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Recent Forex News
Technical Analysis Daily Technical Analysis The EURUSD slipped below my trend line support yesterday, but further bearish pressure was rejected and whipsawed to the upside, topped at 1.2762 and closed at 1.2720. The bias is neutral in nearest term but this fact force me to assume that the bullish correction remains intact. Immediate resistance at Daily Technical Outlook Former support around 1.2770 was tested and held, as I was expecting in my article yesterday, and downside pressure remains high. Euro's come back after the 1.2770 attempt was probably caused by ECB chief economist Juergen Stark who said that German banks need more capital. Support trend line coming from Technical Analysis Daily: EUR/USD On Wednesday the Euro/Dollar traded within nearly 100 pips range. The European appreciated from 1.2665 to 1.2757 yesterday, matching the positive Interbank sentiment projection, at around +6%, closing the day at 1.2719. This morning trading is neutral for now. On the 1 hour chart trading is still within wide range, FX Technical Commentary Euro 1.2730 Initial support at 1.2588 (Aug 24 low) followed by 1.2434 (61.8% retrace of 1.1877-1.3334). Initial resistance is now located at 1.2933 (Aug 12 low) followed by 1.3000 (Big figure Resistance) Foreign Exchange Market Commentary EUR/USD closed higher on Tuesday but remains below the 10-day moving average crossing signalling that the corrective rally off August's low appears to have ended. The mid-range close sets the stage for a steady opening on Thursday. Stochastics and the RSI are turning neutral to bearish hinting that additional weakness Newsfeed display by CaRP Fundamental Analysis The Australian Economy Still Looks To Be Firing On All Cylinders The CAD was in the spotlight overnight as the BOC hiked rates by 25bp to 1.0%, as expected, but held a slightly more hawkish tone in the accompanying statement than the market had been expecting. However, whilst saying that Canadian consumption and investment was expected to stay strong and that Risk Aversion Subsides Briefly, Markets Consolidate! The Dollar Traded weaker yesterday as risk aversion was in put on hold after concerns about the Euro zone faded on solid auction from some European Countries. US stocks also rallied as new stimulus proposals from Obama ahead of the US Mid-term elections were announced. In US the DJIA traded BoE To Keep Both Interest Rate And APF Steady In September BoE will release interest rate for the month of September where expectations are in favor of keeping both borrowing cost and APF quantity unchanged. The BoE has been keeping both interest rate at 0.50% and APF at 200 billion pounds recently despite the improvement witnessed recently. In the second quarter, Asia Session Recap The Japanese yen remained just under 84.00 against the dollar here in Asia despite the constant drone of BoJ jawboning out of Tokyo. While Finance Minister Noda was exclaiming that the BoJ was working on simulations for FX intervention to help stem the rise of the yen, USD/JPY showed its Daily Financial Market Outlook The main economic event today is the Bank of England's interest rate announcement, at noon. We expect both the level of the bank rate and the size of the QE programme to be left unchanged at 0.5% and £200bn, respectively. However, the recent run of poor data, such as the Newsfeed display by CaRP |