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Key Events for the Day – Rabobank Michael Every, Head of Financial Markets Research at Rabobank, lists down the key events for the day ahead. Key Quotes “Today will be supplying us with a few numbers to satiate our demand...

CAD Longs Greatest Since February 2013 – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, notes that the IMM data show that investors significantly reduced their bearish positioning in USD, taking implied USD shorts as a fraction of open interest to -5% from -8% in the previous week...

Short AUD/NZD: A Kiwi Can Fly above a Kangaroo – Nomura Research Team at Nomura, suggests that while there is already a cut priced into the AUD curve for the October meeting, and 1.8 cuts priced into to May of next year, this is not aggressive enough in our view...

ECB's Weidmann: Criticism of ECB Policy May be Due to Blurring of Monetary & Fiscal Bounds Speaking in an interview with Die Welt and reported via Reuters, ECB governing council member and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann noted the following: Criticism of ECB policy may be because some meas...

NZD/USD Sold-Off Near 50-DMA on RBNZ Inflation Expectations The ongoing bullish momentum in the NZD/USD pair met fresh supply near 50-DMA at 0.6844, following the release of New Zealand’s RBNZ Q2 inflation expectations gauge. NZD/USD deflates from 0...

RBNZ Q2 Inflation Expectations Y/Y Remains Unchanged at 1.6% NZ inflation expectations, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) closely watched gauge, bettered previous surveys. NZ Q2 Inflation Expectations y/y remains unchanged at 1.6% NZ Q2 2 year inflation expectations came in at 1...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: May 17 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD was indecisive yesterday. There are no changes in my technical outlook. The bias remains bearish in nearest term testing 1.1200. Immediate resistance remains around 1.1350...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: May 17 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD had a bullish momentum yesterday topped at 1.4414 and hit 1.4493 earlier today. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing 1.4530 region. Immediate support is seen around 1.4450 area...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: May 17 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY didn’t make significant movement yesterday but overall still able to maintain its bullish bias so far, still moving inside the bullish channel as you can see on my H1 chart below. The bias remains bullish in nearest term testing109...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: May 17 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF had a moderate bullish momentum yesterday topped at 0.9784. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing 0.9795 key resistance. A clear break and daily close above that area could trigger further bullish pressure testing 1...

FxWirePro: AUD/USD Spikes As Markets Price Out Rate Cuts Post Publication of RBA Minutes Minutes of the May 3rd RBA meeting were not as dovish as expected, AUD/USD spiked past the 0.73 handle...

Fxwirepro: ASX200 Struggles to Close Above 5400, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 5380 Major Support - 5307 (10 day EMA) ASX200 has broken major resistance 5380 and jumped till 5397 at the time of writing. It is currently trading at 5388...

Nikkei225 Faces Strong Resistance at 17000, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 16985 (100 day EMA) Major support - 16425 (10 day EMA) Nikkei index has slightly recovered after making a low of 16404.It is currently trading around 16582...

FxWirePro: Singapore Dollar Strengthens Against US Dollar in Early Asia, Good to Sell on Rallies USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3668 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3697 and low at 1.3666 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 1.3740...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY Hovers Around 109.00, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral USD/JPY is currently trading around 108.94 marks. It made intraday high at 109.10 and low at 108.88 levels. Today Japan will release revised industrial production data at 0430 GMT...

FxWirePro: South Korean Won Gains in Early Asia, Intraday Bias Remains Bearish USD/KRW is currently trading around 1172 levels. It made intraday high at 1175 and low at 1172 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 1180 marks...

USD/JPY Climbs Back to 109.00 Zone USD/JPY advanced during the American session and reached fresh daily highs in recent dealings, despite below expectations US data. USD/JPY climbed back above the 109 mark and hit a daily peak of 109.08 before losing momentum...