FX Analysis by SGT Markets

EUR/USD

Trump had told reporters in London that there is “no deadline” for an agreement with China to end the tit-for-tat tariff war, which the International Monetary Fund has said will push global growth to its slowest in a decade.

Last Eurozone CPI data ticked higher than expected.

U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German economy escaped a recession in the third quarter as consumers, state spending and construction drove a 0.1% quarterly expansion, defying expectations of another contraction in Europe’s largest economy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the current stance of monetary policy is likely to be sufficient provided the economy stays on track, but warned that “noteworthy risks” remain to the record U.S. expansion.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.11 Support level test. A confirmed breakout led down to 1.1055 important Demand Area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.12 would quickly drag the price up to 1.1268, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1100
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Sterling higher amid hopes rose that the Conservative Party will win the upcoming election and the U.K. will leave the European Union as planned. Last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are strongly Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.2405 area tested on the downside a month ago and we thought that was a fake breakout. As we wrote previously, after a consolidation around that level, prices is gaining momentum up to our most important Resistance in area 1.2880. Now eyes to 1.3023 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.275 would mean re-test over 1.2590 Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Bullish
1st Resistance: 1.3000
2nd Resistance: 1.3023
1st Support: 1.2590
2nd Support: 1.2405

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

Eyes on Australia Retail Sales data, later today.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

Last U.S. Retail Sales release disappointed expectations but both last U.S. CPI (Inflation) data and last U.S. GDP data ticked higher than expected.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6875
2nd Resistance: 0.6988
1st Support: 0.6710
2nd Support: 0.6630

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

Last Eurozone CPI data ticked higher than expected.

U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German economy escaped a recession in the third quarter as consumers, state spending and construction drove a 0.1% quarterly expansion, defying expectations of another contraction in Europe’s largest economy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the current stance of monetary policy is likely to be sufficient provided the economy stays on track, but warned that “noteworthy risks” remain to the record U.S. expansion.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.11 Support level test. A confirmed breakout led down to 1.1055 important Demand Area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.12 would quickly drag the price up to 1.1268, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1100
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Sterling higher amid hopes rose that the Conservative Party will win the upcoming election and the U.K. will leave the European Union as planned. Last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are strongly Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, eyes to 1.3023 area hit and broken up. Now we expect a consolidation around 1.323 important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Bullish
1st Resistance: 1.3203
2nd Resistance: 1.3285
1st Support: 1.2880
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

AUD/USD

Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

Last U.S. Retail Sales release disappointed expectations but both last U.S. CPI (Inflation) data and last U.S. GDP data ticked higher than expected.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6875
2nd Resistance: 0.6988
1st Support: 0.6710
2nd Support: 0.6630

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

EUR/USD

U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate came better than analysts’ expectations.

U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the current stance of monetary policy is likely to be sufficient provided the economy stays on track, but warned that “noteworthy risks” remain to the record U.S. expansion.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.11 Support level test. A confirmed breakout led down to 1.1055 important Demand Area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.12 would quickly drag the price up to 1.1268, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1100
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Sterling higher amid hopes rose that the Conservative Party will win the upcoming election and the U.K. will leave the European Union as planned. Last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are strongly Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, eyes to 1.3023 area hit and broken up. Now we expect a consolidation around 1.323 important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Bullish
1st Resistance: 1.3203
2nd Resistance: 1.3285
1st Support: 1.2880
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate came better than analysts’ expectations.

Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

Last U.S. Retail Sales release disappointed expectations but both last U.S. CPI (Inflation) data and last U.S. GDP data ticked higher than expected.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6875
2nd Resistance: 0.6988
1st Support: 0.6710
2nd Support: 0.6630

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

Eyes on today U.S. CPI and FOMC Meeting.

U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate came better than analysts’ expectations.

U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the current stance of monetary policy is likely to be sufficient provided the economy stays on track, but warned that “noteworthy risks” remain to the record U.S. expansion.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.11 Support level test. A confirmed breakout led down to 1.1055 important Demand Area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.12 would quickly drag the price up to 1.1268, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1100
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

Eyes on today release: CPI

GBP/USD

Last UK GDP data didn’t shine at all.

Sterling higher amid hopes rose that the Conservative Party will win the upcoming election and the U.K. will leave the European Union as planned. Last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are strongly Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, eyes to 1.3023 area hit and broken up. Now we expect a consolidation around 1.323 important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Bullish
1st Resistance: 1.3203
2nd Resistance: 1.3285
1st Support: 1.2880
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

Eyes on today U.S. CPI and FOMC Meeting.

