Daily FX Rambles

Andy Harrison

Good morning,

NYK CLOSE

EUR                        1.32231

GBP                       1.61882

JPY                         80.984

CHF                        0.90863

AUD                       1.03889

NZD                       0.81593

CAD                       0.9844

EURCHF                1.2016

EURGBP               0.81707

EURJPY                 107.102


Harry Hindsight

Euro’s again posted new highs for the week in the face of poor topping out above 1.3260 while we saw poor Italian consumer confidence, poor Eurozone confidence numbers we drifted slightly lower after the numbers moving down to the 1.3200 level, and held from there it waited till the  US figures all better than expected and the Euro again rose above 1.3250 for a period before settling down to the 1.3240 level where it stayed till the close. So I’ve come to the conclusion that if the US figures are better than expected the Euro goes up on risk appetite, if there in line with expectations Euro’s goes up on risk appetite, and if they are worse than expected then of course everyone moves to buy the Euro because that’s the sensible thing to do yeh right a level playing field. GBP  after the Asian lows of high 1.6150’s the market began to pick up moving into the London session peaking just above 1.6200 before finding some resistance, from there we traded sideways a dip on initial US jobless claims before ranging 1.6177/1.6200 on the wide and never reaching the 1.6206 highs again. AUD  continued to rise steadily over the day initially peaking at 1.0392 before dropping back and running up towards the close to finish just off the 1.0398 highs. USDJPY traded slowly lower over the whole of the day moving down on suspicion that the policy meeting will disappoint although there were comments suggesting anything other. It moved down below 81.00 touching 80.70 before supply ran out and we moved steadily back above 81.00.

Yesterday’s premiership results

Actual                   Consensus                          Previous              Revised   

21:00    NZD     RBNZ Rate Decision     

2.50%               2.50%                           2.50%  

00:00    AUD     Conference Board Leading Index Feb    

0.00%                                                   1.10%  

04:30    JPY      All Industry Activity Index M/M Feb       

-0.10%              -0.20%                          -1.00% 

08:30    GBP     BBA Mortgage Approvals Mar   31.9K   

34.3K                33.1K                            32.8K

09:00    EUR     Eurozone Consumer Confidence Apr F  

-19.9                 -19.8                             -19.8    

09:00    EUR     Eurozone Economic Confidence Apr     

92.8                  94.2                              94.4     

09:00    EUR     Eurozone Industrial Confidence Apr       

-9                     -7                                 -7.2      

09:00    EUR     Eurozone Services Confidence Apr       

-2.4                   -0.5                               -0.3      

10:00    GBP     CBI Reported Sales Apr -6        

-4                                                         0         

12:00    EUR     German CPI M/M Apr P

0.10%               0.10%                           0.30%  

12:00    EUR     German CPI Y/Y Apr P 

2.00%               2.00%                           2.10%  

12:30    USD     Initial Jobless Claims    

388k                 375K                             386K                 386k

14:00    USD     Pending Home Sales M/M Mar  

4.10%               1.30%                           -0.50% 

14:30    USD     Natural Gas Storage     

47B                  46B                              25B       

 

For today

USDJPY
Topside : 81.20-81.45 (marginal buy stops) 81.50-81.85 (heavier buy stops) 
Downside : 80.75-80.50 (light sell stops) 80.40-80.00 (decent staggered sell stops) 79.70-79.40 (medium sized sell stops) 

EURUSD
Topside : 1.3230-1.3250 (light buy stops) 1.3250-1.3275 (small offers) 1.3280-1.3310 (heavier buy stops)
Downside : 1.3175-1.3130 (good staggered sell stops) 1.3120-1.3080 (marginal bids)

EURJPY
Topside: 107.50-107.80 (light offers)
Downside: 105.70-105.50 (small bids)AUDUSD:
Topside: 1.0400-1.0440 (decent buy stops)
Downside: 1.0340-1.0310 (good bids)

 

