Treasury Yields Rise on Oil and US Growth Prospects Treasury prices in the US fell, pushing the yields higher, tracking rise in oil prices and prospects of a pickup in the US economy. At the time of writing, US 10-yr treasury yield was up almost three basis points at 1.715...
Canada is Expected to Have Grown 10k Jobs in March - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the Canadian dollar’s advance has cut this week’s decline in half and today’s employment data will likely determine how it finishes the week...
GBP During the Campaign Period - Nomura Research Team at Nomura, suggests that currently, bookmakers’ odds imply the probability of Brexit is around 33...
Japan Reported Larger than Expected Currency Account Surplus - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that Japan did report a larger than expected February currency account surplus. Key Quotes “It rose to JPY2.435 trillion, the most since March 2015, from JPY520 bln in January...
JPY Advancing Streak has been Stopped - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the surging yen has been the main feature in the foreign exchange market in recent days, but its advancing streak has been stopped with today's setback. Key Quotes “The greenback briefly dipped below JPY 107...
UK: Manufacturing Production Fell Much Larger than Expected - TDS Research Team at TDS, notes that UK’s production in the manufacturing sector fell by a much larger than expected 1.1% in February...
ECB: Members Expressed Concerns About Further Cut in the Deposit Rate - Rabobank Stefan Koopman, Market Economist at Rabobank, suggests that there was a broad agreement among the members of the Governing Council that the inflation and growth outlook had deteriorated since the meeting in December...
JPY: Partial Reversal but Upside Risks to Persist - MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, suggests that the Japanese Finance Minister Aso spoke in early Tokyo trading today helping to stem the relentless buying of the yen, expressing concern over the “excessive” and “one-sided” moves...
Chinese FX Reserves Increase Supported by USD Weakness - Rabobank Stefan Koopman, Market Economist at Rabobank, notes that against all odds, Chinese FX reserves increased by USD 10bn, ending up at USD 3,213bn in March...
Content courtesy of Tallinex Limited https://www.tallinex.com GOLD (XAUUSD) Dominant bias: Bullish Gold is in an uptrend on the daily chart; whereas lower timeframes (such as 4-hour) confirm that there is bearish pressure on the market...
US Oil Breaks Major Trend Line Resistance, Targets $39.35/$40 Major support - $36.80 (200 day 4HMA) Major resistance - $38 (trend line joining $40.11 and $38.26) US Oil has taken support near 200 day 4H MA and recovered from that level. It is currently trading around $38.16...
Swiss Fx Reserves Increases in Past 12 Months EUR/CHF was under moderate pressure in the past few days. It is now trading much below the mark of 1.09 again. The new exchange rate regime does not work to avert increase in balance sheet of SNB, according to Commerzbank...
Oil Extends Gains, WTI Rises 3% Oil prices extended gains in Europe, with both benchmarks trading at least 3% higher on the day as traders cheered Fed’s bullish comments on economy and strong German data. At the time of writing, WTI futures were up 3.5% at $38.57/barrel. Brent futures traded 3...
US: Yellen Provides Balance to Previous Pessimism - MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, notes that the Fed Chair Yellen was last night more eager to emphasise the positives while sharing the stage with the previous three Fed Chairmen – Volker, Greenspan and Bernanke...
Asia Roundup: Antipodeans Head for Weekly Losses, Dollar steady After Hitting 17-Month Low Vs Yen - Asian Shares Extend Losses Market Roundup Japan FinMin Aso – Current FX moves one-sided, rapid moves undesirable, will take necessary steps vs FX moves as needed...
Should BoJ Intervene in Yen? We at FxWirePro, think they should not. Even if they still do, it may not yield the result they are looking for. Reasons being simple – According to G20 agreement, currency intervention to exploit trade benefits through competitive devaluations are not to be practiced...
European Stocks Advance as Commodity Shares Rally Oil price gains and the resulting rise in commodity shares pushed the major European indices higher in early trading on Friday. At the time of writing, pan-European Euro Stoxx 50 index was up 1.10%. Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC were up 0...
USD Lacks Underlying Support - Westpac Richard Franulovich, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that a spike in risk aversion may save the USD on selected crosses near term but the beyond that the currency lacks underlying support...
Riksbank Could Stay ‘On-Hold’ in April – Danske Bank According to Senior Analyst at Danske Bank Sverre Holbek, the Riksbank could stay put at its meeting later in the month...
