Central Bank Renews Reverse Repos
China’s central bank renewed its cash injection via open market operations to ease liquidity on Tuesday after suspending the move for two trading days.
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AUDUSD Forecast May 16, 2017, Technical Analysis
The Australian dollar has rallied during the session on Monday, breaking above the 0.74 level. We found a bit of resistance at the 0.7450 level, and then dropped.
Crude Oil Gushes Higher On Russia, Saudi Agreement
The price of oil has surged higher at the start of the new trading week. This has helped to lift energy stocks and also underpin commodity currencies such as the Canadian dollar (FXC, quote).
EUR/USD Forecast May 15, 2017, Technical Analysis
The EURUSD pair broke higher during the session on Friday, clearing the top of both the Wednesday and Thursday candles after less than stellar US numbers came out.
AUDUSD Descending Channel May 15, 2017
AUDUSD has been trending lower recently and is now moving inside a descending channel on its 4-hour chart. Price just bounced off support and is looking to pull back to the resistance at the .7450 minor psychological level.
Gold Up As Dollar Stalls Ahead Of US CPI, Retail Sales
The dollar buying witnessed at the start of the week was driven by rising expectations about a June rate hike following last week’s FOMC statement and a solid US monthly jobs report.
USDCAD Forecast May 12, 2017, Technical Analysis
The USDCAD pair had a very rough session on Thursday, initially surging much higher, then pulling back drastically, only to bounce again to the highs, and then pulling back to show weakness yet again.
AUDUSD Forecast May 12, 2017, Technical Analysis
The Australian dollar had an interesting session, initially falling, perhaps in sympathy to the moves in the New Zealand dollar.
Commodities – Metals, Crude Oil Rebound
Commodities price are firmer today with base and especially precious metals ending a bad run off losses, while crude oil has extended its gains from the day before when it rallied sharply on the back of the weekly US oil inventories report.
EURUSD Forecast May 10, 2017, Technical Analysis
After initially gapping higher on Monday, the EURUSD pair has fallen apart. This was a “buy the rumor, sell the news” type of situation when it came to the French elections, and this pullback has been absolutely brutal.