U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate came better than analysts’ expectations.

Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

Last U.S. Retail Sales release disappointed expectations but both last U.S. CPI (Inflation) data and last U.S. GDP data ticked higher than expected.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6875
2nd Resistance: 0.6988
1st Support: 0.6710
2nd Support: 0.6630

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Last U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate came better than analysts’ expectations.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.11 Support level test. A confirmed breakout led down to 1.1055 important Demand Area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.12 would quickly drag the price up to 1.1268, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1100
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Today is UK General Election day. Sterling higher amid hopes rose that the Conservative Party will win the upcoming election and the U.K. will leave the European Union as planned.

Last UK GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are strongly Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, eyes to 1.3023 area hit and broken up. Now we expect a consolidation around 1.323 important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Bullish
1st Resistance: 1.3203
2nd Resistance: 1.3285
1st Support: 1.2880
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6875
2nd Resistance: 0.6988
1st Support: 0.6710
2nd Support: 0.6630

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

UK elections (Conservatory party victory) and signs of an imminent trade deal between the U.S. and China boost EUR.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Last U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate came better than analysts’ expectations.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections) said on that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union about future trade ties, and reach similar deals with other countries, after its scheduled departure from the EU on Jan. 31.

Last UK GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.323 important Supply Area and we think it has to be re-tested.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

See above.

EUR/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year.

The U.S.-China deal, announced after more than two-and-a-half years of volatile negotiations between Washington and Beijing, will reduce some U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in exchange for increased Chinese purchases of some U.S. goods.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Last UK GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.323 important Supply Area and we think it has to be re-tested.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

AUD/USD

The Aussie dollar dropped on a downbeat tone from the nation’s central bank. Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

EUR/USD

The U.S.-China deal, announced after more than two-and-a-half years of volatile negotiations between Washington and Beijing, will reduce some U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in exchange for increased Chinese purchases of some U.S. goods.

UK Prime Minister Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Last UK GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

AUD/USD

The Aussie dollar dropped on a downbeat tone from the nation’s central bank. Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

EUR/USD

UK Prime Minister Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year.

The U.S.-China deal, announced after more than two-and-a-half years of volatile negotiations between Washington and Beijing, will reduce some U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in exchange for increased Chinese purchases of some U.S. goods.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Eyes on today BoE decision on interest rates.

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Last UK GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

Eyes on today release: Retail Sales + BoE Interest Rate Decision

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

The Aussie dollar dropped on a downbeat tone from the nation’s central bank. Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

UK Prime Minister Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year.

The U.S.-China deal, announced after more than two-and-a-half years of volatile negotiations between Washington and Beijing, will reduce some U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in exchange for increased Chinese purchases of some U.S. goods.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Supply Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

AUD/USD

The Aussie dollar dropped on a downbeat tone from the nation’s central bank. Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

EUR/USD

UK Prime Minister Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year.

The U.S.-China deal, announced after more than two-and-a-half years of volatile negotiations between Washington and Beijing, will reduce some U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in exchange for increased Chinese purchases of some U.S. goods.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his “do or die” deadline to leave the European Union next week. European Union Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU has agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

The Aussie dollar dropped on a downbeat tone from the nation’s central bank. Last Australia Retail Sales data again worse than expected.

In the U.S., the Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, at its policy meeting on Wednesday but indicated interest rates would remain on hold.

Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expect a test in area 0.6988. While 0.7044, important Supply Area, is the second target if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested. There are 2 possible scenarios: breakout of 1.32 can lead up to 1.33 important Supply Area; breakout of 1.30 – on the other hand – will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD
See above.

AUD/USD

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Neutral from Overbought. We expected a test in area 0.6988, and this is occurring right now. Around 0.7044 there is an important Supply Area, and Aussie will drive that high only if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested. There are 2 possible scenarios: breakout of 1.32 can lead up to 1.33 important Supply Area; breakout of 1.30 – on the other hand – will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Overbought from Neutral. We expected a test in area 0.6988, and this is occurring right now. Around 0.7044 there is an important Supply Area, and Aussie will drive that high only if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested. There are 2 possible scenarios: breakout of 1.32 can lead up to 1.33 important Supply Area; breakout of 1.30 – on the other hand – will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

AUD/USD

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Overbought from Neutral. We expected a test in area 0.6988, and this is occurring right now. Around 0.7044 there is an important Supply Area, and Aussie will drive that high only if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

EUR/USD

Eyes on today German Unemployment data and U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI index.

