Australia increased in March after falling in the previous month, latest survey from the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group revealed Monday. Total job ads climbed a seasonally adjusted 0...

Australian Dollar Falls Against Majors The Australian dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The Australian dollar fell to an 8-day low of 85.02 against the yen, from last week's closing value of 85.69. The aussie dropped to 1...

Australia February Retail Sales Unchanged On Month Retail sales in Australia were relatively flat on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. That was well shy of forecasts for an increase of 0.4 percent following the 0...

AUD/JPY: Bears Attacking 85.00 on Poor Aus Retail Trade The Australian dollar continues to get heavily battered in the Asian session on awful Australian data, now pushing AUD/JPY lower to test 85 handle. AUD/JPY revisiting daily lows The AUD/JPY pair now drops -0.69% to 85...

NZD/USD Under Pressure Below 0.69 on Lower Oil The NZD/USD pair is seen trading with a heavy tone in the Asian session, with the prices surrendering 0.69 handle amid weakness across the commodities’ space. NZD/USD recovers from 0...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: April 04 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a bullish momentum last week topped at 1.1437. The bias is neutral in nearest term probably with a little bullish bias testing 1.1500 area which remains a good place to sell with a tight stop loss...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: April 04 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD attempted to push higher last week topped at 1.4459 but whipsawed to the downside and closed lower at 1.4223. The bias is bearish in nearest term especially if price able to make a clear break below 1.4200 testing 1.4120...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: April 04 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY had a bearish momentum last week bottomed at 111.58 and hit 111.31 earlier today. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 110.96 key support which is a good place to buy with a tight stop loss...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: April 04 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF had a bearish momentum last week bottomed at 0.9553. The bias is bearish in nearest term especially if price able to make a clear break and consistent movement below 0.9570 testing 0.9475. Immediate resistance is seen around 0.9625...

Japanese Firms’ Long-Term Inflation Expectations Weakened in March According to the latest Japanese Corporate Price Expectations survey, Japan’s companies see falling inflation expectations, which raised doubts whether the BOJ’s stimulus measures are yielding the expected results...

Asian Stocks Track Wall Street Higher After US Jobs Renewed optimism hit the Asian stock markets this Monday following better than expected US jobs data, and triggered a relief rally in the regions’ indices after last week’s steep declines...