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BOJ's Funo - Next Easing May Not be a Rate Cut Bank of Japan board member Yukitoshi Funo was back on the wires stating the next policy easing may not necessarily be a rate cut...

EUR/USD is Undergoing Broad Consolidation - SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, suggests that after testing key levels 1.06/1.05 last year, EUR/USD is undergoing broad consolidation. Key Quotes “1.06/1.05 will decide about next leg of down cycle...

Bangladesh Bank Weighs Lawsuit Against NY Fed Over Hack Dhaka: Bangladesh's central bank has hired a US lawyer for a potential lawsuit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after hackers stole US$81 million from its account with the NY Fed, according to an internal report by the Bangladesh...

FXWIREPRO: AUD/JPY Breaks Minor Trendline Resistance at 85.40, Good to Buy Dips RBA more cautious about talking down the AUD which partly disaapointed Aussie bears...

China: Not Engaging in Currency War - ING Prakash Sakpal, Economist at ING, suggests that their baseline is that the PBOC continues to manage the fixing “with reference to a basket of currencies” and their yearend USDCNY forecast is 6.65...

FXWIREPRO: EUR/GBP Trading Just Shy of the 0.79 Handle, Sees Strong Resistance at 0.7911 Pound sterling likely to remain under pressure as terrorism attacks in Brussels fuelled risk of a Brexit...

FXWIREPRO: NZD/USD Holds Above 10-Dma Support at 0.6728, Bias Lower NZD/USD was rejected at day's high by 0.6769, and has slipped lower to currently trade at 0.6737 levels. 10-DMA at 0.6728 is strong support for the pair, breaks below could see downside resume...

Gold Falls Sharply, Testing $1,231.00 Area Gold has seen a ferocious sell-off worth over $15.00 from over $1,250.00 at the beginning of Asia, all the way down to currently test $1,231.00, level where a strong short liquidation originated following the dovish FOMC last week. Gold overbought...

Turkey: Security Threats and Policy Uncertainty Call for Bearish Outlook - TDS Cristian Maggio, Head of Emerging Markets Strategy at TD Securities, notes that the Turkey suffered a sixth deadly attack on 19 March, the second in Istanbul this year...

EUR/USD Faced With 1.12 Key Support EUR/USD has been consolidating in Asian trade, last exchanging hands just above the 1.12 handle, an area that was old resistance and that has not turned key support after the successful bullish rotation higher during March 16-17th...

Eurozone: Better than Expected Flash PMIs - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the flash PMI from the euro area was slightly better than expected. Key Quotes “The preliminary March manufacturing reading was 51.4. This is in line with expectations and a little higher than the 51.2 in February...

RBA did not Talk Down the AUD - TDS Research Team at TDS, notes that yesterday’s RBA Stevens’ ASIC opening remarks were familiar, i.e. economy adjusting well but scope to ease. Key Quotes “Upbeat (as is usual for him when solo) is because it's "zeitgeist to look for downside...

USD: Hawkish Fed Comments have Limited Impact on Sceptical Market - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the US dollar failed to derive much support from the recent more hawkish Fed comments highlighting that the market is more even more sceptical now that the Fed will follow th...

UK Headline Inflation Slightly Weaker Than Market Expectations - TDS Research Team at TDS, notes that the UK February CPI release was in line with their expectations. Key Quotes “As the headline came in slightly weaker than the market expected, remaining unchanged at 0...

RBA More Cautious About Talking Down the AUD – MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, suggests that the weakening global growth outlook and likelihood that China’s economy will continue to slow in the coming years does not appear to provide strong foundations for a sustainable and broad-base...

German IFO Surprises in March - ING Carsten Brzeski, Research Analyst at ING, suggests that what initially was supposed to be a big day of German economic sentiment data, with releases of the three most prominent confidence indicators on one morning, has all of a sudden and tragically become a sa...

FXWIREPRO: USD/KRW Hovers Just Above Key Support Level at 1153, Intraday Bias Remains Bearish USD/KRW is currently trading around 1156 levels. It made intraday high at 1157 and low at 1155 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 1164 levels...

Fitch: China Banks' Profitability Pressures to Continue in 2016 Major Chinese banks' results for 2015, which are due to be released next week, should show continued subdued earnings growth amid margin compression and asset deterioration, says Fitch Ratings...

FXWIREPRO: AUD/NZD Hits Key Resistance at 1.1298, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish AUD/NZD is currently trading around 1.1306 levels. Pair made intraday high at 1.1309 and low at 1.1269 marks. Intraday bias remains bullish for the moment. Pair fails to fall below key support at 1...

Moody's: New Zealand Covered Bond Performance Stable in Q4 2015 Moody's says that the performance of New Zealand's covered bond programmes was stable during Q4 2015...