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GBP/USD: on the Front Foot, Eyes 38.2% Fibo Level GBP/USD strengthened in Asia and is maintaining its bid tone in early Europe with eyes set on 1.4154 (38.2% of 1.4669-1.3835...

China: Strong Reasons for the PBOC to Stay the Course - ING Tim Condon, Chief Economist at ING, assumes that the PBOC is likely to keep the NEER steady and ING’s forecast that USD/Majors will be range bound is behind their yearend 6.47 USD/CNY forecast...

EUR/USD – Attempting Break Above Key Fibo, Strong Yen Weighs EUR/USD is having a tough time taking out hurdle at 1.1418 (23.6% of Mar 2015 low-Aug 2015 high) amid strength in Yen and resulting weakness in EUR/JPY cross. Range trading continues Pair is looking to extend the week long range of 1...

BoE: Holding its Breath - Rabobank Jane Foley, Senior FX Strategist at Rabobank, notes that the relevance of Bank of England (BoE) policy meetings for asset prices has paled into insignificance recently in comparison to those of the Federal Reserve, ECB and BoJ...

Germany: Some Relief but No Reason to Cheer - ING Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist at ING, notes that the German exports recovered in February, but the revival was too weak to get overly excited and it will take a while before exports can return as powerful growth engine...

Asian Markets Start the New Week on a Mix Note, Gold Hovers Around $1250 All the major Asian markets are trading on a mix note on Monday. From the data front from China, Country’s Consumer-price inflation was unchanged at a 19-month high. The CPI rose at a steady pace of 2...

FXWIREPRO: AUD/JPY Holds Above Strong Trendline Support at 80.75, Weakness to Resume on Breaks Below 80.75 Our previous call (http://www.econotimes.com/FxWirePro-AUD-JPY-holds-cloud-top-support-at-8290-good-to-go-short-on-breaks-below-190866) has hit all targets...

USD/JPY Stays Weak as Anti Intervention Talks Continue USD/JPY remains under pressure around 107.80 levels as present and Ex BOJ and government officials maintain their “no intervention” stance...

FX: Volatility, Volatility Everywhere - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that the negative tone of IMF Chief Lagarde last week and specifically her warnings that time is running out to revive the global economy strengthens a perception held by many investors that many o...

FXWIREPRO: USD/JPY Edges Higher from Fresh Multi-Month Lows at 107.63, Finds Strong Support at 107.60 USD/JPY remains with a bearish bias, has hit fresh multi-month lows at 107.63. The pair finds strong support at 107.60, breaks below could see further weakness. Tests of 106.80 and then 106...

Japan: Time for Intervents-Yen? – ING Research Team at ING, suggests that despite verbal intervention from the MoF last week, the bar for unilateral FX intervention remains high...

JPY: Breaking Point & Yentervention Risks - TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the USD/JPY has traded decisively below the key support/ psychological level of 110 and for the near term, the balance of risk remains skewed to the downside...

Natural Gas Prices Weekly Forecast April 11 – 15 U.S. natural gas futures retreated on Friday, as market players continued to monitor shifting weather forecasts to assess the near-term outlook for U.S. demand and supply levels...

FXWIREPRO: Gold Breaks Key Resistance at $1242, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish XAU/USD is currently trading around $1250 mark. It made intraday high at $1251 and low at $1239 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at $1242 marks...

FXWIREPRO: ASX200 Faces Strong Support at 5000, Good to Sell on Rallies Major resistance -5000 (55 4H EMA) Major support 4850 ASX200 has slightly retreated after making a high of 5000. It is currently trading at 4925. Short term trend is slightly weak as long as resistance 5000...

FXWIREPRO: Nikkei225 Faces Strong Resistance at 16050, Good to Sell on Rallies Major Support - 15000 (200 W MA) Major resistance - 16050 (55 4H EMA) The index has retreated after making a high of 16020. It is currently trading around 15583...

NZD/USD Peeps Above 0.68 Handle NZD/USD extended Friday’s advanced and jumped above 0.68 handle as commodity currencies are being supported by sharp rise in oil. Supported by hourly 50-MA Pair found bids around hourly 50-MA level of 0.6798 following which it rose to a high of 0.6821 levels...

FXWIREPRO: AUD/NZD Fails to Sustain Below 1.1062, Good to Buy on Dips AUD/NZD is trading around 1.1093 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.1105 and low at 1.1066 marks. Today Australia released home loans data with negative numbers at 1.5% m/m vs -4.4% previous release...

FXWIREPRO: USD/SGD Hovers Around Key Support at 1.3487, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3490 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3501 and low at 1.3478 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds initial support at 1.3487 levels...

Chinese CPI/PPI Preview - What to Expect in AUD/USD? AUD/USD has been in a wide phase of consolidation of the bullish recovery this year so far of the 2015 downtrend. 0...