FX Daily Outlook | 20-06-17
Posted on June 20, 2017 at 8:52 am GMT[..]
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The US dollar was firmer on the back of hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials. Sterling held onto Monday’s losses as all eyes turn to the mansion House speeches later by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s speech and UK Chancellor Philip Hammond. The aussie rose despite mixed RBA minutes. The greenback rose to a 3-week high against the yen at 111.76 as higher US Treasury yields helped lift the US currency. Comments from New York Fed President William Dudley [..]
The US dollar was one of the best performing major currencies after receiving a boost from some hawkish comments from New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley. Brexit negotiations are underway in Brussels, which has potential to create a risk event for the pound and the euro. A quiet economic calendar today resulted in relatively little movement in the forex markets. However, investors will remain focused on the Fed speakers this week in the aftermath of last week’s FOMC meeting. [..]
Gold continued declining in today’s trading, retracing more than 50% of the May 9 to June 6 upleg while extending the downtrend that started after the first week of June. Today’s down movement has led the precious metal to fall to the more than three-week low of 1249.13. The short-term sentiment as indicated by the RSI is negative as the indicator is in bearish territory below the 50 neutral-perceived threshold at 43. Moreover, RSI is currently downward sloping. The 50% [..]
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The euro was supported by news that French President Emmanuel Macron won a majority in Sunday’s legislative elections. Sterling was steady ahead of the start of Brexit talks in Brussels today. In terms of economic data, Japan had a surprise trade deficit in May. The overall trade balance was -203.4 billion yen last month, missing the 76.0 billion yen surplus expected and was below the prior 481.7 billion yen surplus. The yen weakened after the Japanese data. This helped the [..]
Comparing to yesterday’s European session, today’s was a rather quiet one. Remarks by the Bank of Japan Governor spurred the placing of certain positions by forex market participants early in the session. Data pertaining to Eurozone inflation, as well as releases on homebuilding activity and the University of Michigan’s survey on consumer expectations out of the US kept traders busy throughout the rest of the session. As the European trading day was beginning, the Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda [..]
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The yen weakened after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) left monetary policy unchanged today while the US dollar remained firm after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday. The BoJ announced its decision to maintain its current monetary policy without making any tweaks, as was widely expected, since inflation in Japan is still very subdued. The main interest rate was kept at -0.1% and there was no change to its asset purchase program or yield curve control. Its economic [..]
The Bank of England coming closer to an interest rate increase shocked currency market participants today, who reacted by placing long sterling positions and thus boosting the currency. The dollar stood stronger today following a more hawkish than expected Fed. The Bank of England left rates unchanged at the record-low 0.25% upon completion of today’s meeting. However, three of the eight Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members on the Bank’s board decided to support a rate hike, taking markets by surprise [..]
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