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Iran’s Oil Exports Jump Ahead of Producers’ Freeze Talks - WSJ As reported by WSJ on Monday, Iran’s oil minister on Sunday noted that the country’s oil exports jumped again in March, potentially undermining a global deal to limit crude output and raise prices...

Australia Job Ads Rise In March: ANZ Job advertisements in Australia increased in March after falling in the previous month, latest survey from the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group revealed Monday. Total job ads climbed a seasonally adjusted 0...

Australian Dollar Falls Against Majors The Australian dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The Australian dollar fell to an 8-day low of 85.02 against the yen, from last week's closing value of 85.69. The aussie dropped to 1...

Australia February Retail Sales Unchanged On Month Retail sales in Australia were relatively flat on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. That was well shy of forecasts for an increase of 0.4 percent following the 0...

AUD/JPY: Bears Attacking 85.00 on Poor Aus Retail Trade The Australian dollar continues to get heavily battered in the Asian session on awful Australian data, now pushing AUD/JPY lower to test 85 handle. AUD/JPY revisiting daily lows The AUD/JPY pair now drops -0.69% to 85...

NZD/USD Under Pressure Below 0.69 on Lower Oil The NZD/USD pair is seen trading with a heavy tone in the Asian session, with the prices surrendering 0.69 handle amid weakness across the commodities’ space. NZD/USD recovers from 0...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: April 04 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a bullish momentum last week topped at 1.1437. The bias is neutral in nearest term probably with a little bullish bias testing 1.1500 area which remains a good place to sell with a tight stop loss...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: April 04 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD attempted to push higher last week topped at 1.4459 but whipsawed to the downside and closed lower at 1.4223. The bias is bearish in nearest term especially if price able to make a clear break below 1.4200 testing 1.4120...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: April 04 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY had a bearish momentum last week bottomed at 111.58 and hit 111.31 earlier today. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 110.96 key support which is a good place to buy with a tight stop loss...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: April 04 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF had a bearish momentum last week bottomed at 0.9553. The bias is bearish in nearest term especially if price able to make a clear break and consistent movement below 0.9570 testing 0.9475. Immediate resistance is seen around 0.9625...

Japanese Firms’ Long-Term Inflation Expectations Weakened in March According to the latest Japanese Corporate Price Expectations survey, Japan’s companies see falling inflation expectations, which raised doubts whether the BOJ’s stimulus measures are yielding the expected results...

Asian Stocks Track Wall Street Higher After US Jobs Renewed optimism hit the Asian stock markets this Monday following better than expected US jobs data, and triggered a relief rally in the regions’ indices after last week’s steep declines...

Gold On a Tepid-Recovery Mode in Asia, Re-Takes $ 1220 Gold set-off the FOMC minutes’ week on a bearish note as mixed sentiment prevailed in the Asian session so far, with markets still mulling over the Fed interest rates prospects for this year...

AUD/USD Bears Taking Control After Bad Aussie Data AUD/USD dropped to the downside in a sell-off on the back of the Aussie retail sales that disappointed vs expectations. AUD/USD went from a recovery high of 0.7672 just prior to the release to 0...

Australia's Feb Retail Sales Fails to Meet Expectations Australia's Feb retail sales came at 0.0% m/m vs 0.4% expected and 0.3% last. Key Points The trend estimate rose 0.2% in February 2016. This follows a rise of 0.2% in January 2016 and a rise of 0.3% in December 2015...

Go On Then, Sell Sterling If You Must - Socgen Kit Juckes, analyst at Societe Generale explained that if the broad dollar correction hasn't ended yet, and the US jobs data aren't driving the Treasury market anywhere in particular, what are we going to look at...

CFTC Positioning: Net Long Dollars Reduced - ANZ Analysts at ANZ explained that leveraged funds reduced their net long USD positions by USD0.7bn to USD6.9bn...

USD/JPY: Heavy Bearish Bias Below 112.00 USD/JPY is currently offered down to the mid point of the 111 handle and into congestive territory that should offer the bulls some support against the grain...

Trading Video: Is USD Dead in the Water and What Happens When Stocks Stall...