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Risk Remains On As Coronavirus Fears Fade

Forex

<p>The dollar extended its recovery against European currencies this morning, after the big US retail sales beat raised hopes for a speedy economic recovery. The firmer dollar weighed on buck-denominated gold, while stocks and US index futures held onto their gains as central bank stimulus and recovery hopes offset concerns over coronavirus r

Pavlovian Powell Play

Forex

<p>Fed Chair Powell stuck to a largely expected rhetoric during his Congressional testimony after Monday’s unexpected Fed play into corporate bonds. Powell’s testimony lead with indications that the US may be bottoming out, while rates will remain near zero growth until growth returns on track. He did his best to qwell speculation

UK Inflation At A 4-Year Low

Forex

<p>Notes/Observations UK CPI hit a fresh 4-year low; builds case for BOE to add to QE program at Thursday’s meeting Upcoming EU Leader online Summit not expected to gain approval of EU Recovery Fund China try to deescalate the India border issue; sees situation as ‘stable’ Asia: Japan Apr Trade Balance: -¥833.4B v -¥1.03Te as [&he

USD Firms On Favourable Financial Data

Forex

<p>The USD strengthened against a number of its counterparts yesterday and during today’s Asian session as the US retail sales growth rate for May outperformed expectations reaching 17.7% mom. At the same time the Aussie tended to weaken substantially as a commodity currency which is quite risk sensitive to the concerns about the coronavirus

EURGBP Retains Neutral Mode, Approaches 0.9000

Forex

<p>EURGBP has been developing within a consolidation area since May 15, despite the upside penetration at the end of the previous month. Looking at the last few days, the pair is extending a bullish move above the Ichimoku cloud and the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level of the up leg from 0.8670 to 0.9055 at 0.8963, […]

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