EUR/USD: US Retail Sales

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The European Common Currency depreciated against the US Dollar, following the US Retail Sales data release on Friday at 12:30 GMT. The EUR/USD exchange currency rate lost 19 pips or 0.17% right after the release. The Euro continued trading at the 1.1235 level against the Greenback.

Census Bureau released the US Retail Sales data, which came out worse-than-expected of 0.5% compared with forecast 0.7%.

According to the official release: "Retail trade sales were up 0.5 percent (±0.5 percent)* from April 2019, and 3.1 percent (±0.7 percent) above last year. Nonstore retailers were up 11.4 percent (±1.4 percent) from May 2018, while sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, and book stores were down 4.2 percent (±2.5 percent) from last year."


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Historical Data: US Retail Sales
Date11.03.1901.04.1918.04.1915.05.1914.06.19
Actual0.2%-0.2%1.6%-0.2%0.5%
Forecast0.0%0.3%0.9%0.2%0.7%
Initial Reaction on Main Pairs
PairOpenCloseChange
AUD/USD0.690130.68947-0.10%
EUR/USD1.126751.12493-0.16%
NZD/USD0.653490.65258-0.14%
USD/JPY108.216108.3670.14%
June 14, 2019 Open Positions
PairLongsShorts
AUD/USD74.4%25.6%
EUR/USD26.9%73.1%
NZD/USD74.5%25.6%
USD/JPY72.4%27.6%
Economic Calendar for June 18, 2019
GMTCurrencyEventForecastPrevious
1:30AUDMonetary Policy Meeting Minutes--
9:00EURGerman ZEW Economic Sentiment-5.7-2.1
12:30USDBuilding Permits1.30M1.29M
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