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HotForex_Broker · November 3, 2015, 3:46am

Macro Events & News

FX News Today

The RBA left rates unchanged, which pushed the AUD up across the board, but that didn’t deter stock markets, which focused on the fact that the RBA still kept the door open for further easing.

The U.S. ISM slipped to a 50.1 low, the October ISM is at a new two year low of 50.1, with a drop in the employment gauge to a 47.6 six year low that reinforced the pattern of declining producer sentiment.

The U.S. construction spending report beat estimates, with a 0.6% September rise after boosts in the July and August levels, though the surprise included big boosts in the home improvement residual that doesn’t enter GDP calculations, and the remaining construction data signaled downside risk for the next Q3 GDP revision.

Canada RBC manufacturing PMI fell to 48.0, in October from 48.6 in September. The decline puts the index further below the previous multi-year low of 48.7 seen in February, leaving the weakest reading in this indicator’s short history going back to late 2010.

U.K. manufacturing PMI jumped to 55.5, in October from 51.8 in September. This was a much stronger than expected reading and in fact the highest since June last year.

Gold slipped to nearly one-month lows, now trading around $1,1137/ounce, after touching $1,132,66 overnight. The market continues to fret over last week’s FOMC statement, where fears of a December rate hike have weighed heavily on gold prices.

Crude oil prices declined from two week highs, following poor manufacturing PMI readings out of China, which suggest ongoing contraction in manufacturing activity in the world’s second largest oil consuming countries.

Main Macro Events Today

• AUD RBA Interest Rate Decision: RBA held rates steady at 2.00%, matching expectations. The statement was similar to last month, lacking clear guidance and sticking to a cautiously dovish tone that justifies prevailing policy settings while reminding that they have room to cut further if needed. They also maintained the shift to less-negative language about the Australian dollar (first seen in August) remarking that the currency was “adjusting to the significant declines in key commodity prices” versus the previous guidance that “further depreciation seems both likely and necessary, particularly given the significant declines in key commodity prices.”

• GBP PMI Construction: The forecast calls for a 58.8 reading down from the last 59.9 number.

• ECB Presidents Draghi’s Speech: Eurozone markets will look for comments from ECB’s Draghi for a clarification of the policy stance after the president seemed to dampen easing hopes in comments from last weekend.

John Knobel
Senior Currency Strategist
HotForex

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HotForex_Broker · November 4, 2015, 4:32am

Macro Events & News

FX News Today

The euro has been heavy, with EUR-USD ebbing to the lower 1.09s in the wake of dovish remarks from ECB boss Draghi after the European close yesterday, who said that the central bank will use all instruments, if warranted. While nothing new, his comments bring into relief the contrast with the Fed’s bias. Upcoming Fed speakers are likely to leave the door open for a possible tightening in December. The AUD remained buoyant, lifted today by healthy Australian retail sales data, which were up 0.4% m/m in September, and news that Australia’s trade deficit had shrunk more than expected in September on the back of a 3% gain in exports. The trade numbers prompted economists to upwardly revision Q3 GDP forecasts. AUD-USD posted a one-week high at 0.7224.

ECB’s Draghi struck a relatively balanced tone in his afterhours speech, expressing confidence that the bank will meet its price stability mandate; neither too high nor too low. He continued to back the success of the asset purchase program in supporting credit for firms and households. He also reiterated that the governing council “is willing and able to act by using all the instruments available within its mandate if warranted,” which was interpreted on the dovish side (with euro dipping to session lows). Draghi also remained concerned over EM growth prospects and other external factors that could impact growth and inflation. He promised to reevaluate the level of accommodation in December.

China’s services PMI (Caixin) improved to 52.0 in October from 50.5 in September. The Caixin composite PMI improved to 49.9 in October from 48.0. The Caixin manufacturing PMI, released earlier this week, showed an improvement to a still contractionary 48.3 in October from 47.2 in September. The official manufacturing PMI was 49.8 in October, matching the 49.8 in September. Overall, the October PMIs show a still shrinking manufacturing sector alongside a more upbeat service sector.

