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The Week Ahead in FX

In the week ahead, investors will be watching interest rate decisions by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England.

FX SENTIMENT REPORT

– There were very few changes this week as the market was likely hesitant to make significant positioning shifts leading into the FOMC, ECB and nonfarm payrolls.

US Market Preview

USD: The Dollar is finding moderate pressure this morning but has held onto a sizable portion of yesterday’s sharp recovery rally in front of today’s trading session.

Foreign Exchange Outlook

The USD has entered a period of retracement, weakening against most currencies in April (except the JPY),

US Market Preview

USD: The Dollar appears to have found some footing after six straight losing sessions, but still has a long way to go in order to fully recover from this current downdraft.

US Market Preview

USD: The Dollar is finding moderate pressure this morning and has already reached a fresh 2-month low.

US Market Preview

USD: The Dollar has been able to shake off overnight pressure and post modest gains this US morning, although upside momentum has been limited at

Economic developments adding to Riksbank headache

So far this year, SEK has been the one of the strongest performing G10 currencies. According to our own flow data and SEK Views survey mainly foreign investors have bought the SEK,

US Market Preview

USD: The Dollar is finding significant pressure to start out the new trading week, and is likely to remain squarely on the defensive throughout today’s trading session.

CFTC: AUD longs and JPY shorts scaled back

Hedge funds were small net buyers of dollars during the week ending April 23 as selling of AUD and EUR more than offset buying of JPY and CHF.

The Week Ahead in FX

In the week ahead, investors will be awaiting the outcomes of policy meetings by the Federal Reserve and the ECB, as well as Friday’s closely watched report on US nonfarm payrolls.

FX SENTIMENT REPORT

– Traders continue to hold a net long USD position of $16.6bn, with short positions in CAD, JPY, EUR and GBP and long positions in AUD, NZD, MXN and CHF.