(pare/closed(GMT +2)/change, %)
EUR/USD $1,1214 +0,27%
GBP/USD $1,2968 +0,05%
USD/CHF Chf0,9735 -0,24%
USD/JPY Y111,56 -0,22%
EUR/JPY Y125,09 +0,04%
GBP/JPY Y144,66 -0,17%
AUD/USD $0,7498 +0,29%
NZD/USD $0,7042 +0,44%
USD/CAD C$1,3406 -0,79%
00:01 France Bank holiday
00:01 Germany Bank Holiday
00:01 Switzerland Bank holiday
02:00 New Zealand Annual Budget Release
08:30 United Kingdom BBA Mortgage Approvals April 41.1 40.8
08:30 United Kingdom Business Investment, q/q(Preliminary) Quarter I -0.9% 0.2%
08:30 United Kingdom Business Investment, y/y (Preliminary) Quarter I -0.9%
08:30 United Kingdom GDP, q/q (Revised) Quarter I 0.7% 0.3%
08:30 United Kingdom GDP, y/y (Revised) Quarter I 1.9% 2.1%
12:30 U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims 1898 1925
12:30 U.S. Goods Trade Balance, $ bln. April -64.8 -64.6
12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims 232 238
22:00 U.S. FOMC Member Kaplan Speak
23:30 Japan Tokyo CPI ex Fresh Food, y/y May -0.1% 0%
23:30 Japan Tokyo Consumer Price Index, y/y May -0.1% 0.0%
23:30 Japan National CPI Ex-Fresh Food, y/y April 0.2% 0.4%
23:30 Japan National Consumer Price Index, y/y April 0.2% 0.4%
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 4.4 million barrels from the previous week. At 516.3 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are in the upper half of the average range for this time of year.
Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 0.8 million barrels last week, but are near the upper limit of the average range. Both finished gasoline inventories and blending components inventories decreased last week. Distillate fuel inventories decreased by 0.5 million barrels last week but are in the upper half of the average range for this time of year. Propane/propylene inventories increased by 1.5 million barrels last week but are in the lower half of the average range. Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased by 3.5 million barrels last week
Stubbornly low supply levels held down existing-home sales in April and also pushed the median number of days a home was on the market to a new low of 29 days, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Total existing-home sales which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, dipped 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million in April from a downwardly revised 5.70 million in March. Despite last month's decline, sales are still 1.6 percent above a year ago and at the fourth highest pace over the past year.
"The Bank of Canada is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent.
Inflation is broadly in line with the Bank's projection in its April Monetary Policy Report (MPR). Food prices continue to decline, mainly because of intense retail competition, pushing inflation temporarily lower. The Bank's three measures of core inflation remain below two per cent and wage growth is still subdued, consistent with ongoing excess capacity in the economy.
The global economy continues to gain traction and recent developments reinforce the Bank's view that growth will gradually strengthen and broaden over the projection horizon. As anticipated, growth in the United States during the first quarter was weak, reflecting mostly temporary factors. Recent data point to a rebound in the second quarter. The uncertainties outlined in the April MPR continue to cloud the global and Canadian outlooks.
The Canadian economy's adjustment to lower oil prices is largely complete and recent economic data have been encouraging, including indicators of business investment. Consumer spending and the housing sector continue to be robust on the back of an improving labour market, and these are becoming more broadly based across regions. Macroprudential and other policy measures, while contributing to more sustainable debt profiles, have yet to have a substantial cooling effect on housing markets. Meanwhile, export growth remains subdued, as anticipated in the April MPR, in the face of ongoing competitiveness challenges. The Bank's monitoring of the economic data suggests that very strong growth in the first quarter will be followed by some moderation in the second quarter.
All things considered, Governing Council judges that the current degree of monetary stimulus is appropriate at present, and maintains the target for the overnight rate at 1/2 per cent".
EURUSD: 1.1030 (EUR 371m) 1.1050 (250m) 1.1075 (200m) 1.1100 (220m) 1.1140-50 (1.3bln) 1.1190-00 (260m)
USDJPY: 110.50 (USD 220m) 111.00 (440m) 111.30-40 (445m) 111.80 (380m) 112.00 (USD 2.46bln) 112.10-20 (332m) 112.50-60 (611m)
AUDUSD: 0.7420-30 (AUD 436m ) 0.7500-10 (AUD 492m) 0.7525 (215m)
USDCAD: 1.3400 (332m) 1.3455-60 ( 607m) 1.3500 (270m) 1.3525 (223m) 1.3550 (260m)
NZDUSD: 0.6970 (NZD215m) 0.7090 (282m)
U.S. house prices rose 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2017 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 6.0 percent from the first quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of 2017. FHFA's seasonally adjusted monthly index for March was up 0.6 percent from February.
"The steep, multi-year rise in U.S. home prices continued in the first quarter," said FHFA Deputy Chief Economist Andrew Leventis. "Mortgage rates during the quarter remained slightly elevated relative to most of last year, but demand for homes remained very strong. With housing inventories still languishing at extremely low levels, the strong demand led to another exceptionally large quarterly price increase."