Main Macro Events Today

EMU Oct Services PMI. The final services reading is expected to be confirmed at 54.2 (med same), which after the upward revision to the manufacturing PMI at the start of the week leaves the composite with a risk to the upside. Economic activity continues to expand and national readings show more broadly balanced growth than last year, which means so far the ECB’s central scenario of a continuing modest recovery remains intact, although the risk from the external side are rising, especially as consumers, which have been propping up domestic demand, are also starting to get concerned about the general economic outlook.
ADP Employment Change. We expect a 180k October ADP rise that tracks our 180k private and 190k total payroll forecasts, following a likely trimming of the 186k September rise toward the lean 118k private payroll increase in that month. We expect a mining-restrained 15k rise in October goods employment with a 20k rise for construction and a flat factory figure, alongside a 165k climb for service sector jobs.
US Non-Manufacturing ISM. The October service sector ISM is out today to close out the October measures of producer sentiment. We expect the headline to tick up to 57.0 (median 56.5) from 56.9 in September. Other measures of producer sentiment for the month have been weaker and the ISM ticked down to 50.1 from 50.2 in September. Overall, the ISM-adjusted average for the month looks poised to decline to 49 from 50 in September.
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HotForex_Broker · November 5, 2015, 3:23am

EURGBP UPDATE

I wrote in yesterday’s analysis on EURGBP: At the time of writing the pair is trading at the supporting end of the wedge. This market is still in a sell the rallies mode with the nearest resistance levels at 0.7093 and 0.7105. The nearest 240 min support is at 0.7060 while the next daily support can be found at 0.7027.

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Today is a so called super Thursday, a day when Bank of England publishes not only the interest rates decision but also the quarterly inflation report. No changes are anticipated from the BoE. As Governor Carney has pointed out on at least two occasions since mid-summer, the possibility of a rate hike will be in “sharper relief” at the end of the year, so the implicit tightening bias remains in place. Still, the minutes will be of considerable interest, along with the Quarterly Inflation Report, which will bring new projections on inflation and growth. We expect the minutes to reveal a 8-1 vote to keep the repo rate unchanged at 0.5%, with the lone hawk McCafferty maintaining his dissent for a quarter point hike for a fourth straight month.

The Inflation Report should reveal downward nudges to both inflation and growth forecasts in the nearer-term part of the forecast horizon following disappointing prelim Q3 GDP growth and an unexpected return to negative inflation readings in September.

HotForex_Broker · November 9, 2015, 4:42am

EURUSD REACTING HIGHER AFTER FRIDAY’S DROP

EURUSD, 240 min

After the huge surprise in the US Non-Farm Payrolls numbers on Friday the market participants saw the December rate hike in the US as a done deal. This dropped EURUSD to a 1.0666 – 1.0752 support range and drove the US Dollar Index into a resistance (see Friday’s TCM report). As a result EURUSD has recovered slightly and is at the time of writing up by 0.27% from Friday’s close.

All in all the pair is still in a downward sloping channel with resistance ahead at 1.0833. The upper end of the channel isn’t far away from the resistance while the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level coincides with the general area of this resistance. In addition the 30 period SMA happens to be relatively near to the resistance at 1.0872. Based on several technical factors coinciding between 1.0833 and 1.0872 I am looking for short trade signals in this bracket should the price rally to these levels. My target for a short trade is at 1.0755.

HotForex_Broker · November 10, 2015, 5:28am

TODAY’S CURRENCY MOVERS REPORT

The USD, over the last 5 trading sessions, has out-preformed its peers as markets adjust to expectations that the U.S. Fed will begin to introduce a gradual rate raising policy, beginning in December. The atmosphere moving forward for the markets is fast shifting from a “will there be a rate hike?” to a “how much of a rate hike is expected?” approach.

The USD traded mostly mixed on Monday. For the most part, it was a risk off session with U.S. markets selling off on Monday in what appears to be a delayed reaction to the increased odds of a December Fed rate hike. This is supported by the strong U.S. jobs report that was released on Friday.

Overnight, FX action gave little direction in currency markets, which were largely unaffected by the biggest drop on Wall Street in six weeks and mostly lower stock markets in Asia, nor by data showing a sub forecast Japanese current account surplus, and a further slowdown in Chinese inflation.

