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."
| Date | 11.03.19 | 01.04.19 | 18.04.19 | 15.05.19 | 14.06.19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | 0.2% | -0.2% | 1.6% | -0.2% | 0.5% |
| Forecast | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| Pair | Open | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 0.69013 | 0.68947 | -0.10% |
| EUR/USD | 1.12675 | 1.12493 | -0.16% |
| NZD/USD | 0.65349 | 0.65258 | -0.14% |
| USD/JPY | 108.216 | 108.367 | 0.14% |
| Pair | Longs | Shorts |
|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 74.4% | 25.6% |
| EUR/USD | 26.9% | 73.1% |
| NZD/USD | 74.5% | 25.6% |
| USD/JPY | 72.4% | 27.6% |
| GMT | Currency | Event | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:30 | AUD | Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes | - | - |
| 9:00 | EUR | German ZEW Economic Sentiment | -5.7 | -2.1 |
| 12:30 | USD | Building Permits | 1.30M | 1.29M |