EURUSD Forecast March 23, 2017, Technical Analysis
The EURUSD pair fell initially during the day on Wednesday but found enough support just below the 1.08 level to turn things around and form a hammer.
The EURUSD pair fell initially during the day on Wednesday but found enough support just below the 1.08 level to turn things around and form a hammer.
Inflation has made a dramatic return in the Eurozone. In February, the headline CPI measure rose to 2.0% year-over-year, accelerating from 1.8% in January.
The European Central Bank’s large bond buying programme appears to be finally working its magic. Inflation is on the rise, unemployment is falling and the economic bloc is – believe it or not – growing, all thanks to years of zero interest rates, several versions of bond purchases programme and a resulting weak currency.
In recent days we have seen the dollar’s bullish trend gain momentum against the G10 currencies. Investors appear to be expanding their bullish bets on the greenback amid rising expectations that Donald Trump’s reputation will prevent him to become the next US president.
As we highlighted the possibility on Monday, gold took a big plunge below the psychologically-important and support level of $1300 per ounce yesterday. The breakdown triggered further follow-up technical selling, causing gold to fall for a time below $1270 per ounce.
The dollar staged a broad-based rally on Thursday to make back some of the losses it had suffered earlier in the week which had been on the back of a poor ISM services PMI reading and last week’s disappointing jobs report.
ECB’s inaction clearly disappointed a few people as European stock indices dropped when the policy statement was released.
The EURUSD pair initially tried to rally during the course of the session on Wednesday, but then turn right back around to form a shooting star.
The EURUSD pair broke down below the bottom of a couple of hammers during the Friday session, so therefore if you we are getting ready to go even lower.
EURUSD has been trading inside a range, moving between support at 1.1035 and resistance at 1.1150. Price is currently testing support at the bottom of the range and seems ready for a bounce back to the top.