HotForex_Broker · November 11, 2015, 5:28am

WEAK UK WAGE DATA WEIGHING ON GBP

GBPUSD, 240 min

UK unemployment unexpectedly dropped to a new cycle low of 5.3% in September data, down from 5.4% in August and July’s 5.5%. The consensus had been for an unchanged 5.4% reading. This takes the jobless rate further south of the BoE’s NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) threshold of 5.5%. The employment rate, meanwhile, rose to 73.7% the highest since records began in 1971.

Despite this, wage data disappointed: the ex-bonus average household pay packet rose 2.5% y/y in the three months to September, down from the 2.8% increase of August, while the with-bonus figure rose 3.0% y/y, unchanged from August and shy of the median forecast for 3.2%. The weaker wage data has been the main takeaway for markets, with sterling trading weaker in the wake of the release, though with inflation fractionally negative, incomes continue to trend firmly upwards in real terms. The October claimant count has been somewhat overshadowed on this occasion, coming in with a rise of 3.3k, slightly worse than the 1.4k median forecast. The claimant count rate remained unchanged at 2.3%.

GBPUSD is trading just above the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level after it reacted lower from the proximity of 1.5197 resistance level. It is trading near the upper 4h Bollinger Bands while the 30 period SMA and a consolidation from yesterday appears to give some support. Even though the market turned lower before hitting my intended shorting level I am still looking for short signals at or near 1.1597 resistance (coincides with 38.2% Fibonacci level) with an aim to cover the trade near 1.5060 level.

HotForex_Broker · November 12, 2015, 3:27am

MACRO EVENTS & NEWS

FX News Today

German final Oct HICP confirmed at 0.2% y/y, with the national CPI rate at 0.3% y/y, versus -0.2% y/y and 0.0% y/y respectively in September. The jump in headline rates largely reflects less negative annual rates for energy related prices. A marked rise and while still below the ECB’s 2% limit for price stability, a sign that inflation is moving back to the ECB’s target.

The AUDUSD outperformed on a solid employment report out of Australia, and while the credibility of the data has been called into question by at least some economists, few doubt that the validity of the underlying trend. AUD-USD is up 1.2% having rising above 0.7150. The employment report showed a rise of 58.6k, nearly triple the median forecast, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.9% from 6.2%. The details of the report were encouraging, including labour participation, aggregate hours worked and back revisions.

Reuters: ECB examines purchases of muni, regional bonds. Reuters reported that municipal and regional bond buying could be rolled out in coming months, with the plan likely to come in March next year. ECB officials are reportedly also examining the purchase of bonds from municipalities and German states ahead of the rate setting meeting in December 3. According to the report an unidentified person told Reuters that while muni bonds were risky, they had the backing of central governments. The step would widen the pool of eligible assets at a time when yields on both French and German 2-year yields have fallen so far into negative territory that they are no longer eligible for purchases under the QE program. It would also give the ECB more room to manoeuvre on a possible extension of the QE program.

US MBA mortgage market index sank 1.3% in data released earlier, in addition to an increase of 0.1% on the purchase index and a 2.2% decline on the refinancing index for the week ended November 6. There was a an 11 basis point increase in the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate to 4.12% in the wake of stronger jobs data, which lifted the potential for December rate lift-off. For more on the relatively firm housing sector, see our existing home sales, housing starts and new home sales reports.

Main Macro Events Today

US Initial Jobless Claims are expected to be 269k (median 270k) in the week-ended November 7. Continuing claims are expected to rise to 2,170k for the week-ended October 31. Forecast risk: downward, as volatility concerns could give businesses pause. Market risk: downward, as weaker than expected data could delay rate hike expectations.Canadian New Home Price Index is out today and projected to expand 0.2% m/m in September after the 0.3% gain in August.ECB President Draghi speech. Market participants will follow Draghi’s speech with interest as they wait for further clarification on the planned easing operations.Fed Chair Yellen speaks. This is potentially yet another opportunity to hear what the Fed has been discussing on the interest rate policy. Markets expect that the December rate hike is a given and therefore the focus has turned to what Yellen might be communicating regarding the rate hike path in the coming year.

