Bitcoin – key supports at 40000 zone under increased pressure
Bitcoin lost ground on Monday and fell over 3%, reversing the most of a mild recovery in past three days.
Fresh weakness increases pressure on critical 40000 zone (short-term range floor / daily cloud base), loss of which would generate…
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China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged
China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged at the monthly fixing, in line with expectations.
The one-year loan prime rate was maintained at 3.45%, reflecting limited scope for monetary easing in the current economic environment.…
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EURUSD – slight bullish bias above key supports
EURUSD remains constructive above important Fibo support at 1.0875 (38.2% of 1.0448/1.1139 rally) after few probes below were contained by 200DMA (1.0844) and a triple failure to register daily close below 1.0875.
However, slight…
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Unexpected sharp drop in UK retail sales further boosts risk of recession
UK retail sales retail sales fell by 3.2% in December, well below forecast for 0.5% drop and against 1.4% increase in November.
This was the biggest drop since January 2021 pushing the sales to the lowest since May 2020.Annualized retail…
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Gold – bears likely to consolidate before fresh attack at psychological $2000 support
Gold price edged higher from five-week low after 2.4% drop in past two days found firm ground just above psychological $2000 level, now acting as solid support.
Yellow metal was deflated by hawkish comments from the US policymakers and…
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Solid US retail sales add to signals that the economy keeps momentum at the start of the year into…
US retail sales rose more than expected in December, boosted by an increase in motor vehicle and online purchases, keeping the economy on solid ground heading into the new year.
Retail sales rose 0.6% last month after an unrevised 0.3%…
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USDJPY – bulls may pause for consolidation
The dollar keeps strong bullish stance against yen and extends the latest strong rally into third straight day, advancing more than 2% since Monday.
Cooling expectations Fed’s early rate cut provided fresh tailwind to the greenback, as…
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Cable bounces on upbeat UK data but still lacks direction signals on conflicting technical studies
Cable jumped around 0.4% in European trading on Wednesday, lifted by above forecast UK December inflation data, which soured the sentiment about rate cut, pushing percentage of bets for rate cut by May significantly lower.
Fresh gains…
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UK inflation unexpectedly rises in December
Britain's annual rate of consumer price inflation rose for the first time in 10 months in December, reaching 4.0% compared to a more-than-two-year low of 3.9% in November.
The increase exceeded the consensus forecast for a 3.8% rise.…
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China will need to further stimulate economy to accelerate growth – GDP
China's economy grew by 5.2% in 2023, slightly exceeding the official target, however, the recovery was more uncertain than anticipated, with a range of issues affecting economic stability.
A deepening property crisis has become a…
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