Price action trading OCT 1st
EURUSD remained below 1.06 in its closing session although the potential annual lows remain above 1.0550. The bet is still latent that the European numbers will improve this Monday. Production data will be presented tomorrow at the European opening. We will be attentive to good forecasts. The preference is buying over 1.0550. If the production […]
ECB and FOMC this week. Stimulus plans and bond purchases are key for the euro this week.
This Thursday, 12/16, important decisions are expected from governors of the European Central Bank who could delay part of a decision on the ECB’s stimulus plans, since the perspective has changed due to a new variant of the coronavirus and the growing pressures on the prices. The ECB’s Governing Council will meet on December 16 […]
United States Closes Its Year With Less Than 5% Unemployment
The United States closes its year with unemployment of 4.2% from 6.7% in January 2021. The final production of the services sector closes this 2021 with 69.1% increasing from 57.2%. Both data gave a weekly close with a strong dollar only at the USDCAD cross. The rest of the fx crosses were kept out of […]
Canadian CPI projects pressure on USDCAD.
This Wednesday the Statistics Canada office will publish the Consumer Price Index data for the month of October. The data that will be published, happens after the annual inflation of September had reached 4.4%, marking a maximum in almost two decades. This fact raises expectations in the market about a possible rate hike at the […]
Evergrande could be the next Lehman Brothers
The Chinese economy begins to be questioned. Its impact on global growth that it has helped fuel for more than 20 years is now hampered by electricity shortages and a major real estate crisis. The difficulties of the real estate sector in China triggered by the problems of the giant Evergrande could pose risks to […]
Volatility in the crude oil market
Crude prices this week were affected by market volatilities and due to the period of crisis that the sector is going through. In turn, OPEC cut its forecast for oil demand for 2021 due to high prices. Brent crude futures fell to $ 81.66. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures fell to $ 80.84 after […]
High impact week: US inflation and conflicts between the UK and the EU
The euro and the pound once giving way to sellers. The dollar is preparing to take ground this week although we do not know how long it could last. On Wednesday the 10th and Thursday the 11th, the inflation of the producer and the consumer of the United States respectively is presented. The market anxiously […]
NFP and unemployment: High impact Friday.
The first week of November closes with two high-impact data in the employment sector. The United States and Canada will report the evolution of non-farm payrolls and the change in the unemployment rate respectively. The Fed announced this Wednesday that it will begin to cut its monthly purchases of bonds from November, with the […]
FOMC: Tapering will be defined
The week of great impact begins this Wednesday with the announcement that Fed officials will make after the FOMC meeting. This is the meeting agreed to evaluate the evolution of the economy and the direction of the decisions that will be made for the United States. The event is full of expectations, as they are […]
High impact of the week: inflation and interest rates
The opening of Monday 25/10 awaits us with expectations given the macro information of the week. We started with Australian inflation on Monday night. The week will also end with inflation data but from the United States. The numbers are expected to remain unchanged in Australia, however gas and coal prices have reached record highs […]