HotForex_Broker · November 13, 2015, 5:35am

TODAY’S CURRENCY MOVERS

AUDUSD outperformed on a solid employment report out of Australia yesterday. While the credibility of the data has been called into question by at least some economists, few doubt that the validity of the underlying trend. The employment report showed a rise of 58.6k, nearly triple the median forecast, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.9% from 6.2%. The details of the report were encouraging, including labour participation, aggregate hours worked and back revisions. This report together with some longer term technical factors has caused the 5-day return in AUD to beat most of the counterparts. More on technical in the following pages.

HotForex_Broker · November 16, 2015, 4:26am

ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD

Main Macro Events This Week

• United States: The U.S. economic calendar on tap this week includes, housing reports, inflation, Empire , Philly Fed updates, and the FOMC minutes from the October 27-28 meeting that may add confusion to the outlook for a December tightening. The Empire State index today is forecast to rebound to -7.0 in November (median -6.0) from -11.4 in October. This will be followed (Tuesday) by CPI seen rising a tame 0.1% for both headline and core (median 0.2% for both). Industrial production is projected to be unchanged in October (median 0.1%), while capacity use slows to 77.4% and the NAHB housing market index may hold steady at 64 in November. The MBA mortgage market index (Wednesday) is due, along with October housing starts forecast to sink 2.2% to a 1,180k unit pace following the 6.5% jump in September, while permits are seen rising to 1,140k from 1,105k. The week wraps up (Thursday) with initial jobless claims set to sink 9k to 267k, while the Philly Fed index may bounce to 0.0 in November from -4.5 and October leading indicators are expected to rise 0.1% (median 0.4%) vs -0.2 %.

• Canada: A full calendar this week, with manufacturing, wholesale and retail shipments due alongside CPI. Manufacturing shipments (Monday) are expected to rise 0.5% m/m in September after the 1.5% drop in August. Wholesale shipments (Thursday) are seen expanding 0.3% m/m in September following the 0.1% dip in August. Retail sales (Friday) are projected to grow 0.3% m/m in September after the 0.5% gain in August, while the ex-autos sales aggregate dips 0.1% m/m versus the flat reading in August. CPI is expected to slow to a 0.9% y/y pace in October following the 1.0% y/y growth rate in September as lower gasoline prices exert a drag. Core CPI is projected to nudge lower to 2.0% y/y in October from 2.1% in September. Existing home sales for October are due Monday.

• Europe: The focus will be, in fact, on the wealth of ECB speak this week, with central bankers gathering for a conference in Frankfurt. Draghi, Coeure and Constancio, among others, will have plenty of opportunity to prep the markets for the December policy review. The minutes of the October ECB meeting meanwhile will give a flavour of the arguments from both doves and hawks at the central bank. The final reading of Eurozone October inflation data will be scrutinized. Analyst expect the headline CPI to be confirmed at 0.0% y/y, with core at 1.0% y/y. German ZEW investor sentiment may improve slightly to 5.0 (median 6.1) from 1.9. The flash reading of Eurozone November Consumer Confidence – Flash is also expected to show a slight improvement but to a still negative -7.6 (median -7.7) from -7.7 in the previous month other data releases this week include Eurozone current account and balance of payment numbers, as well as German PPI.

HotForex_Broker · November 17, 2015, 4:05am

MACRO EVENTS & NEWS

FX News Today

Canada’s consumer confidence improved to 58.3 in week ended November 13, according to the Nanos Economic Mood Index. That follows a 58.3 figure in the prior week and leaves the strongest level since the 58.4 seen in the week ending October 17. The index slumped to 53.6 in the final week of February and was a run of 52 and 53 readings from late July through mid-September. But confidence has returned (although the index remains below the peak 60.6 seen in mid-July of 2014), which could be expressed through retail sales gains in Q4 as consumer spend gas price savings and take advantage of low interest rates.

Canada existing home sale rose 1.8% m/m in October (seasonally adjusted) following the 2.1% drop in September. Not surprisingly, sales strength was led by growth in Vancouver and Toronto. BoC Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins expressed confidence in the bank’s call for a soft landing in the housing sector, and this report does not present a new challenge to her view.

