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The Week Ahead in FX

In the week ahead, investors will be awaiting the outcome of Thursday’s ECB policy meeting. On Friday the U.S. is to release the nonfarm payrolls report for October,

Weekly CFTC Trader Positioning Data

• The post-shutdown reaction in sentiment suggests that inves-tors shifted positioning on the basis of a renewed appetite for risk,

House Prices – October 2013, Producer Price Index – QIII 2013

* The RP Data-Riskmark reported that Australian dwelling prices in the eight capital cities rose by 1.3% in October.

Building Approvals, Credit – September 2013, Trade Prices – QIII 2013

The number of residential building approvals spiked by a solid 14.4% in September, battering market expectations of a2.8% rise {CBA (f) +6.0%}.

When to sell the commodity CCY correction?

In our latest Currency Strategy we concluded that central banks remain the principal driving force for FX markets,

FX Daily Strategist: Europe

RBA Governor attempts to slow AUD rise AUDUSD slipped half a cent to a low of $0.9505 as RBA Governor Glenn Stevens stated that the current exchange rate was not supported by Australia’s economic fundamentals.

RBA Governor Jawboning the AUD Lower

* Markets should prepare for the “tapering” shift by the US Fed in coming months.

FX Daily Strategist: US

Watch inflation for negative EUR catalyst EURUSD is fast approaching the 1.4000 level where our economists anticipate rising ECB concern.

FX Daily Strategist: Europe

The USD heading into the FOMC History has gone against the USD heading into FOMC meetings; the USD has gained ground only once following an FOMC meeting this year.

Australian Markets Weekly

This last week’s inflation reading for the so-called headlinerate, that rose a higher-than-expected 1.2%, receivedsomething of a splash across the market wires and financialpress.

The Week Ahead in FX

In the week ahead, investors will be focused on the outcome of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy setting meeting.

FX Sentiment Report

• The bearish shift against the USD that had been observed to-ward the end of September continued into the start of the US gov-ernment shutdown.