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EUR Pulls Back After the ECB Holds Rates and Considers to Review Policy

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As expected, in its last meeting for the year the ECB announced that rates will remain unchanged, while the ECB President Christine Lagarde committed to review existing monetary policies and strategies at upcoming meetings...

 

Pressure Mounts on the USD as the Fed Decides to Keep Benchmark Rates Unchanged

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Pressure mounted on the USD today after the Fed decided to keep the benchmark rate in its current 1.50% to 1.75% target range and hinted that it might hold rates steady through 2020, provided that economic conditions do not deteriorate...

 

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USD Gets a Small Boost from a Blockbuster U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Data

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A blockbuster U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls report gave a short-lived boost to the greenback, but most dollar bulls seem to be sitting on the sidelines in expectation of the upcoming FOMC monetary policy meeting on Wed., Dec. 11...

 

EUR Rally Stalls Following Disappointing Retail Sales and GDP Reports

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The EUR bulls have been in charge for the last few trading sessions, however, today's disappointing retail sales data, combined with a weak GDP report from the Euro-area, did little to offer further impetus to the recent euro rally...

 
 

Forex Outlook

GBP cools off its recent bull run as traders take profits

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Sterling slipped from two-month highs as sobering news on the U.K consumer spurred many to take some chips off the table. Sterling pared some of its gains as the rocky week of U.K. politics suggested a fading likelihood of Britain exiting the EU without a deal...

 

GS FX Research: EUR and CAD Trade Ideas

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Looking at the trading session ahead, Goldman Sachs strategists prefer not to chase EURUSD lower as it has already approached 1.1720 support, but would sell on rallies to 1.1810 or on a break below 1.1700, with EUR to be well supported near 1.1665...

 

Forex Research

Is Elliott waving goodbye to the U.S. dollar?

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Being a long-time observer of market dynamics one can`t help getting a sense of déjà vu when looking at the chart of US dollar index as it bears a very familiar Elliott Wave price structure to one seen not so long ago, which may surprise USD bulls...

 

The ‘Grand Old Party’ and the U.S. dollar

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A close examination of past administrations, major events on the world stage which have occurred since the end of the 1960s, and the US dollar trends, can provide a great insight of what the future might have in store for the greenback...

 

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