Boston Fed dove Rosengren leaned towards a quicker hike given risks like faster growth in commercial real-estate in a lengthy FT.com article over the weekend. Basically it is the old unintended consequences theory that might be forcing a stretch for yield or returns in a zero rate environment, as employment and inflation goals come within reach. He also said that the recent October jobs report was “pretty unequivocally positive,” though he was less certain about nascent signs of wage growth. Rosengren did hint that the policy divergence with other countries was boosting the dollar, though offset somewhat by domestic demand. If that divergence grew too far, however, it could imply a more gradual U.S. policy path than otherwise. Note, Rosengren is number 8 in terms of policy signaling, according to a WSJ survey.

Bundesbank cautiously optimistic on growth. The German central bank said in its latest monthly report that the labour market is in a “very good condition”, and that “the positive labour-market and wage outlook, as well as the strong immigration, create the conditions for spirited consumption in the economy to continue and for overall growth in the medium term to exceed potential”.

Main Macro Events Today

UK October CPI (Core Consumer Price Index) is released today. No change is anticipated and the figure is expected to come in at 1%.German ZEW investor sentiment was expected to improve slightly to 5.0 (median 6.1) from 1.9 but mainly on the back of hopes of further stimulus measures, so the number itself would not remove pressure on Draghi to act again. There also is the risk of a downside surprise, as late responses will have been impacted by the Paris attacks, so uncertainty is higher than usual, as the number will depend very much on when the answers came in.US CPI: October CPI is out today and should show a 0.1% (median 0.2%) headline increase with an accompanying 0.1% (median 0.2%) increase for the core. This comes on the heels of a 0.2% headline decline in September and a 0.2% increase for the core in that month. Data in line with this forecast would leave the headline flat y/y and the core figure at 1.8% y/y.US Industrial Production: October industrial production data should reveal an unchanged (median 0.1%) rate for the headline following the 0.2% decline in September and a 0.1% drop in August. The capacity utilization rate is expected to remain steady at 77.5% (median 77.5%) for a second month.

HotForex_Broker · November 18, 2015, 3:28am

EURGBP trading at support

EURGBP, Daily

The pair is trading near the lower end of the a sideways move that started in March this year. This has been caused by a historical support from a multi-year sideways move between 2004 – 2007. Price has now reached a pivotal support created in the beginning of August this year. The range of this support area is 0.6937 and 0.6998 and has potential to turn the market higher.

As per Stochastics Oscillator EURGBP is oversold in weekly and daily time frames while in the 4h time frame it is just coming off the oversold area. The nearest daily resistance level (a low from November 5th) is currently at 0.7039, a level that coincides with the 30 period moving average while the upper end of the regression channel is not far either. We look for reversal signals at or inside the support range. In the case of successful long entry occurring the 0.7039 resistance works as a target one and 0.7108 as a target 2.

HotForex_Broker · November 18, 2015, 4:40am

Macro Events & News

FX News Today

ECB’s Mersch: No indication yet of economic pessimism after Paris. The Executive Board member said in a speech in Frankfurt that “we should shy away from drawing premature conclusions about whether the terror attacks will have any economic impact”, adding that “we have no indication of any economic pessimism as a result of the Paris attacks, let alone weaker hard data”. He warned that “doom-and-gloom talk is not warranted at this stage”. Clearly, with the attacks less than a week away, we don’t have any data yet that fully reflects the impact of the events and Mersch is right, it is too early to draw conclusions, even if markets seemed to stabilise relatively quickly. The fact that Bund futures dropped on the comments highlights though just how sensitive markets are to central bank remarks ahead of the December council meeting.

Asian stock markets are narrowly mixed, with Chinese equities under pressure for a second day, after President Xi Jinping said the economy is facing “considerable downward pressure”. Japanese markets struggled to make headway as the Yen advanced. GBP is under pressure and the EUR is little changed against USD. Oil prices meanwhile are slightly higher.

