Forex Week In Review February 10th to 15th

Week In Review In Association with OANDA Corporation

Report by  Dean Popplewell

DeanPopplewellDean Popplewell has a wealth of forex experience: professional currency trader for 10 years, fixed income trader for four years, and head of the global trading desks at various financial institutions in Canada. Dean is OANDA’s resident currency analyst and has been writing OANDA’s daily forex blog since January 2007 as a way to share some of his forex experience with the OANDA community.

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Week in FX Europe-European Debt Auctions Take Center Stage 

Gathering more attention than usual will be next week’s Spanish bond auction. It’s appearing just ahead of the Italian general election and ahead of Spanish data that may suggest that the country missed last year’s deficit targets. France also appears in the debt market crosshairs. A double French auction appearing on the same day next Thursday, will end up being a true test of investor confidence in two of the largest economies in the Euro-zone.

EUROPE Week in FX

Week in FX Americas – A Loonie Stumble Could lead To A Fall 

The Loonie bulls got rapped on the knuckles after Friday’s Canadian manufacturing data. The strong loonie may have helped cause December’s poor manufacturing headline. Shipments on the month plummeted, and managed to record the biggest one-month drop (–3.1%) in nearly three and a half years. This print does not bode well for Q4 economic growth for the recent darling of the industrialized world.

AMERICAS Week in FX

Week in FX Asia – Abe’s Cohorts Will Stand In The Way Of A Rising Yen 

It looks like a percentage of the market wants to reload by selling yen and going long dollars and euros. These are the same individuals who had off loaded similar positions ahead of the G20 meeting. Their change of heart has followed the news of the G20 communiqué, which does not take a strong stance on Japan’s yen weakening policies. Also fuelling their desires to short yen again was Friday’s strong US Empire manufacturing report. From a technical perspective, the market is encroaching on large option barriers right hand-side for USD/JPY (94 and 94.50).

ASIA Week in FX

 


WEEK AHEAD

  • AUD RBA Policy Meeting Minutes
  • EUR German ZEW Survey
  • EUR German Consumer Price Index
  • GBP Bank of England Minutes
  • GBP Jobless Claims Change
  • USD Fed Releases Minutes
  • USD Consumer Price Index
  • EUR German Gross Domestic Product
  • CAD Consumer Price Index