In the aftermath of the US CPI release volatility, the GBP/USD eventually declined. Moreover, on Thursday morning, the UK Preliminary quarterly GDP was revealed to have increased by 0.80% instead of the expected 1.00%. By the middle of the day's European trading hours, the currency rate had reached below the 1.2200 mark and the weekly S1 simple pivot point at 1.2197. Economic
The EUR/USD currency exchange rate eventually declined and on Thursday morning passed below the 1.0500 mark and the support zone at 1.0472/1.0492. By the middle of the day's trading the pair appeared to be heading to the 1.0400 level and the weekly S1 simple pivot point at 1.0397. Economic Calendar Analysis On Thursday, at 12:30 GMT, US Producer Price Index and Core
Already prior to the US Consumer Price Index release on Wednesday at 12:30 GMT, the price for hold broke the descending channel pattern by surging and passing the pattern's upper trend line. Afterwards, the price was testing the resistance of the 1,850.60/1,854.50 zone. During the CPI release, the price plummeted, before recovering and shortly trading above 1,854.50. Economic Calendar Analysis On Thursday,
On Wednesday, the United States Labour Statistics Bureau released the monthly US Consumer Price Index and Core Consumer Price Index data for April. The markets expected the data for clues in regards to the effectiveness of the first US Federal Reserve Rate hike done on March 15. At 12:30 GMT, the CPI and Core CPI came in at 0.3% and 0.6%
At mid-day on Wednesday, the US Consumer Price Index caused a drop of the GBP/USD, which shortly reached below the 1.2300 mark. However, the rate almost immediately recovered to trade back near the 1.2350 level. Economic Calendar On Thursday morning, Pound traders should take into account the publication of the UK Preliminary quarter-on-quarter Gross Domestic Product data publication at 06:00 GMT. Later on,
On Wednesday, the United States Labour Statistics Bureau released the monthly US Consumer Price Index and Core Consumer Price Index data for April. The markets expected the data for clues in regards to the effectiveness of the first US Federal Reserve Rate hike done on March 15. At 12:30 GMT, the CPI and Core CPI came in at 0.3% and
As forecast on Monday, the price for gold has reached the support zone at 1,850.60/1,854.50. The support zone held and caused a retracement back up to the 1,865.00 level and the upper trend line of the descending channel pattern. Economic Calendar Analysis During the week, most attention will be put on the US Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index data. The
Despite reaching below the 130.00 mark, the USD/JPY did not decline during the first half of Tuesday's trading hours. The rate revealed a support zone at 129.78/129.86. Meanwhile, resistance was being provided by the 130.50/130.58 zone and the 50-hour simple moving average. The sideways trading could be explained with the markets expecting the upcoming US Consumer Price Index data on Wednesday
Since the middle of Monday's trading, the GBP/USD currency pair has remained almost flat, as it trades in the 1.2300/1.2375 range. In the meantime, previous forecasts remained valid. Economic Calendar During the week, most attention will be put on the US Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index data. The data sets are expected to reveal the inflation in the United States
Since the middle of Monday's trading hours, the EUR/USD currency exchange rate has been trading around the 1.0560 mark. Short term support is being found in the 1.0540 mark and resistance is provided by the 1.0580 level. Meanwhile, previous forecasts remained valid. Economic Calendar Analysis During the week, most attention will be put on the US Consumer Price Index and Producer Price
On Friday, gold bounced off the 1,890.00 mark and started a decline. During the second part of Monday's trading, the price had already reached below the 1,860.00 level. In the near term future, a continuation of the decline could look for support in the May low level zone at 1,850.60/1,854.50. Economic Calendar Analysis During the week, most attention will be put on
On Monday morning, the USD Dollar surged against the Yen above the high level zone at 131.00/131.25 and shortly touched the weekly R1 simple pivot point at 131.33. However, almost immediately after the event, the pair sharply declined. By 16:00 GMT, the currency pair had almost reached the combined support of the 130.00 level, the weekly simple pivot point at
