Thursday 25 May 2023
Still no deal yet from the Biden/McCarthy US debt ceiling talks so there's still some concerns understandably but that's not stopped the Greenback from making further gains helped by some hawkish/cautious FOMC Minutes and comments from Fed's Waller. US bond yields nudging higher and expectations of FOMC rate hikes all in the mix.
US Initial jobless claims and GDP/PCE will be keenly awaited today at 12.30 GMT. German Q1 final GDP came in at -0.3% vs 0.0% expected and will give the ECB further food for thought.
Equities are in retreat again this morning as I type after yesterday's fall and WTI has capped at $74.40 having broken up above the key $73.80-00 resistance yesterday and now testing that area as support amid the ongoing global economic growth concerns. Gold is trading tightly still amid the generally softer risk sentiment and still holding the strong $1950-55 support.Increasing tensions in the Ukraine/Russia war continue to be the elephant in the room as the world remains a fragile place.
GBPUSD: Failure at 1.2430 yesterday amid the USD demand and some risk-off GBPJPY supply again. Now finding support at 1.2330 and some pips banked along the way.I remain a rally seller as my preferred side. Some options in play. EURGBP: Capping at 0.8705 yesterday and now testing 0.8680 again as core pairs range still. Expect some two-way business overall again. GBPJPY: Capping at 172.50 this time after holding 171.20 yesterday in the dip. Rally sellers ever-poised but some demand expected too for the moment as USDJPY remains underpinned.
EURUSD: Capping into 1.0800 again yesterday amid the USD demand and now testing 1.0720. Some pips banked and I remain a rally seller as my preferred side. USDJPY: Still looking underpinned overall amid the general USD demand but capping at 139.70 this time after holding 138.80 in yesterday's spike lower. I still prefer to sell rallies/be long JPY overall but ongoing caution/patience required as I've been warning as the recent pattern continues and I'm happy to watch for the moment.
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Interbank rates: 08.15 BST
GBPUSD 1.2335
EURUSD 1.0718
EURGBP 0.8688
GBPEUR 1.1509
USDJPY 139.50
GBPJPY 172.00
GBPCAD 1.6782
GBPCHF 1.1185
GBPZAR 23.8303
GBPHKD 9.6128
USDCHF 0.9064
EURCHF 0.9715
EURHKD 8.3517
AUDUSD 0.6530
NZDUSD 0.6085
USDCAD 1.3609
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