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FOMC meeting is the highlight for the week. UK and European dataflow is limited today…

This week starts on a quiet note, with little in the way of data due over today’s European and US sessions (see table).

FX Daily

Market movers today • Interesting week, with FOMC meeting Wednesday and Flash PMI in China and the euro area on Thursday.

A peaking €? NOKSEK liked lower. Bond bullish signs

EUR/USD: The top building process continued also Friday with a lower high printed. However as we still 1) remain on top of the flag ceiling and

JPY reaction losing steam, AUD => correction target

EUR/USD: Even though we turned just a whisker away from 1.3392 and furthermore broke 1.3315 the market was unable to maintain the decline through the 1.3265 key support.

Strategist

Economic Outlook At face value, today’s RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement was dovish in nature. Despite the housing market going gangbusters, construction surging,

More JPY strength, wobbly equities & firm bonds

EUR/USD: All boxes for a downside turn have now been checked except the most important one, falling prices.

FX Daily

Market movers today • We expect a decent US retail sales report for May. Growth in headline retail sales is expected to come out at 0.2% and

USD/JPY should extend losses. EUR/NOK trades higher.

EUR/USD: The short-term bullish drive is still on. The high session close yesterday shows prevailing demand and the 1.3340\60 reference area works both as attraction and

FX Daily

Market movers today • Euro area industrial production in April is expected to surprise on the upside and provide another signal that things are getting better.

High AUD/USD reaction risk. EUR/NOK & EUR/SEK higher

EUR/USD: There is both attraction and resistance in the 1.3300-1.3350 area and it seems by price action of late that it will be tested.

FX Daily

Market movers today • ECB’s Executive Board member Jörg Asmussen and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann testify at Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe on ECB’s OMT programme today and

AUD & NZD gapping lower. SEK & NOK seen sliding

EUR/USD: Encouraging signs of possible peak, but as long as holding above the mid body point of Thursday’s candle, 1.3170,