Nonetheless, we remain vigilant
We see no evidence of a widespread development of credit-fuelled bubbles
EUR/USD
Offers: 1.1200-05 1.1225.30 1.1250 1.1275-80 1.1300
Bids: 1.1165 1.1140-50 1.1120 1.1100 1.1080 1.1050
GBP/USD
Offers: 1.3000 1.3030 1.3050 1.3080 1.3100
Bids: 1.2965 1.2950 1.2935 1.2920 1.29001.2875-80 1.2850
EUR/JPY
Offers: 125.30 125.50 125.80 126.00
Bids: 125.00 124.50 124.30 124.00 123.80 123.50
EUR/GBP
Offers: 0.8630-35 0.8650 0.8680 0.8700
Bids: 0.8600 0.8585 0.8570 0.8550 0.8500
USD/JPY
Offers: 112.00-05 112.30 112.50 112.80 113.00
Bids: 111.80 111.50 111.30 111.00 110.80-85 110.50
AUD/USD
Offers: 0.7485 0.7500 0.7530 0.7550 0.7570 0.7600
Bids: 0.7450 0.7430 0.7400 0.7385 0.7350
Output and employment gaps justify caution
Shares concerns expressed in ECB minutes, statements
Must be cautious about premature withdrawal of stimulus
Preferable to err on the side of removing stimulus too late than too early
In june, the Governing Council will draw on the latest information and will have new projections as well as an updated assessment of the distribution of risks surrounding the economic outlook
Upswing is becoming increasingly solid and continues to broaden across sectors and countries
Underlying inflation pressures still give scant indications of a convincing upward trend as domestic cost pressures, notably wage growth, remain subdued
From today's point of view, there are signs of a stronger global recovery and a pick-up in international trade
EURUSD: 1.1030 (EUR 371m) 1.1050 (250m) 1.1075 (200m) 1.1100 (220m) 1.1140-50 (1.3bln) 1.1190-00 (260m)
USDJPY: 110.50 (USD 220m) 111.00 (440m) 111.30-40 (445m) 111.80 (380m) 112.00 (USD 2.46bln) 112.10-20 (332m) 112.50-60 (611m)
AUDUSD: 0.7420-30 (AUD 436m ) 0.7500-10 (AUD 492m) 0.7525 (215m)
USDCAD: 1.3400 (332m) 1.3455-60 ( 607m) 1.3500 (270m) 1.3525 (223m) 1.3550 (260m)
NZDUSD: 0.6970 (NZD215m) 0.7090 (282m)
I see BoJ's inflation overshoot commitment and YCC as constructive developments
Transmission mechanisms for BoJ have approached their limit
BoJ will likely to be able to control jgb yields with smaller volumes of purchases
BoJ policy, combined with fiscal stimulus, could help inflation reach 2 pct
Cannot rule out possibility BoJ will have to do more
One option is for govt to commit to fiscal spending and BoJ to commit to keeping debt/gdp ratio the same
BoJ could allow overshoot of inflation to offset rise in debt/gdp ratio
British police say increased police numbers and operations across London with immediate
British interior minister says military reinforcements will remain under the command of the police
Will stay at heightened state of alert until we know this investigation is no longer active
More dairy, wood, and wine exports in April 2017 led to a goods trade surplus of $578 million, Stats NZ said today.
"In April we had the largest monthly trade surplus since 2015," international trade statistics senior manager Daria Kwon said. "This trimmed back the annual deficit, which reached an eight-year high in February."
The annual trade deficit reduced to $3.5 billion in April from $3.7 billion in March. In February 2017 it peaked at $3.8 billion, the highest trade deficit in almost eight years.
April's goods trade surplus was the largest monthly surplus since March 2015 and the largest April surplus since April 2011. Easter fell in April this year, but the holiday appeared to have little impact on exports. Both exports and imports reached new highs for an April month.
Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded China's long-term local currency and foreign currency issuer ratings to A1 from Aa3 and changed the outlook to stable from negative.
The downgrade reflects Moody's expectation that China's financial strength will erode somewhat over the coming years, with economy-wide debt continuing to rise as potential growth slows. While ongoing progress on reforms is likely to transform the economy and financial system over time, it is not likely to prevent a further material rise in economy-wide debt, and the consequent increase in contingent liabilities for the government.
The stable outlook reflects our assessment that, at the A1 rating level, risks are balanced. The erosion in China's credit profile will be gradual and, we expect, eventually contained as reforms deepen. The strengths of its credit profile will allow the sovereign to remain resilient to negative shocks, with GDP growth likely to stay strong compared to other sovereigns, still considerable scope for policy to adapt to support the economy, and a largely closed capital account.
German consumers were still highly confident in May of this year, providing reliable support to the German economy. This was reflected in heightened expectations of the economy and income. Propensity to buy fell slightly, but still remained at a high level. GfK predicts the consumer climate to reach 10.4 points in its forecast for June, which is 0.2 points higher than in May.
Germans view their domestic economy as definitively on the upswing, even in late spring of 2017. This is evidenced by the improvement in economic expectation in May, which reached a new two-year high. Income expectation also profited with a further increase on its already high level. Although propensity to buy did lose its gains from the previous month, it nevertheless achieved a historically high level in May, also reflecting the good mood among consumers.
EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.1282 (6133)
$1.1240 (5302)
$1.1217 (6271)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.1173
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.1117 (969)
$1.1090 (1112)
$1.1058 (2231)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date June, 9 is 82402 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (6271);
- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date June, 9 is 98898 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0700 (5502);
- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.20 versus 1.20 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 23
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.3202 (3468)
$1.3104 (3157)
$1.3008 (4190)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.2967
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.2894 (1332)
$1.2797 (2245)
$1.2698 (1765)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date June, 9 is 35692 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3000 (4190);
- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date June, 9 is 36664 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (3061);
- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.03 versus 1.04 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 23
* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.
** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.
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