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Recently, U.S. CPI (Inflation) ticked higher than expected. On the other hand, German industrial output fell unexpectedly in October on a sharp drop in production of capital goods, pointing to persistent weakness. Industrial output dropped by 1.7% on the month, confounding expectations for a 0.1% rise.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

Eyes on today release: German Unemployment Change

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

Eyes on today release: ISM Manufacturing PMI

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested. Breakout of 1.30 will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

Eyes on today U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI index.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Overbought from Neutral. We expected a test in area 0.6988, and this is occurring right now. Around 0.7044 there is an important Supply Area, and Aussie will drive that high only if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

Last German Unemployment data still disappointing.
On the other hand, last U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI index fell below analysts’ expectations.

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

3rd of January, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached and we think it has to be re-tested. Breakout of 1.30 will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

AUD/USD

Last U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI index fell below analysts’ expectations.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Overbought from Neutral. We expected a test in area 0.6988, and this is occurring right now. Around 0.7044 there is an important Supply Area, and Aussie will drive that high only if 0.69 will be consistently and relevantly violated on the upside. On the opposite scenario, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

EUR/USD

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

Last German Unemployment data still disappointing.
On the other hand, last U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI index fell below analysts’ expectations.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

3rd of January, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

GBP/USD

Johnson’s revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill would require the United Kingdom to have arrangements to leave the European Union be in place by Dec. 31 next year, common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached again and we think it has to be re-tested. Breakout of 1.30 will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

AUD/USD

In Australia, the RBA to flag downside risks to the outlook from the bushfires, but don’t expect the fires to materially impact its central forecasts or policy decision at this stage. Also the government’s deployment of military assets, could provide a larger-than-expected boost to government consumption.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Overbought from Neutral. We expect a test in area 0.688, First Support. In the case of an escalation of the bearish sentiment, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

EUR/USD

Last German Unemployment data still disappointing.
On the other hand, last U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI index fell below analysts’ expectations.

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

3rd of January, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

GBP/USD

Common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the United Kingdom ‘s transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached again and we think it has to be re-tested. Breakout of 1.30 will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

See above.

AUD/USD

Eyes on Australia Retail Sales data, later today.

In Australia, the RBA to flag downside risks to the outlook from the bushfires, but don’t expect the fires to materially impact its central forecasts or policy decision at this stage. Also the government’s deployment of military assets, could provide a larger-than-expected boost to government consumption.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Overbought from Neutral. We expect a test in area 0.688, First Support. In the case of an escalation of the bearish sentiment, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

Eyes on today release: Australia Retail Sales

USD

Recent Facts:

See above.

EUR/USD

Eyes to today U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate.

Last German Unemployment data still disappointing.
On the other hand, last U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI index fell below analysts’ expectations.

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

3rd of January, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

Eyes to today release: Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate.

GBP/USD

Common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the United Kingdom’s transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached again and we think it has to be re-tested. Breakout of 1.30 will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

Eyes to today release: Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate.

AUD/USD

Last Australia Retail Sales data came better than analysts’ expectations. Eyes to today U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate.

In Australia, the RBA to flag downside risks to the outlook from the bushfires, but don’t expect the fires to materially impact its central forecasts or policy decision at this stage. Also the government’s deployment of military assets, could provide a larger-than-expected boost to government consumption.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Overbought from Neutral. We expect a test in area 0.688, First Support. In the case of an escalation of the bearish sentiment, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

10th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

Eyes to today release: Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate.

EUR/USD

Last German Unemployment data still disappointing.
On the other hand, both last Nonfarm payrolls and U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI index fell below analysts’ expectations.