Euro’s finished on a high note in NYK and as soon as we moved into Asia S&P announced a downgrade to BBB+ for Spain Euro’s instantly dropped from above 1.3220 to the 1.3190 level then slowly drifting down to 1.3176 to make the early low, from there we bounced again above 1.3200 on the back of EURJPY buying after the Japanese announcement, then trading sideways in a tight range around the 1.3200 level, early European stepped into to renew selling before the London market comes in pushing it back to the lows. GBP stayed fairly settled from the start of the session only running into problems as early Europeans arrived in the office, even so the range was only 1.6170/90 on the wide. AUD started to move lower on the downgrade of Spain but it was shallow and moved 20 tics before finding buyers on the 1.0360 area, with no figures to mention it’s been a slow day with the AUD for a change. USDJPY Everyone was interested to see what the asset purchasing program would be like, after yesterday’s speculation about it being a low number a move from 10trln Yen to 40trln would indicate they are staying on top of it however, USDJPY didn’t particularly react to it and the market stayed in a tight band just above the 81.00 until early London when fresh selling of carry trades appeared and AUDJPY took both legs lower and USDJPY in particular below the 81.00

JPY:

BOJ boosts bond buying by 10 trln yen, extends duration 

Japan Fin Min Azumi: Welcome Latest Monetary Easing Steps By BOJ 

Japan factory output up 1.0% MoM 

JPY/KRW: Japan to purchase S.Korea bonds for FX reserves media 

Japan Fin Min Azumi: Mulling Buying South Korea Govt Bonds 

USD/CNY:

Treasury’s Geithner: US Has ‘Unfinished Business’ With China 

CNY: PBOC

fixes yuan mid-point at record 6.2787/dollar 

KRW/CNY:

S.Korea CB says begins investment in Chinese bonds 

SGD:

Singapore 1Q Private Residential Prices Fall 0.1% On Quarter 

EUR:

S&P downgrades Spain from BBB+

 

Actual                   Consensus                          Previous              Revised  

            JPY      BoJ Rate Decision                   

0.1%                 0.10%                           0.10%  

23:01    GBP     GfK Consumer Confidence Survey Apr  

-31                    -30                                -31       

23:30    JPY      Unemployment Rate Mar           

4.50%               4.50%                           4.50%  

23:30    JPY      Household Spending Y/Y Mar   

3.40%               4.00%                           2.30%  

23:30    JPY      Tokyo CPI Core Y/Y Apr           

-0.50%              -0.30%                          -0.30% 

23:30    JPY      National CPI Core Y/Y Mar        

0.20%               0.10%                           0.10%  

23:50    JPY      Industrial Production M/M Mar P           

1.00%               2.30%                           -1.60% 

23:50    JPY      Retail Trade Y/Y Mar     

10.30%             10.00%                         3.50%               3.40%

23:50    JPY      Large Retailers’ Sales Mar         

5.00%               7.20%                           0.20%  

 

Today’s data

Consensus                           Previous  

6:00      EUR     German GfK Consumer Sentiment May              

5.9                                5.9       

7:00      CHF      KOF Leading Indicator Apr                    

0.2                                0.08     

12:30    USD     GDP (Annualized) Q1 A            

2.50%                           3.00%  

12:30    USD     GDP Price Index Q1 A              

2.20%                           0.90%  

12:30    USD     Employment Cost Index Q1                  

0.50%                           0.40%  

13:55    USD     U. of Michigan Confidence Apr F                      

75.9                              75.7     

Ranges as of 6am London time

Bid          Offer      High       Low

USD/JPY             80.971   80.983   81.45     80.4

EUR/USD             1.31860 1.31873 1.3225   1.31766

EUR/JPY             106.768 106.795 107.48   106.25

AUD/USD             1.03670 1.03680 1.039     1.0359

NZD/USD             0.81140 0.81170 0.8144   0.811

USD/CAD             0.98600 0.98620 0.9866   0.9849

EUR/CHF             1.20146 1.20159 1.20183 1.20133

USD/CHF             0.91110 0.91131 0.91187 0.9088

GBP/USD            1.61730 1.61760 1.6191   1.6166

EUR/GBP            0.81510 0.81535 0.8163   0.8149

USD/SGD            1.24260 1.24280 1.243     1.2412

EUR/SEK             8.87510 8.88180 8.888     8.873

EUR/NOK            7.58010 7.58490 7.59        7.5838

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