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FxWirePro: USD/JPY Loses Some Momentum But Bias Remains Bullish USD/JPY pair inched higher in Asian session up to 119.50, but declined slightly after in the early US session after US core inflation printed negative figures...

GBP/JPY – Selling Again Staling at 23.6% Fibo GBP/JPY ran into offers near 154.00, but the subsequent sell-off is once again struggling to take out 154.23 (23.6% of 162.60-151.64...

EUR/USD Volatile Around 1.1270, Fedspeak Eyed The single currency has faded the post-CPI spike to the boundaries of the 1.1300 handle, taking EUR/USD to the area of 1.1280/75...

GBP/USD Again Fails to Cut Through Hourly 200-MA American dollar suffered due to a weak rebound in CPI, pushing the GBP/USD pair back to hourly 200-MA, which if failed to take out due to a sharp drop in weekly jobless claims. Trades around 1.4160 An attempt to take out hourly 200-MA level of 1...

US Dollar Deflates Further post-CPI The upside momentum in the US Dollar – tracked by the US Dollar Index - has now lost some vigour, returning to the 94.85/80 band. US Dollar giving away gains on US data After hitting fresh multi-day highs above the 95...

US CPI Disappoints at Core and Headline Level - ING Rob Carnell, Chief International Economist at ING, suggests that weaker than expected US inflation figures make it even more likely that the April FOMC is a non-event...

USD/JPY Keeps 109.00 on US CPI USD/JPY manages well to keep the trade above the 109.00 handle today following the softer-than-expected US inflation figures during March...

EUR/NZD Analysis for April 14, 2016 Recently, EUR/NZD has been moving downwards. As I had expected, the price tested the level of 1.6278 in a high volume. EUR/NZD reached our third take profit level around the price of 1.6270...

AUD: Employment Data Consistent with Macros – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, notes that the Australia’s employment rose 26.1k in March after a soft end to 2015 and start to 2016. Key Quotes “That prior softness sees trend jobs growth (as estimated by the ABS) at 7...

USD/JPY Keeps its Bearish Stance – UOB USD/JPY’s perspective remains on the bearish side, according to the research team at UOB Group. Key Quotes “The anticipated USD strength exceeded our expectation by easily taking out the strong 109.15/20 resistance...

US: Downward Momentum Easing - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the US dollar has rebounded modestly in the Asian trading session bringing at least a temporary pause to the period of uninterrupted selling pressure which followed Fed Chair Yellen’s dovish speech at the end of...

EUR/USD Outlook Constructive Near Term – Westpac Richard Franulovich, Strategist at Westpac, has reiterated the constructive outlook for EUR/USD into next week’s ECB meeting...

Canada: A walk Back to Neutral - ING James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, suggests that a more upbeat prognosis from the Bank of Canada suggests a long period of policy stability lies ahead...

China: Trade Balance Below Expectations – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the China’s trade balance printed a little below expectations in March with a surplus of $US29.86bn versus consensus expectations of a $US34.95bn outturn...

BoC Ctrikes Cautious Tone, Dampening Loonie Upside - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the Canadian dollar has weakened modestly following yesterday’s more dovish than expected BoC policy meeting and release of their latest Monetary Policy Report...

NZD/USD: Supply Capping Minor-Recovery Near 0.6880 The NZD/USD pair faced strong selling pressure ahead of 5-DMA, and the prices stalled its recovery as the US dollar continues to trade higher across the board. NZD/USD recovers 50-pips from daily lows Currently, the NZD/USD pair slumps 0.77% to 0...

EUR/USD Unmotivated Near 1.1260, Focus on US CPI The shared currency is posting moderate losses vs. the dollar on Thursday, with EUR/USD hovering over the 1.1260 area...

Gold Analysis for April 14, 2016 Since our previous analysis, gold has been moving downwards. The price tested the level of $1,228.99 in a high volume. According to the daily time frame, I found that head and shoulders pattern (topping formation) is forming...