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Is the trend still our friend on USD/JPY? This forex pair seems to be in the middle of a correction, so I’d watch out for a potential bounce off these support levels. USD/JPY 1-hour Forex Chart by TradingView I’m seeing higher lows and higher highs on the hourly chart of this one! Will the uptrend resume soon? It looks like the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement near the mid-channel area of interest is attracting some buying interest. If so, this might be enough for USD/JPY to recover to its swing high around 134.00 or the channel resistance. Moving averages are reflecting the…
The US CPI report was good news for bulls as it suggests the FOMC can start easing off the brakes, though this is not likely in May (69% chance of another hike). Some market participants believe one more 25bp and they will be done, others remain Hawkish and that moving CORE CPI & CPE from the 5% to the 3-2% range will prove problematic and this could mean hikes in May and June too. FOMC minutes showed considerable discussions over the banking turmoil, as indicated in Chair Powell’s press conference. The “banking sector” was the literally the lead paragraph of…
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Can’t get enough of shor-term trend setups? I gotchu! Whether you like trading the U.S. dollar or you’re more into currency crosses, I got your back with trend setups on USD/JPY and AUD/CAD’s charts. Take a look! USD/JPY 1-hour Forex Chart by TradingView Dollar warriors gather ’round! USD/JPY has been in an upswing since last week when USD/JPY found support from the 130.75 previous area of interest. Can USD/JPY maintain its momentum? The pair just got rejected at the 133.75 resistance and now it’s trading just under the 133.50 mark. USD buyers can take comfort in the fact that USD/JPY…
At the time of writing, the CME Fedwatch Tool is indicating roughly 69% odds that we will see a 25 bps rate hike next month. The remaining 31% odds are siding with no change, and overall pricing hasn’t changed drastically from before the US CPI data yesterday and earlier this week here.While you would think that the lack of volatility in rates pricing would help to provide some backing to the dollar, that isn’t the case when you look at curve depicted by Fed funds futures for the rest of the year:The pricing continues to indicate a terminal rate of…
Share: USD/INR remains sidelined after snapping three-day downtrend the previous day. IMF expects India to lead global growth numbers, softer CPI appears already priced in. Downbeat US inflation numbers, unimpressive Fed Minutes weigh on US Dollar. Risk catalysts, more inflation clues eyed for clear directions. USD/INR remains indecisive around 81.90 during early Thursday, following its first daily fall in four the previous day. In doing so, the Indian Rupee (INR) pair traces the broad market moves amid a light calendar and mixed macros. The USD/INR pair’s fall on Wednesday could be linked to the downbeat US data and…
The U.S. dollar index (DXY) is not making new monthly lows despite signs of less tightening from the Fed! In case you missed yesterday’s headlines, you should know that the highly-anticipated U.S. CPI report showed the headline inflation slowing down from 6.0% to 5.0% y/y in March. Meanwhile, the release of the FOMC’s latest meeting minutes confirmed speculations that the recent banking crisis has made at least a few Fed members think twice about their plans to aggressively tighten their monetary policies to rein in inflation. So, if inflation is slowing and the Fed isn’t as hawkish as it was…
Australian Dollar, AUD/USD, US Dollar, Unemployment, US CPI, Fed – Talking PointsThe Australian Dollar nudged higher again after robust jobs numbersThe US Dollar story continues to dominate after CPI and Fed minutesThe RBA might be in a battle to rein in inflation with a very tight labour market Recommended by Daniel McCarthy Get Your Free AUD Forecast The Australian Dollar jumped again after jobs data revealed a persistently tight labour market, something that could keep inflation higher for longer.The unemployment rate remained low at 3.5% in March against the 3.6% anticipated and 3.5% prior. 53.0k Australian jobs were added in…
jxfzsy/iStock via Getty Images US GoldMining (NYSEMKT:USGO), a spin-out of Canada’s GoldMining (NYSE:GLDG), has updated terms for a proposed $20M initial public offering, which is expected to occur later this week. The Alaska-based mining company plans to offer 2M units priced at $10 per unit. Each unit would consist of one share plus one warrant to buy one share for $13. The company intends to list its shares on Nasdaq under the symbol USGO. H.C. Wainwright and BMO Capital Markets are serving as joint bookrunners, according to the filing. US GoldMining was established by GoldMining February 2022 to focus on…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Representation of Ethereum, with its native cryptocurrency ether, is seen in this illustration taken November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Tom Wilson (Reuters) -The software that underpins the second-biggest crypto coin ether was upgraded on Wednesday and is online, cryptocurrency exchange Binance said in a tweet. The move will give investors access to more than $30 billion of the digital tokens. Known as Shapella, the latest upgrade to the blockchain since its Merge upgrade will enable investors to redeem an offshoot of ether tokens that they have deposited in return for interest on the blockchain network…