US NAHB home builder sentiment index fell 3 points to 62 in November, from an upwardly revised 65 in October (was 64). It’s the first decline since May, but it’s from a post-recession high, with the 65 level the best since 2005. The current single family sales index dipped to 67 from 70. The future sales index dropped to 70 from 75. But the index of prospective buyers traffic rose to 48 from 47. Homebuilders continue to cite low inventories as problematic, while the stronger labor market and expanding economy are beneficial.

US industrial production slid 0.2% in October. Capacity fell to 77.5%. Those missed expectations. The 0.2% September decline in production was not revised, though August was nudged up to 0.1% from -0.1% previously. September capacity utilization was revised to 77.7% from 77.5%. Manufacturing improved last month, rising 0.4% after declines in June, August, and September. Motor vehicle/parts production picked up, rising 0.7%. Excluding vehicles/parts, manufacturing was up 0.4%. Machinery production increased 0.3%. Computer, electronics production was up 0.1%. Utilities slumped 2.5%, however, with Mining down 1.5%.

The 0.2% October U.S. CPI headline and core price gains both beat estimates, with little in the way of rounding errors from respective gains of 0.200% and 0.202%. We saw the expected small 0.3% energy price rise with a 0.2% food price gain, but medical care prices surged 0.8% alongside a firm 0.4% tobacco price rise.

Main Macro Events Today

US Housing Starts: October housing starts are out today and should reveal a 2.2% decline to a 1,180k (median 1,160k) headline from 1,206k in September.

US Building Permits: We expect permits to rise to 1,150k from 1,105k and completitions to edge up to 1,030k from 1,028k in September.

FOMC Minutes: markets focus on the Fed minutes to find out clues on whether the Fed is still likely to raise rates in December and what might be the rate hike path in 2016.

HotForex_Broker · November 19, 2015, 3:15am

MACRO EVENTS & NEWS

FX News Today

BoJ’s Kuroda: Concern about balance sheet won’t stop any more easing; with BoJ’s Kuroda adding that he doesn’t see problems in the financial system from continuing easing. At the same time Kuroda said there is the possibility that the current low rate of CPI may affect wage growth, and that the BoJ will be watching the 2016 wage talks with great interest. Speaking at the briefing following the policy meeting where the BoJ left rates unchanged, he said there is no need to change the view that price expectations are rising over the longer term. We expect the BoJ to add further stimulus in the future.

Germany’s Schaeuble would prefer higher interest rates. Not that that the comments from Germany’s Finance Minister will impress Draghi much, who seems to be heading for another cut in the deposit rate in December, even though he admitted that the low interest rate environment is very challenging for banks and insurers.

FOMC minutes: most participants thought liftoff conditions could be met by December, and hence wanted the statement to show a December hike could be appropriate. Indeed, that was the message read by the markets. The minutes also showed most officials also thought global risks had diminished. Officials also mostly agreed that the process of removing accommodation would be gradual. This is all consistent with subsequent Fedspeak since the October 27, 28 meeting. But there was nothing definitive in the minutes that the FOMC will pull the trigger in 5 weeks’ time.

US housing starts undershot estimates with an 11.0% October drop after small downward Q3 revisions, leaving a weaker than expected report despite a 4.1% rise in permits. Starts were hit by a big drop for multi-family units with a concentration of weakness in the South and West.

Main Macro Events Today

ECM Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts are revealed today and are studied carefully for further information and details on the expected easing by the central bank.

US Initial Jobless Claims: Claims for the week of November 14th are out today and should reveal a headline improvement to 267k (median 270k) after holding at 276k for the prior two weeks. The holiday season is typically a volatile time for claims and we expect November to set a slightly higher average of 266k for the month from 263k in October and 269k in September.

US Leading Indicators: The October Leading Indicators report is expected to reveal a 0.5% (median 0.4%) headline following a -0.2% headline in September and two months of flat readings before that. Most component data has been stronger in October and the improvements in the stock market should help lift the headline. For the whole story read our preview.

US Philadelphia Fed Index: The November Philly Fed should reveal a headline improvement to 0.0 (median -0.5) from -4.5 in October and -6.0 in September. The already released Empire State Index for the month improved to -10.7 from -11.4 in October. We expect producer sentiment to remain steady in November with the ISM-adjusted average of all measures holding at 50 from September.

