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Interview with Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Peter Praet
May 15th, 2014
Mr Praet, business activity is picking up in Europe. Hasn’t it become time to prepare increases in interest rates – rather than to ease monetary policy further, as the European Central Bank (ECB) indicated rather clearly last week? That ...
Bitcoin’s Intergration to PayPal is under consideration
May 15th, 2014
John Donahoe, CEO of ecommerce giant eBay, said he is actively considering an integration of popular digital currency bitcoin with the company’s payment processing service PayPal. In a Q&A session at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on 13 May, ...
USD/JPY contained by 102.35/10
May 15th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook As suspected, USD/JPY failed to gain a foothold above 102.35/10, which is a necessary condition for the long-term sustainable recovery. But at the same time the currency pair is currently well-supported (mainly by the 200-day SMA and ...
GBP/USD headed towards up-trend support
May 15th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook None of the nearest supports were able to negate the bearish momentum yesterday. Consequently, we are now left only with 1.6736/26 (55-day SMA and up-trend line) that may prevent further sell-off and thus keep GBP/USD within the ...
EUR/USD faces 200-day SMA
May 15th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook After a precipitous decline EUR/USD now finds itself trapped between two strong levels. From above the currency pair is capped by a combination of the up-trend line and 100-day SMA. From below the price is underpinned by ...
USD/JPY stops ahead of 100-day SMA
May 14th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook USD/JPY is struggling to pass through the formidable resistance at 102.38/16, which is required for a bullish outlook to be confirmed. However, the task is a difficult one, being that this supply zone consists of the major ...
GBP/USD remains bearish
May 14th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook As the Cable failed to rise above the weekly PP yesterday, it extended the decline from 1.70, closing in the end near the weekly S1 and monthly PP. If this area does not provide enough support, then ...
EUR/USD breaks out of rising wedge
May 14th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Despite the toughness of the support at 1.3754/25 (it was formed by the 100-day SMA, long-term up-trend and monthly S1) and the majority of the monthly indicators being bullish, EUR/USD preserved a downward momentum and breached the ...
Reserve Bank of N.Zealand: Financial system sound, but risks remain
May 14th, 2014
Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler said today when releasing the Bank’s May Financial Stability Report that New Zealand’s financial system remains sound, and well placed to support the expansion in the economy. However, Mr Wheeler warned several risks to the ...
Bundesbank Open to Significant ECB Stimulus in June if 2016 Inflation Forecasts Lowered
May 13th, 2014
Germany’s central bank is willing to back an array of stimulus measures from the European Central Bank next month, including a negative rate on bank deposits and purchases of packaged bank loans if needed to keep inflation from staying ...
