EUR/USD had started a strong rally after 9:00 GMT but has lost it after the monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank. (Event A on the chart.) Now, market participants focus on the next week’s meeting of the Federal Reserve, and some of analysts say that the Fed may be more bullish than traders are anticipating. US data was not that great today (with the exception of jobless claims), but […]
Read moreThe Great Britain pound erased its earlier rally against the US dollar and actually fell versus the Japanese yen. While poor retail sales data might have some negative impact on the currency, the main perpetrator in the sterling’s fall was the meeting of the European Central Bank. UK retail sales dropped sharply by 1.3% in March from February. Analysts had expected just a negligible fall by 0.1%. Yet the pound was rising […]
Read moreThe euro was attempting to rally today but failed and went back down after the monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank showed that the bank’s outlook remained dovish. As was widely expected, the ECB did not change its monetary policy during today’s meeting. As for the future, ECB President Mario Draghi said that he expects interest rates “to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time.” He […]
Read moreJapanese yen is mostly rangebound today as Forex traders wait for the latest data out of the United States. Yen has been reasonably strong recently and remains relatively strong as uncertainty continues in the market. Yen has been showing strength lately, gaining close to 10 per cent against the US dollar since the beginning of February. There have been a few hiccups hear and there, but for the most part, the yen has […]
Read moreUS dollar saw some earlier gains, holding over from yesterday’s rally. However, by now they are mostly gone as the greenback pulls back. Forex traders are consolidating their positions and preparing for the next move. Yesterday, the US dollar saw some gains as upbeat housing data helped bolster the story of a continuing recovery for the economy. Existing home sales rose 5.1 per cent in March, beating the forecast of a rise […]
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