In the U.S., record stock prices, unemployment at a five-decade low and steady wage gains continue to lift spirits, putting the 2019 Consumer sentiment level on track for the best since the 1999-2000 dot-com boom. Combined with elevated sentiment, this backdrop helps explain the economy’s resilience in the face of business-investment cutbacks and global demand concerns.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

We are Neutral from Bearish. Eyes on 1.12 Supply level test. A confirmed breakout will led up to 1.1268 area. On the other hand, a confirmed breakout of 1.1055 would quickly drag the price down to 1.0980, important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Neutral
1st Resistance: 1.1200
2nd Resistance: 1.1268
1st Support: 1.1055
2nd Support: 1.0980

EUR

Recent Facts:

5th of December, Eurozone Services PMI
Better than Expected

14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

17th of December, Eurozone CPI
Lower than Expected

4th of January, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Better than Expected, CPI ticked Lower than Expected

24th of January, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

21st of February, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

22nd of February, Eurozone CPI
As Expected

22nd of March, German Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

28th of March, Spanish and German CPI data
Lower than expected

29th of March, German Job Market, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary)
Worse than expected

1st of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

1st of April, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than expected

18th of April, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of April, German Unemployment Change
Better than expected

3rd of May, Eurozone CPI (Inflation) data
Higher than expected

23rd of May, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

4th of June, CPI, Preliminary release
Lower than expected

5th of June, Services PMI
Better than expected

21st of June, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

17th of July, CPI
Higher than expected

24th of July, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

25th of July, ECB Interest Rate Statement
European Central Bank signaled a future cut in its official interest rates to new record lows

22nd of August, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

2nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of September, German Unemployment Change and German CPI (Inflation data)
Better than Expected

16th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

24th of October, German Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

30th of October, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

29th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

3rd of January, German Unemployment Change
Worse than expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

24th of July, German and Eurozone Manufacturing PMI data
Worse than Expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

31st of July, German Unemployment
Better than expected

1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of January, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

GBP/USD

Common sense suggests that crafting a trade deal would take at least more than a year, so markets had assumed that the United Kingdom’s transition period will be extended.

Both last UK Retail Sales and GDP data didn’t shine at all. Also last UK Manufacturing and Services came lower than expected.

We are Overbought from Bullish. As we wrote in the previous commentaries, 1.3023 important Demand Area is about to be approached again and we think it has to be re-tested. Breakout of 1.30 will drag pound down to our second Support, 1.275 Area.

Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2001:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.3460
2nd Resistance: 1.3362
1st Support: 1.3023
2nd Support: 1.2753

GBP

Recent Facts:

19th of February, Job Market
Worse than Expected

19th of March, Job Market
Contrasted

20th of March, CPI
Higher than Expected

21st of March, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

29th of March, GDP
Better than Expected

2nd of April, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

3rd of April, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of April, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

17th of April, CPI
Lower than Expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

1st of May, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of May, Industrial Production and Trade Balance
Better than Expected

22nd of May, CPI
Lower than Expected

24th of May, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

4th of June, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of June, GDP data
Worse than Expected

2nd of July, Construction PMI
Worse than Expected (Lowest since 2009)

3rd of July, Services PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of July, Manufacturing Production data
Worse than Expected

16th of July, UK Job Market data
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

5th of August, Services PMI
Better than Expected

9th of August, GDP data + Manufacturing Production
Worse than Expected

2nd of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than expected

9th of September, GDP and Manufacturing Production
Better than Expected

10th of September, Job Market
Better than Expected

18th of September, CPI
Lower than expected

19th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

30th of September, GDP data
Higher than Expected

2nd of October, Construction PMI
Worse than expected

3rd of October, UK Services PMI data
Worse than expected

10th of October, GDP and Manufacturing Production data
GDP Better than Expected, Manufacturing Worse than expected

15th of October, Job Market
Better than Expected

15th of October, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of November, BoE Interest Rate Decision
Interest Rate Unchanged but two members of its monetary policy committee voted for a cut, the first time in over a year that the committee has been split

13th of November, CPI
Ticked lower, but still at 1.5%

22nd of November, Manufacturing PMI + Services PMI
Lower than expected

10th of December, GDP data
Worse than expected

12th of December, General Election
Leader of the Conservatory party, largely winning the UK elections, said that Britain would have enough time to strike an agreement with the European Union

19th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

USD

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of January, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

AUD/USD

Last Australia Retail Sales data came better than expected.

In Australia, the RBA to flag downside risks to the outlook from the bushfires, but don’t expect the fires to materially impact its central forecasts or policy decision at this stage. Also the government’s deployment of military assets, could provide a larger-than-expected boost to government consumption.

China and the U.S. agreed to a phase one trade deal, which could be signed in early January. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there will be a signing and that the deal is “getting done”.

