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The EUR/USD pair has found a cushion around 1.0670 in the early Tokyo session. The major currency pair is expected to recapture the round-level resistance of 1.0700 as investors are quite confident about a less-hawkish interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve (Fed), scheduled for Wednesday. Considering the declining trend in the United States inflation and...

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AUD/USD remains mildly bid above 0.6700, around 0.6715 by the press time, as upbeat comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Official joins the market’s cautious optimism over the UBS-Credit Suisse deal during early Monday. However, fears of more banking sector rout and anxiety ahead of this week’s top-tier data/events probe the Aussie pair buyers of...

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The surge in yields and the bullish run in stocks have propelled the USDJPY upwards. The price recently peaked at 133.66, slightly above a swing area between 133.50 and 133.652, as well as the falling 100-hour moving average at 133.696. The current price is trading at 133.54. A breakthrough above the 100-hour moving average would lead traders to target the...

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GBP/USD rebounds from the 21-Daily Moving Average (DMA) at the 1.2000 key psychological level. The bounce comes after easing demand for the US Dollar due to backstop plans put forward by major central banks. Federal Reserve (Fed), Swiss National Bank (SNB), and Bank of England (BoE) intervened with rescue plans, calming risk sentiment fired by liquidity crunch...

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EUR/USD stays defensive around 1.0610-15 as bulls and bears jostle near the end of a volatile week, eyeing the first weekly loss in three despite the previous day’s bounce off a 10-week low. In doing so, the Euro pair struggles to extend the U-turn from a three-week-long support line, around 1.0515 by the press time, as the 50-bar Simple Moving Average (SMA)...

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The Australian dollar trended upward through trade on Thursday as market sentiment improved following reports Credit Suisse will access as much as 50 billion Swiss Franc as a liquidity backstop. Having slipped below US$0.66 on Wednesday the AUD climbed steadily pushing back through US$0.6650 to mark intraday highs at US$0.6665. Better than anticipated domestic...

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The USD/CAD pair has corrected to near the critical support of 1.3750 in the Tokyo session. The Loonie asset is facing the heat as the upside momentum in the US Dollar Index has started fading now. The street is anticipating maintenance of status-quo by the Federal Reserve (Fed) next week as United States inflation has resumed its softening spell...

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The GBP/USD pair has attempted a recovery move from the psychological support of 1.2000 in the early Asian session. The Cable witnessed a sell-off on Wednesday after reports citing internal ‘materialistic weaknesses’ in Credit Suisse spooked market sentiment. The release of the financial budget by United Kingdom Finance Minister (FM) Jeremy Hunt failed to provide...

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EUR/USD (Euro – U.S. Dollar) plummeted on Wednesday on strong safe-haven flows, sinking more than 1% towards its lowest level in 2023, with risk assets coming under intense downward pressure as the U.S. banking turmoil spread to Europe, worsening Credit Suisse’s already fragile position, and igniting a $60 billion rout in the entire space. For context, Credit...

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NZD/USD picks up bids to pare intraday losses around 0.6175 during early Thursday. Even so, the Kiwi pair remains down for the second consecutive day after reversing from the 200-SMA and one-month-old resistance line the previous day. The NZD/USD pair’s failure to cross the aforementioned key hurdles joins bearish MACD signals and the downbeat RSI (14) line, not...

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The USD/JPY pair is approaching 134.50 amid the release of the dovish Bank of Japan (BoJ) minutes for the monetary policy meeting, announced last week on March 09. The last monetary policy announcement by ex-BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda lacked surprises as a continuation of an ultra-dovish policy stance was highly required to keep inflation steady near desired...

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GBP/USD portrays the typical pre-data anxiety as it seesaws around 1.2150-60 during early Wednesday. That said, the Cable pair traders await the key UK Budget Report, as well as the US Retail Sales for February, amid mixed sentiment and sluggish markets. It should be noted that the mostly mixed UK data and a lack of hawkish bias surrounding the Bank of England...

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EUR/USD is flat on the day so far and trading near 1.0742 and staying within a range of 1.0725 and 1.0742. Overnight, banking stocks surged back and bonds and interest rate futures despite the collapse of some US banks over the past few days. Instead, fears of contagion in the U.S. banking system have reduced and the US Dollar has found its footing...

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NZD/USD is keeping its bullish momentum intact after hitting the low near0.6220 level. The NZD/USD advance comes on the back of US Dollar weakness amid falling US Treasury bond yields. The high beta currency was also kicked up by firmer equity complexes from the last three days. The US Dollar-driven move underpinned the pair, earlier in the week, after the recent...

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USD/JPY is down some 1.3% on the day and has fallen from a high of 135.05 to a low of 132.28 ahead of what will be critical data in the US Consumer Price Index on Tuesday. The US Dollar was pressured at the start of the week and in a continuation to the fallout from the Nonfarm Payrolls. While the Nonfarm Payrolls showed robust jobs growth, the rise in the...

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The GBPUSD is trading to a new session high and in the process is looking to break above a swing era between 1.21425 and 1.2147. Those swing highs correspond with highs from highs from February 21 and again on February 28. The high price is currently trading at 1.2153. The two year yield is down -55 basis points to 4.036%. The low yield for the day reach 3.999%...

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In a complete U-turn from its reaction to hawkish Powell testimony last week, markets today struggle to price one further 25bp hike from the Fed. This is a far cry from the +75-100bp of extra tightening seen last week. The re-pricing of the Fed is understandable as US authorities struggle to put a floor under the evolving banking crisis. Indeed, the KBW regional...

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The AUD/USD had the best day in months on Monday, boosted by a sharp decline of the US Dollar Index (DXY), despite risk aversion. The pair rose almost a hundred pips and stabilized around 0.6675 after hitting five-day highs above 0.6700. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday triggered a crisis and a run to safety. The rally in Treasury bonds...