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EUR/USD Extends Losses on Upbeat US ISM Manufacturing Print A rebound in the US ISM manufacturing PMI to expansion territory has pushed EUR/USD to a fresh session low of 1.1342 (Mar 17 high...

GBP/USD Breaks Below 1.4200 The selling pressure around the sterling is not giving up today, now dragging GBP/USD below the 1.4200 handle, or session lows. GBP/USD in 4-day lows Spot is retreating further today, rapidly breaking below the 1...

EUR/USD Advances Further Around 1.1420 The common currency keeps its buoyant march intact today, now lifting EUR/USD to fresh 2016 highs in the 1.1420/25 band...

EUR/USD Trade Idea Major resistance -1.4375 The pair has made a high of 1.4117 and slightly retreated from that level. It is currently trading around 1.13802. Short term trend is slightly weak as long as resistance 1.14375 holds...

March Non-Farm Payroll Preview Today NFP report is to be published at 12:30 GMT from US. What is NFP report? NFP or non-farm payroll report is the monthly statistics on labor condition in the US released by US department of labor statistics...

US Non-Farm Payrolls Preview: What to Expect of EUR/USD? US March non-farm payrolls figure is due for release today. Markets expect the data to show the economy added 205K jobs compared to 242K additions seen in February. The unemployment rate is seen unchanged at 4...

Nonfarm Payrolls: Who Cares? A new month starts and with it we get a new US Nonfarm Payroll report. The US economy is expected to have added 205K new jobs in March, the unemployment rate is expected to remain steady at 4.9%, while wages are expected to pick up after the decline seen in February...

US NFP Preview: 8 Major Banks Expectations from the March Print We are heading closer to the release of US Non-Farm payrolls data for the month of March. As we get closer to the release, here are the expectations as forecasted by the economists and researchers of 8 major banks...

GBP/JPY Under a Bear Attack, Nears 130 Handle Sterling bears are flexing their muscles after the release of UK manufacturing PMI release, courtesy of which the GBP/JPY cross has extended losses to 160.23 levels. 10-DMA is now resistance Cross has re-established 10-DMA as a resistance...

AUD/USD: Upside Capped by 0.7680/85, US Jobs Eyed The AUD/USD pair is extending its phase of consolidation in the mid-European session, with the bulls taking a breather heading closer towards the crucial US labour market data. AUD/USD trades below daily pivot at 0...

GBP/USD Keeps Falling, Tumbles to 1.4280 GBP/USD is now accelerating its daily downside, dropping to fresh lows in the 1.4280 area ahead of US Payrolls. GBP/USD amidst ‘Brexit’ and Payrolls The sterling is falling to fresh 3-day lows vs...

Brent Oil Drops on Saudi’s Hardline Stance Oil prices dropped, with Brent now trading well below $40 handle after Saudi’s crown price said his nation would freeze output only if Iran and other nations do so. Rejected at 10-MA Futures were rejected at 10-DMA level of $40...

US Jobs Report will be the Focus for Markets - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the March US jobs report will be the focus for markets today. Key Quotes “Consensus is 205k vs. 242k in February. We think there is risk of an asymmetric market reaction...

USD Still Vulnerable ahead of NFP Report – MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the US dollar continues to remain on the defensive ahead of the release today of the latest non-farm payrolls report...

JPY: Stronger Yen Hits Business Confidence in Japan - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, suggests that the weakness in the Japanese equity market and the strengthening of the yen likely reflects as well a further loss of investor confidence in Abenomics following the release overnight of...

Euro Rises As Eurozone Manufacturing Growth Improves The euro strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday, after data showed that the Eurozone manufacturing growth improved more than initially estimated in March...

US: Less Dovish Fed Speak – Investec Research Team at Investec, notes that in terms of US economic data yesterday, the main takeaway was further improvement in US manufacturing, with the March Chicago PMI reading showed an increase of 6pts last month to a better than expected 53.6 (vs. 50...

GBP: Final Reading of Q4 UK GDP Revised Up – Investec Research Team at Investec, notes that yesterday saw UK Quarterly GDP growth for Q4 last year was revised up a touch, to +0.6% from +0.5% previously estimated. Key Quotes “For the year 2015 as a whole, growth was also revised up by 0.1pp, to 2...

Indonesian Bond Climbs on Fuel-Price Cut Expectation The Indonesian sovereign bonds rose on Friday, pushing the 10-year yield down the most in a month, on speculation a cut in domestic fuel prices will keep inflation in check. The price consumers pay for gasoline was lowered 7...

EUR/GBP Pushes Higher Near 0.7980 The march north in EUR/GBP continues unabated today, currently testing fresh more than 1-year highs around 0.7980. EUR/GBP boosted by GBP-selling The European cross is trading in levels last seen in late December 2014 near 0...