Last Australia GDP data ticked lower. Australia RBA Board expects inflation to pick up gradually to be close to 2% in 2020 and 2021. The Board is prepared to ease monetary policy further if needed to support economic growth, full employment and the inflation target over time.

We are Overbought from Neutral. We expect a test in area 0.688, First Support. In the case of an escalation of the bearish sentiment, we think probable a re-test below 0.68 important Demand Area.

Our special Fibo Retracements are confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:

Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 0.6988
2nd Resistance: 0.7044
1st Support: 0.6875
2nd Support: 0.6710

AUD

Recent Facts:

6th of June, Australia GDP
Better than Expected

14th of June, Australia Job Market
Worse than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Slightly better than Expected

19th of July, Employment Change
Better than Expected

25th of July, CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of August, AIG Manufacturing Index
Worse than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales,
Better than Expected

16th of August, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

30th of August, HIA New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

12th of September, Westpac Consumer Sentiment
Worse than Expected

13th of September, Employment Change
Better than Expected

5th of October, Retail Sales
As Expected

18th of October, Job Market
Worse than Expected

30th of October, Building Approvals
Worse than Expected

31st of October, Australia CPI
Lower than Expected

1st of November, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

15th of November, Australia Employment Change
Better than Expected

29th of November, Australia New Home Sales + Private New Capital Expenditure
Worse than Expected

5th of December, GDP
Worse than Expected

11th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

24th of January, Employment Change
Better than Expected

30th of January, CPI
Better than Expected

5th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

21st of February, Job Market
Better than Expected

21st of March, Job Market
Worse than Expected

3rd of March, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

18th of April, Job Market
Better than Expected

24th of April, CPI
Lower than expected

7th of May, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected (weakest quarter in seven years)

13th of May, Home Loans
Worse than Expected

16th of May, Unemployment Rate
Higher than expected

4th of June, Retail Sales and RBA Interest Rate Statement
Retail Sales Worse than Expected, RBA cuts interest Rates as expected at 1.25%

5th of June, GDP
Worse than Expected

13th of June, Employment Change
Better than Expected

3rd of July, Australia Trade Balance and Building Approvals
Better than Expected

4th of July, Australia Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

18th of July, Job Market data
Worse than Expected

31st of July, CPI
Higher than Expected

2nd of August, Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

3rd of September, Retail sales
Worse than Expected

18th of September, job Market
Worse than Expected

17th of October, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

14th of November, Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of December, GDP
Lower than Expected

5th of December, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

10th of January, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

USD

Recent Facts:

19th of December, Fed Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate 25 basis points but signalled Slower Pace of Hikes in 2019

21st of December, GDP
Worse than expected

1st of February, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

14th of February, Retail Sales
Worse than expected

28th of March, U.S. GDP data
Lower than expected

5th of April, Nonfarm Payrolls, Employment Change
Better than Expected

10th of April, Core CPI (Inflation)
Lower than expected

18th of April, Retail Sales
Better than Expected

26th of April, U.S. GDP data
U.S. GDP data up but U.S. Inflation still on the downbeat

1st of May: Fed FOMC Statement
U.S. Fed Chair Powell said the central bank’s current path of monetary policy was appropriate

3rd of May, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of May, ISM Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Worse than Expected

10th of May, CPI
As Expected

15th of May, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

30th of May, GDP
GDP data as expected but GDP Price Index continues its freefall

5th of June, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than expected

7th of June, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected

12th of June, CPI
Lower than Expected

19th of June, FOMC Statement
Dovish (Interest Rate cut imminent)

25th of June, CB Consumer Confidence
Lower than Expected

27th of June, GDP data
As Expected

5th of July, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm payrolls Better than expected but Unemployment Rate ticked up

11th of July, Core CPI
Higher than expected

16th of July, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than expected

26th of July, GDP data
Better than expected

2nd of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

5th of September, ADP Nonfarm U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected

13th of September, U.S. Retail Sales data
Better than Expected

1st of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

2nd of October, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected

4th of October, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

30th of October, GDP
Better than Expected

30th of October, Interest Rate
The Federal Open Market Committee cut its fed funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% from a previous range of 1.75% to 2.00%

1st of November, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

13th of November, CPI
Higher than Expected

15th of November, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected

27th of November, GDP
Better than Expected

6th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected

3rd of January, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected

10th of January, Nonfarm Payrolls
Worse than Expected