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FI Eye-Opener: Absent inflation pressures still supportive of bonds

Bonds initially took a beating yesterday after strong gains in US payrolls (see more below), but the moves moderated later.

FX Daily

A bit of an anti-climax today after yesterday’s flood of important news. The USmarkets are closed for Independence Day celebrations and outside Scandinavia wehave a very light calendar.

Daily Market Technicals

Layers of resistance are now noted on the hourlies in the $1.3638-1.3700 region with bulls needing to see a close above $1.3700 to

AUD/USD Analysis

Aussie started this morning at $0.9347 after yesterday’s losses extended to a low of $0.9327 seen during the US hours.

EUR/USD Analysis

The pair started in Asia at $1.3610 after a $1.3596 to $1.3653 range marked during the US session last night.

USD/JPY Analysis

The pair opened at Y102.19 in the Asia-Pacific this morning following last night’s gains to Y102.27 during the US hours following the release of better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls data.

GBP/USD Analysis

The pair closed in NY Thursday at $1.7155 after rate was able to recover off US NFP react lows of $1.7092,

Markets After ECB & NFP

The overnight market sentiment was positive; US equity indices reached their all-time highs as NFP number turned out to be much better

Financial Markets Wrap – June: Janet Says Jump, Markets Say How High

– The European Central Bank unleashes a policy blitz in effort to stave off the spectre of deflation.

Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary

U.S. Review All the Rage is the Wage • Nonfarm payrolls sparked a few fireworks,

USD Long vs EUR & JPY – BNP Paribas

The dichotomy of strong jobs data versus weaker headline growth was exacerbated by the June nonfarm payroll report, notes BNP Paribas.

EUR/USD Technical Analysis – BTMU

EUR/USD – bearish bias – (1.3450-1.3750).