EUR/USD: US Retail Sales

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Source: Dukascopy Bank SA

[ANNOUNCE] The European Single Currency appreciated against the US Dollar, following the US Retail Sales data released on Thursday at 13:30 GMT. The EUR/USD exchange currency rate gained 5 pips or 0.05% during a minute, right after the release. The European single currency continued trading at the 1.1305 area against the US Dollar. [/ANNOUNCE]

The Census Bureau released US Retail Sales data that came out better than expected of 0.8%, compare to forecasted 0.6%. [/ANNOUNCE]

Advance estimates for US retail sales increased 0.8% over last month in October, higher than consensus expectations of a 0.5% pace of increase. Retail sales were downwardly revised to see a pace of decrease of 0.1% in September, the Commerce Department said in a statement Thursday. 

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Historical Data Table: Retail Sales m/m  Economic Calendar for 16.11.2018
           
Date 16.07.2018 15.08.2018 14.09.2018 15.10.2018 15.11.2018 8:30 AM EUR ECB President Draghi Speaks
Actual 0.50% 0.50% 0.10% 0.10% 0.80% 13:00 PM EUR German Buba President Weidmann Speaks
Forecast 0.40% 0.10% 0.40% 0.70% 0.60% 13:30 PM CAD Manufacturing Sales m/m
           
Initial Reaction on Main Pairs SWFX Sentiment Indexes
           
  Open Price Close Price % Change   Longs Shorts
AUD/USD 0.72606 0.72603 0.00% AUD/USD 56.90% 43.10%
EUR/USD 1.12993 1.13013 0.02% EUR/USD 52.37% 47.63%
USD/JPY 113.357 113.389 0.03% USD/JPY 29.61% 70.39%
NZD/USD 0.68108 0.68093 -0.02% NZD/USD 50.15% 49.85%

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