Despite shortly reaching below the support zone of 1.2277/1.2325, the rate did not decline, as on Monday morning a recovery started. During the second half of the day's trading, the currency pair was fluctuating between the support of the 1.2300 mark and resistance at 1.2400. Economic Calendar During the week, most attention will be put on the US Consumer Price Index and
The resistance of the 1.0600 level was enough to cause a decline of the pair to the 1.0500 mark, which acted as support. During the second part of the day's European trading hours, the Euro traded near the 1.0550 level against the US Dollar. Economic Calendar Analysis During the week, most attention will be put on the US Consumer Price Index and
The resistance of the 1,910.00 mark was enough to force the yellow metal's price into a decline, which shortly pierced the 1,870.00 level, before starting a recovery. However, by late Friday's trading hours, the price did not manage to reach not only above the 1,900.00 mark, but also the 1,895.00 level. Economic Calendar Analysis During the week, most attention will be put
On Friday, the USD/JPY currency exchange rate returned to trading to levels, where the pair was located before the volatility, which was caused by the Federal Reserve rate hike and following press conference. During the day, the rate had encountered resistance in the 130.70 and 130.80. Meanwhile, support was provided by the previous resistance zone at 130.20/130.50. Economic Calendar During the week,
In the aftermath of the Bank of England rate hike, the GBP/USD rate found support in the 1.2277/1.2325 zone. Namely, the 1.2300 level appears to be acting as psychological support. Meanwhile, resistance is found in the weekly S1 simple pivot point at 1.2372 and 1.2380. Economic Calendar During the week, most attention will be put on the US Consumer Price Index and
During Friday's trading, the EUR/USD found support in the zone at 1.0472/1.0492 and recovered to the 1.0600 mark, which started to act as resistance. During the late hours of the day's trading, the exchange rate was trading between 1.0600 and the support of the 1.0550 mark. Economic Calendar Analysis During the week, most attention will be put on the US Consumer Price
At mid-day on Thursday, the price for gold bounced off the resistance of the 1,910.00 level. By 15:00 GMT, the price had declined to the 1,885.00 level. Economic Calendar Analysis On Friday, the US Dollar and the Canadian Dollar are set to react to the monthly US and Canadian employment data. Among the data will be the employment changes and unemployment rates
The USD/JPY currency pair has recovered in the aftermath of the US rate hike. By the start of the day's US trading start at 13:30 GMT, the USD/JPY had reached back up to the resistance zone at 130.20/130.50. Economic Calendar On Friday, the US Dollar and the Canadian Dollar are set to react to the monthly US and Canadian employment data. Among
On May 5th, the Bank of England hiked its interest rate from 0.75% up to 1.00%, which is the highest level in 13 years. In addition, the bank revealed how the monetary policy makers voted on the rate hike. Namely, six of the committee voted for a 0.25% hike, but three members wanted a 0.50% hike that would set the
On Thursday, comments made by the Head Economist of the ECB beat down the value of the EUR/USD, as it was revealed that the ECB is only preparing for rate hikes. By the start of the day's US trading hours, the EUR/USD had reached below the 1.0550 mark, where it encountered support. Economic Calendar Analysis On Friday, the US Dollar and the
On Wednesday, the comments made at the Federal Reserve press conference by the Chairman Jerome Powell caused a drop of the US Dollar's value. On gold price charts it resulted in a move above a resistance zone at 1,872.00/1,878.00 up to the 1,890.00 level. Economic Calendar Analysis On Friday, the US Dollar and the Canadian Dollar are set to react to the
On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 0.50%. Afterwards, the Chairman of the bank Jerome Powell hosted a press conference. Comments made by Powell that the bank is not considering 0.75% rate hikes caused a drop of the US Dollar. On the USD/JPY charts the event resulted in a sharp move below the 129.00 level and a