A rare thing: EUR and USD are both growing

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EUR/USD

On Friday a decisive move was done. Having summoned their strength, the bulls defeated the bears and broke through 1.34. Then, after some consolidation, the upsurge continued. As a result, on Friday EURUSD reached the high of 1.3478, the daily low then made 1.3348. The growth was partly boosted by positive Ifo Business Climate in Germany. Again and again we see that indicators show better rates, which promises a higher business activity later in the year. Last week started with the improved ZEW data, which were followed by favourable PMI and at the end of the weak by positive Ifo stats. more…

Don’t try to stop the train running down full speed

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EUR/USD

The tug-of-war in EURUSD goes on. Strong impulses to sell end with gradual purchasing of the pair. Yesterday the lightning sale, which pushed the euro down straight by 60 pips in a bit more than an hour, turned into the victory of bulls. At the end of the day the positive news background finally gained the upper hand. And as a result, we are again about to break through 1.34. Surprising enough, but the good news came from Germany. The preliminary estimate showed quite a handsome increase in the Manufacturing and Services PMIs. In January the Manufacturing PMI grew to 48.8, more…

EUR is still consolidating

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EUR/USD

EURUSD is still squeezed in a narrow price range. Purchases get stronger on the dips below 1.33, but the bears fiercely defend the level of 1.34, actively selling on the moves towards 1.3370. As is usual in such cases, the break through the resistance or support threatens to provoke a powerful movement in one or the other direction. As we mentioned yesterday, the long standstill in an effort to break through 1.34 reduces the chance of an upsurge. The continuous rally in the stock markets confirms this fact. Yet, don’t forget an old expression of Keynes: markets can remain irrational longer more…

Decisive battle between bulls and bears

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EUR/USD

Yesterday there was a real tug-of-war in the markets. It’s surprising that none of the camps won and EURUSD closed out the day just where it started it. The upward impulse in the pair was felt at the beginning of trades in London. Just as we expected, the bulls made another attempt to break through 1.34. The bears proved to be stronger, the pair didn’t even touch this level. The markets gossiped about the problems of Germany’s banks – that some of them would need fresh capital and others would even face splitting. Anyway, the bears failed to launch a full-fledged more…

A long and bumpy road

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EUR/USD

Last week ended with a correction. Players were too weak to break through 1.34 in EURUSD. As before, they just hit the level without being able to consolidate at it. The bulls should be encouraged by the fact that Friday’s retracement was not that big as at the beginning of the week. Thus, we still expect that growth will continue in the coming days.  What we need is a good reason. It’s quite likely that the euro will again be moved by news from Spain. In the previous two weeks the rally was provoked by positive results of the auctions. This more…