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BoJ to Catch Up on Negative Rates Relative to Europe – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that with the introduction of a negative interest rate policy the BoJ has added another dimension to its policy framework and can now pursue monetary easing by combining quantitative and qual...
USD Remains Generally Bid – ING Research Team at ING, suggests that the USD remains generally bid as declining oil prices and falling equity markets are supportive of the currency against G10 commodity currencies and EM FX in general...
USD/JPY: Expect BoJ to Cut by 20bp in April – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, notes that the Japanese GDP contracted 0.3% q/q in Q4 15, and they see a high risk of a technical recession in Q4-Q1 with yet another negative growth rate in Q1. Key Quotes “Inflation printed at 0...
Yen Little Changed After Japan CPI, Leading Index Japan's final inflation and leading index reports for January were published at 1:00 am ET Friday. After these data, the yen changed little against its major rivals. As of 1:01 am ET, the yen was trading at 126.25 against the euro, 159...
Malaysia Feb Inflation Accelerates More Than Expected Malaysia's consumer price inflation quickened at a faster-than-expected pace in February, figures from the Department of Statistics showed Friday. The consumer price index rose 4.2 percent year-over-year in February, faster than the 3...
FXWIREPRO: Thai Baht Gains on the Back of Better Than expected Trade Balance Data USD/THB is trading around 35.33 levels. It made intraday high at 35.35 and low at 35.29 levels. Today Thailand released trade balance data with positive numbers at USD4.990B m/m vs USD0.240B m/m previous release...
Dollar Poised for Weekly Gain After Fed Officials Signal Rate Hikes By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was on track on Friday for a weekly gain of over 1 percent against a basket of currencies after a chorus of U.S...
Forex - Yen Weaker after CPI Comes in Flat for February Investing.com - The yen traded weaker in Asia on Friday with some markets closed to mark Good Friday in a thin trading day. USD/JPY changed hands at 113.06, up 0.14%, while AUD/USD eased 0.04% to 0.7526...
Pairs to be Avoided are... - Deutsche Oliver Harvey, analyst at Deutsche Bank explained that the lack of trendiness persists in G10 with an average VHF standing at the 21st percentile. EUR/USD tops the technical scorecard in G10 space...
Swiss Franc Falls Against Most Majors The Swiss franc weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The Swiss franc fell to an 8-day low of 0.9783 against the U.S. dollar and a 2-day low of 1.0915 against the euro, from yesterday's closing quotes of 0.9755 and 1...
Yen Falls Against Majors The Japanese yen weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The yen fell to more than a 1-month low of 116.03 against the Swiss franc, a 9-day low of 113.32 against the U.S. dollar, an 8-day low of 126...
Australian Dollar Rises Against Majors The Australian dollar strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The Australian dollar rose to 2-day highs of 85.21 against the yen, 1.4816 against the euro and 1...
FXWIREPRO: AUD/NZD Faces Strong Resistance at 1.1298, a Break Above Targets 1.1352 AUD/NZD is trading around 1.1242 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.1246 and low at 1.1210 marks. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 1.1148 levels. A daily close below 1...
AUD/USD: Bulls Clinging to 0.75 Handle AUD/USD is attempting to hold on to the 0.75 handle, but is pressured in Asia below the highs of 0.7535. AUD/USD remains within a tight range around the 0...
USD/CNY: Depends on the Greenback Strengthening Some More - BTMU Analysts at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi explained that whether it was a USD rebound or Madame Lagarde leaving town they don't know, but USD/CNY was unidirectionally higher last week...
FXWIREPRO: South Korean Won Unchanged Despite Better Than expected GDP Data USD/KRW is currently trading around 1168 levels. It made intraday high at 1169 and low at 1167 levels. Today South Korea released GDP data with positive numbers at 0.7% q/q vs 0.6% previous release...
FXWIREPRO: USD/JPY Hits Fresh Weekly High, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish USD/JPY is currently trading around 113.17 levels. It made intraday high at 113.29 and low at 112.74 marks. Today Japan released Tokyo Core CPI data with negative numbers at -0.3% m/m vs -0.1% previous release...
Japan Overall CPI Rises 0.3% On Year In February Overall nationwide consumer prices in Japan gained 0.3 percent on year in February, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday. That was in line with forecasts following the flat reading in January...
USD/JPY Spikes Towards 113.30/35 Resistance USD/JPY has seen strong buying interest in the first hour of Tokyo trade, in line with a rising Nikkei 225 , up 0.57% now, one of the few markets that remains open amid thin liquidity on Easter festivities...