HotForex_Broker · November 19, 2015, 4:26am

TODAY’S CURRENCY MOVERS

The USD is lower across the board against other G7 currencies and emerging-world currencies.

The AUD outperformed against the USD, although off from intra-day highs. AUDUSD recorded a 15-day high at 0.7176.

The EURUSD fell to new 7-month lows of 1.0617 in Wednesday trade, as the FOMC minutes didn’t really clear up whether or not December rate lift off will occur.

HotForex_Broker · November 23, 2015, 4:24am

THE ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD

Main Macro Events This Week

United States: The US Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday will see activity condensed into the first three days of the week. While the data calendar is highlighted with several important releases, including revised GDP, personal income, consumption, durable orders, housing stats, and consumer confidence, none are crucial enough to materially alter expectations for a Fed rate liftoff. October existing home sales (today) are expected to fall 1.8% to a 5.45 mln unit rate, unwinding some of the 4.7% rebound to 5.550 mln in September following the 5.0% drop to 5.300 mln in August. Q3 GDP (Tuesday) is expected to be revised higher to a 2.1% clip in the second release, from the disappointing 1.5% pace seen in the Advance report. However that is still considerably slower than Q2′s 3.9% rate. Global growth remains a major uncertainty, and especially in Asia. Consumer confidence for November (Tuesday) is seen rising to 98.5 after falling 5 points to 97.6 in October. Personal income and consumption figures for October (Wednesday) should help fine tune Q4 GDP forecast too. We’re forecasting gains of 0.4% for each and the strength from the employment report suggests upside risks. New home sales (Wednesday) are forecast bouncing 2.6% to a 480k pace in October after diving 11.5% in September to 468k. The housing sector remains choppy and generally disappointing. October durable goods orders (Wednesday) should edge up 0.5%, hardly correcting from the cumulative 4.2% decline from August and September, though weakness was mostly led by transportation.Canada: Canada’s economic calendar is somewhat thin this week (Friday), with the industrial product price index (IPPI) the only top tier report. We expect October IPPI to fall 0.5% (m/m, nsa) after the 0.3% decline in September as lower gasoline prices, a firm loonie and weaker commodity prices weigh on industrial prices. The establishment employment survey (Thursday) will provide earnings and employment figures for September. The results are fairly dated, with the timely labour force survey showing a 44.4k surge in October jobs and a dip in the unemployment rate to 7.0% from 7.1%. Nevertheless, the employment figures from the establishment survey are of interest, as is the earnings figure. We expect average weekly earnings to rise 0.2% m/m in September after the 0.7% drop in August. Corporate profits for Q3 (Thursday) are also due out from Statistics Canada. The Bank of Canada’s Deputy Governor Lynn Patterson (Tuesday) conducts a presentation at the University of Regina Regina, SK. The appearance, which is part of the Bank’s regional outreach program, is the final scheduled event before the Bank of Canada’s interest rate announcement on December 2. We expect no change to the current 0.50% policy rate or to the growth and inflation outlook presented in October.

HotForex_Broker · November 23, 2015, 10:19am

Crude Oil, Weekly

San Francisco Fed president Williams: said over the weekend that there is a “strong case” for a December rate hike. This sparked a dollar rally and some commodity volatility this morning. Today the Washington Post said that Saudi Arabia’s government is willing to cooperate with other producers to maintain stable prices. Therefore it’s not surprising that Nymex crude has had a mixed trading day today. Crude oil had a gap opening higher (we’ve been talking about Crude being at support!) in start of the futures trading. Then oil slid lower before bouncing higher again. Commodity currencies underperformed, with USDCAD whipsawing up and down with the oil market.

In the weekly picture crude oil has been forming a vast bullish wedge formation. This price action is taking place near multi-year low that took place in 2009. Current price action is taking place at lower Bollinger Bands and near a 37.75 support from August this year. Stochastics are oversold and the last week’s bar was a narrow range candle with open and closing prices near each other. Such candles signal that supply and demand are in a relative balance. Nearest resistance level is at 42.58 while the nearest support level is at 37.75.

