The Chinese yuan fell to the lowest level in six months today amid worsening trade tensions between the United States and China, which led to risk aversion on the Forex market. Washington announced restrictions of Chinese investment in US in addition to the previously announced tariffs on Chinese goods — a move that will likely prompt a retaliation from the word’s second biggest economy. In the wake of worsening trade tensions, the People’s Bank of China reduced the reserve requirement […]
Read moreThe euro today rallied slightly higher after the release of the German IFO business climate index for June, which matched expectations. The euro opened today’s session on a downtrend even as the selling pressure on the single currency increased due to the ongoing trade tensions between the US, China and the European Union. The EUR/USD currency pair today traded in a sideways range marked by a high of 1.1669 and a low of 1.1629, but was looking to break higher at the time of writing. […]
Read moreASEAN Outlook Talking Points: Despite an end of week US Dollar pullback, MYR, IDR and SGD depreciated IDR looks to rate hike but may keep falling with others as USD rise resumes USD/SGD downside reversal warning sign has faded, faces key resistance Trade all the major global economic data live and interactive at the DailyFX […]
Read moreTalking Points: Asian stocks were mixed on Monday with no index moving far Local data were scant leaving investors to gnaw old trade worries The Euro held up against the US Dollar What makes the very best traders stand out from the rest? We’ve been looking hard at the numbers, trying to isolate the Traits […]
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Read moreEUR Analysis and Talking Points German Business Confidence Mired by Slowing Growth and Trade Tensions President Trump Threatens to Impose Tariffs on EU Autos German Economic Outlook Deteriorates The Euro and DAX saw a subdued reaction following a relatively mixed German IFO report. The business climate in Germany dropped to 101.8 in June from 102.3 […]
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Read moreTalking Points: The Bank of Japan has said that it would like to see higher wage settlements to try and boost pricing power The Reserve Bank of Australia has sung a similar tune However, wages are at least partly a function of inflation expectations, and neither central bank has managed to get those going Find […]
Read moreWeekend Developments – OPEC, Oil, PBOC RRR Cuts, EU Response to US Auto Tariff Threat Crude oil prices started off the new week with declines after Friday’s impressive performance saw it rally the most in a single day (+5.32%) since November 2016. There, the commodity rose as the real production increase agreed in the OPEC+ […]
Read moreEUR/USD fell today, dragged down by fears of a trade war between the United States and the European Union as well as by mixed macroeconomic data in the eurozone. Yet the currency pair managed to bounce afterwards and remained stable after the underwhelming US housing report. New home sales were at the seasonally adjusted annual rate of 689k in May, missing traders’ expectations of 665k. Moreover, the April figure got a negative revision from 662k to 646k. (Event […]
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