EUR is kept off the levels above 1.32

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The single currency didn’t manage to recover yesterday. EURUSD was below 1.32 almost all day long yesterday, though the major rivals of the single currency felt much better. Besides, S&P 500 crossed the level of 2000, which was a significant moment for the markets. The index didn’t move far from this level and went on the defensive right after hitting the level. As we mentioned yesterday, the initial weakness of the euro was maintained by the divergence between the US and EU monetary policies, once again emphasized by the comments of the Fed’s and ECB’s governors in Jackson Hole. But further more…

USD’s across-the-board rally

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The single currency keeps falling against the dollar. The governors of the world’s global CBs in their speeches only emphasized the divergence between the US and EU policies, whereas Madame Yellen was less mild about the monetary policy prospects mainly due to the rather favourable employment statistics in the recent months. Of course, here we should take into account that the strongest data were on the employment/unemployment rate, while the earnings growth and participation rate were obviously far from perfect. But this way or another the EU affairs are much worse. If the US unemployment shrank by 3.8%, the EU one more…

Speculators seek to sell USD prior to Yellen’s speech

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Speeches of Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chairwoman, are often full of cautious comments and are generally treated by the markets as rather dovish. Being just a certified candidate for chair of the Fed, she already maintained a softer stance than Ben Bernanke, so the markets even staked that her advent would help to stop QE reduction. This year she has aroused a fresh tide of anxiety regarding the policy toughening when pointing out that unemployment below 6.5% wouldn’t be a reason to consider raising the rates. Instead the Fed  began to focus on a wide range of employment indicators. Thus, Janet more…

USD grows with money coming back to the markets

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Yesterday the single currency continued its impressive descent. Earlier we mentioned that it was walking a tightrope close to 1.33. This morning the pair has fallen to 1.3240, which is the lowest level since last September. The selling impulse strengthened due to the release of FOMC’s meeting minutes at the end of July. They focused on advantages of earlier rate increase. They consist in the fact that later a smaller rate increase will be needed and it means that there won’t be a necessity to cool the economy. The smooth monetary policy is the major priority of the world’s CBs. In more…

Geopolitics strikes at the markets

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The safe assets are again appreciating. At night Obama permitted air strikes at Iraq, which certainly intensified the geopolitical tension in Eurasia. Ukraine and Russia, Gaza and Israel, Syria and Libya – all these countries are a cause for concern not only among cautious traders already. During yesterday’s press-conference the ECB President Mario Draghi often mentioned sharp strengthening of the geopolitical risks in the region, which tells negatively on the EU economy and puts pressure on the euro. Most likely, the negative, caused by the restriction of the commodity and money flow due to the EU sanctions and Russia’s counter measures, more…