Wednesday 22nd April: The US Dollar Index Crosses 100.00 Signalling $ Strength

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Key risk events today: UK Inflation; Canada Inflation. (Previous analysis as well as outside sources – italics). EUR/USD: The US dollar index, or ‘DXY’, explored ground north of 100.00 Tuesday, though EUR/USD concluded pretty much unchanged for a second successive session. On the data front, the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany rose by … Continue reading Wednesday 22nd April: The US Dollar Index Crosses 100.00 Signalling $ Strength

Monday 20th April: Weekly Technical Outlook and Review

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Price action, based on the weekly chart, remains linked with its 2016 yearly opening level at 1.0873. Skies above are reasonably blue; a run to the 2020 yearly opening level at 1.1222, shadowed by a Quasimodo resistance at 1.1239 is not out of the question.

Friday 17th April: Technical Outlook and Review.

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Key risk events today: China GDP y/y; China Fixed Asset Investment ytd/y; China Industrial Production y/y. (Previous analysis as well as outside sources – italics). EUR/USD: Painful US data by way of unemployment claims (albeit outdid consensus) and another worrying regional Fed survey did little to hamper dollar gains Thursday. The US dollar index powered … Continue reading Friday 17th April: Technical Outlook and Review.

Thursday 16th April: All Eyes on US Unemployment Claims

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Key risk events today: Australia Job’s Data; BoE Credit Conditions Survey; Canada Manufacturing Sales m/m; US Unemployment Claims; US Building Permits; Philly Fed Manufacturing Index. (Previous analysis as well as outside sources – italics). EUR/USD: Wednesday had the US dollar index recover in strong fashion, albeit off best levels south of 100.00. As of writing, … Continue reading Thursday 16th April: All Eyes on US Unemployment Claims