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On Wednesday, trading on the EUR/USD pair closed slightly up around 1.12. After weak consumer price and retail sales data from the US, the Euro grew to 1.1296. Buyers undertook as assault of 1.1300 level on the assumption that the Fed would decide against raising interest rates or at least refuse to raise them until the end of the year.
The dollar has overcome some intense pressure. The FOMC increased the key interest rate by 0.25% to the 1% – 1.25% range. The regulator also revised its GDP forecast upwards and is planning to start reducing its balance sheet later this year. After the meeting, the Euro fell to 1.1193.
Market expectations:
Sellers have completely erased the gains made by the pair from 1.1200 to 1.1296. This led to the formation of a long shadow on the daily candlestick, which suggests an increase in pressure on buyers is in store. To make buyers start worrying about a drop, sellers need to bring the rate down to 1.1165. In order for sellers to start taking profit, quotes need to fall below 1.1115.
On Thursday, trader attention will be focused on the Bank of England’s meeting. I think that today, our currency pair will trade within the same range as yesterday. As it stands, I can’t see the Euro falling against the dollar any further than the 1.1200 mark.
Fed Fund futures put the likelihood of a further rate hike at the FOMC meeting in September at 18.4%. The probability of another hike before the end of the year is 44.8%.
Day’s news (GMT+3):
- 10:15 Switzerland: producer and import prices (May);
- 10:30 Switzerland: SNB interest rate decision, SNB press conference;
- 10:40 Australia: RBA assistant governor Debelle’s speech;
- 11:30 UK: retail sales (May);
- 12:00 Euro zone: trade balance (Apr);
- 14:00 UK: BoE interest rate decision, BoE MPC vote cut, BoE asset purchase facility, BoE MPC vote hike;
- 15:30 Canada: manufacturing shipments (Apr);
- 15:30 USA: initial jobless claims (9 Jun), NY Empire State manufacturing index (Jun), import price index (May), Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey (Jun);
- 16:15 USA: industrial production (May), capacity utilization (May);
- 17:00 USA: NAHB housing market index (Jun);
- 23:00 UK: BoE governor Mark Carney’s speech;
- 23:00 USA: net long-term TIC flows (Apr).
