As market participants continue to debate whether the RBA will decide to act with another interest rate cut at the next meeting, some analysts point to the recently released Westpac Consumer Confidence numbers as a sign that consumer sentiment hasn’t reacted as positively to the last rate cut as the RBA may have hoped. According […]
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The shared currency is prolonging its correction lower fro overnight highs around 1.2940 on Wednesday, retracing ground to the current area of 1.2910/15. Next on tap in the euro area will be the Current Account figures during March. Consensus expects the surplus to ease to €15.0 billion from €16.3 billion in the previous month. The
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On an annual basis the German PPI increased 0.1% in April, down from the 0.4% growth in March, according to data released today by Destatis. Analysts pointed to a 0.2% rise. On a monthly basis PPI fell 0.2% in April, after dropping 0.2% in March and slightly below expectations of -0.1%. – FXstreet.com (Barcelona).
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The bloc currency is now picking up pace towards the key resistance at 1.2900 on Tuesday, after Producer Prices in Germany rose less than expected during the month of April. Disinflation continues to hover over the euro area, as Producer Prices in the German economy increased 0.1% over the last twelve months, missing forecasts at
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2013-05-21 04:36 GMT Fed-Speak to dominate EUR/USD trading in coming days The EUR/USD was able to claw back a small portion of its losses suffered last week, finishing the day up 64 pips at 1.2884. Economic news was light on the session with European markets closed and no releases out of the US. Market participants
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The USD/CAD has continued its sideways path during European trading Monday, having spanned a modest 27-pip range thus far (1.0271 -1.0298). According to the ICN.com technical analyst team, “The USD/CAD moved to the upside sharply last week and is getting closer to key resistance level of the ascending channel around 1.0339. However, breaching 1.0339 might
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Sudden buying interest is now lifting the shared currency to session highs in the vicinity of 1.2870 on Monday, ahead of second-tier data from Italian industrial sector due later. “The prolonged period of recession in the euro-zone and building disinflationary pressures will keep pressure upon the ECB to ease monetary policy further weighing modestly upon
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After rising 600 pips in May from 97.00 in May 1st, the USD/JPY is now trading above the 103.00 level and according to the Rabobank analyst team, the perspective is positive in the long term. "At present the increase in risk appetite in the financial system combined with the aggressive nature of BoJ policy is
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New highs to end the week in the US stocks market as investor's confidence was fueled by a better than expected economic data. Impressive rally in Wall Street as stocks extended rally late in day after a good opening. This is the fourth straight week of stock gains with the Dow and S&P in record
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2013-05-16 03:05 GMT BoE sees a modest and sustained recovery over the next three years The quarterly Inflation Report released by the Bank of England on Wednesday suggests that UK inflation should rise above 3% in June and that it will possibly remain above the 2% target for the next two years. As for the
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