HotForex_Broker · November 24, 2015, 4:45am

MACRO EVENTS & NEWS

FX News Today

EURUSD is slightly firmer today, after printing a new seven month low of 1.0592 yesterday. The market will now focus on the up- coming data releases out of Europe, while the U.S. has economic data to be released later today.

Commodity prices largely stabilized, with oil prices picked up in overnight trade. The oil market has been choppy after Saudi Arabia said it was ready to work with other OPEC members to stabilize the market.

German Q3 GDP was confirmed at 0.3% q/q, as expected. The breakdown, which was released for the first time, was pretty much as expected with strong domestic demand helping to compensate for a negative contribution from net exports. Consumption is holding up the economy, but also boosting import growth, although the sharp rise in government consumption of 1.3% q/q was a bit of a surprise. The data confirms pronounced investment weakness over the summer, with machinery and equipment investment down -0.8% q/q and construction investment down -0.3% q/q. Not really a picture of balanced growth, even if for once this recovery is not export led, but consumption led.

German Nov Ifo, the stronger than expected PMI readings for Germany yesterday coupled with the improvement in the ZEW and the rise in Eurozone consumer confidence all back our forecasts for a slight rise in the German Ifo Business Climate index to 108.3 (med 108.1), versus 108.2 in October. The improved numbers, as well as vocal resistance against additional QE measures make it unlikely that the central bank will expand its asset purchase program next week, but in our view won’t prevent another cut in the deposit rate, especially as even some of the hawks seem to agree that the zero lower bound has moved since the ECB first introduced negative rates.

HotForex_Broker · November 25, 2015, 3:51am

MACRO EVENTS & NEWS

FX News Today

The U.S. calendar is busy today ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow. Weekly jobless claims are a day early due to Thursday’s holiday, and are expected to rise to 285k from 271k.

European calendar quiet today, with Italian orders, retail sales, U.K. BBA lending.

Crude Oil has made two week highs of $43.40, as geopolitics are seen as the market mover following Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet. Also providing support to price is the slightly softer dollar, also a rationale for traders to close short positions ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving break.

U.S. reports yesterday revealed an expected Q3 GDP growth boost to 2.1% from 1.5%. Personal income revisions for both Q2 and Q3 saw a sharp raise in the savings rate, as will be reinforced in today’s monthly income report. The higher savings rate could be seen as evidence of greater household caution, though it also leaves room for a stronger consumption path into 2016.

The Fed discount rate minutes showed 9 District banks voted to hike the rate at its October 26 meeting. That’s one more than at the prior meeting on September 15, as the Boston Fed joined the ranks of those voting for a 25 bp increase in the primary credit rate to 1.0%. The number of District banks voting for an increase has been on the rise all year; in January 9 banks had voted to maintain a steady rate. Directors generally noted positive economic conditions, and those arguing for a tightening saw improving conditions in the labor market which should help boost inflation. This adds to the speculation that the FOMC will vote to lift rates at its December 15th, 16th policy meeting.

The U.K. CBI survey showed a much lower than expected reported sales reading for November, which dropped to 7 from 19 in the previous month. At the same time BoE members sounded dovish, with Chief Economist Haldane saying in his annual report that the balance of risks to growth and inflation outlooks is skewed materially to the downside, more so than reflected in the November inflation report. BoE’s Carney warned that the low interest rate environment is likely to remain for some time to come and BoE’s Forbes said the bank probably won’t have to implement further easing, and that the next rate move is probably more likely to be a hike.

HotForex_Broker · November 26, 2015, 4:00am

EURUSD AT 7 MONTH LOW ON ECB EASING SPECULATION

EURUSD, Daily (Updated)

EURUSD touched fresh 7-month lows of 1.0565, before rallying back over 1.0600, with pre-holiday short covering in play. The EUR, though, is still a bearish market, and with the inevitable interest differential widening becoming more apparent, the USD will continue to grind higher against the EUR over time, until we see a shift in the ECB policy. The next EURUSD downside target (S2) in at 1.0520, representing the April low. Continued downward pressure on the EUR is also supported by speculation of further ECB easing as early as next week’s ECB meeting, following a Reuters report saying central bankers are discussing two tiered charges on banks’ deposits and further bond buying.