by OverviewFX | Aug 15, 2024 | Forex
Summary In the month of July retailers saw a sales increase of $6.8 billion, or 25% of the total gain from the prior two years in a single month. While most of that was an autos bounce after an ugly June, gains were broadly based and thus at odds with reports of a...
by OverviewFX | Aug 15, 2024 | Forex
St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem indicated today that the balance of risks between inflation and unemployment has shifted, becoming “more balanced”. Speaking at an event, Musalem expressed increased confidence in the inflation outlook, noting that recent data...
by OverviewFX | Aug 15, 2024 | Forex
Daily Pivots: (S1) 188.05; (P) 188.74; (R1) 189.62; More… GBP/JPY’s break of 38.2% retracement of 208.09 to 180.00 at 190.73 argues that the decline from 208.09 has completed at 180.00 already. Rise from there is now seen as the second leg of the corrective pattern...
by OverviewFX | Aug 15, 2024 | Forex
The Australian dollar is in positive territory on Thursday. AUD/USD is trading at 0.6607 in the European session, up 0.16% on the day at the time of writing. Earlier, the Aussie rose as high as 0.6633 (0.48%) before retracting. Australian job growth jumps but...
by OverviewFX | Aug 15, 2024 | Forex
The US markets reacted positively today to stronger-than-expected retail sales data, which posted its fastest growth in a year and a half. Additionally, better-than-expected jobless claims numbers helped alleviate concerns about weaknesses in the employment market....
by OverviewFX | Aug 15, 2024 | Forex
US initial jobless claims fell -7k to 227k in the week ending August 10, lower than expectation of 239k. Four-week moving average of initial claims fell -4.5k to 236.5k. Continuing claims fell -7k to 1864k in the week ending August 3. Four-week moving average of...
