Even though the US Dollar strengthened against its Canadian counterpart on Tuesday, the risk of a bearish outcome is higher today.
The Australian currency has been declining against the US Dollar ever since it touched the 0.76 major level on Monday.
Although the Euro edged closer to the 125.00 major level, the EUR/JPY cross was unable to maintain trade that low, as demand at 126.66, namely the monthly PP, proved to be too strong to pierce.
The bullion switched into the wait-and-see mode, before the Federal Reserve is getting ready to announce its monetary policy decision later on Wednesday.
The BoJ retained its negative rate policy yesterday and, thus, strengthened against the US Dollar, causing the USD/JPY currency pair to drop 65 pips.
The Sterling suffered a rather serious decline against the US Dollar on Tuesday, as fears of a ‘Brexit' returned.
Even though the most traded FX cross was little changed on Tuesday, trading volume surged to one of the highest levels in about 30 days.
Despite the fact that NZD/USD has recently broken out of the bearish channel to the upside, the currency pair does not seem to be in a hurry to advance further north.
Although USD/CAD is currently trading in a bearish channel, the currency pair is facing a major support trend-line, which connects the 2014 and 2015 lows.
The rally started this month is having trouble with the monthly R3, which is not letting AUD/USD to ascend beyond 0.7560.
EUR/JPY is close to completing its bearish correction after the currency pair touched upon the upper boundary of the emerging channel.
Unexpectedly high bets on rate increases from the US Federal Reserve later in the year pushed the yellow metal noticeably down against the American currency.
USD/JPY keeps consolidating within the boundaries of the symmetrical triangle.
Bullishness of the Cable that we have been observing since the beginning of March proved to be insufficient to carry the price over the monthly R1.
EUR/USD ended the Monday session with a slight loss of about 35 pips, as it touched the 1.11 mark where a declined was ultimately stopped.
The New Zealand Dollar's performance was similar to its Australian counterpart's, as the NZD/USD currency pair rallied 80 pips, but in this case was unable to breach the closest monthly pivot, namely the monthly R1.
"The [FOMC] meeting could see an acknowledgement of slightly improved conditions ... the Fed wants to make sure these developments have taken hold before acting. Such a dovish message could see downward pressure on the dollar." - Citi (based on CNBC) Pair's Outlook As was anticipated, the US Dollar weakened against the Loonie at the end of the previous week, but with losses
The Australian currency soared against the US Dollar on Friday, amid a sharp rebound in oil prices.
Although the Euro appreciated against the Japanese Yen on Friday, as the expected correction was delayed.
On Friday the bullion was out of power to hold to earlier post-ECB gains, as the price eased to the 1,250 mark from intraday peaks above 1,270.
Even though the US Dollar outperformed the Japanese Yen on Friday, the exchange rate remained between the 112.00 and 114.00, namely within its consolidation range.
The Sterling refuses to edge lower and appears to be headed towards the resistance line above 1.49.
As we are entering the vital FOMC-led week today, the outlook for EUR/USD remains cautiously optimistic, particularly because the Fed is not forecasted to raise interest rates.
On Thursday, the USD/CAD currency pair went over the 1.33 level, despite a strong supply area bolstering it.