- The pound rose against the U.S. dollar to its highest level since December after UK unemployment fell to a six-and-a-half year low.
- The euro initially gained against the dollar due to a selloff in global bonds but pared losses after Eurozone GDP growth came in below forecasts and industrial production declined unexpectedly.
- The report provides the daily international currency buzz and analysis of the GBP/USD and EUR/USD currency pairs, and includes economic calendar events and trading recommendations.
2. Forex- Dollar broadly lower vs. rivals ahead of U.S. retail sales data
Forex- Pound erases gains after BoE inflation report.
Forex- EUR/USD pares gains after E.Z. GDP, industrial production data.
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The pound rose to fresh five-month highs against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, after data
showed that U.K. unemployment rate fell to a six-and-a-half year low last month, while demand
for the greenback remained broadly under pressure. GBP/USD hit 1.5742 during European
morning trade, the pair's highest since December 17; the pair subsequently consolidated at
1.5725, gaining 0.37%.The U.K. Office for National Statistics said that the unemployment rate
ticked down to 5.5% last month from 5.6% in March, hitting the lowest level since September
2008, in line with expectations. The U.K. claimant count change dropped by 12,600 in April,
confounding expectations for a 20,000 decline. March's figure was revised to a 16,700 fall from
a previously estimated drop of 20,700.
The euro pared gains against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, after data showed that the euro
zone's economy expanded at a slower rate than expected in the first quarter and that the bloc's
industrial production fell unexpectedly in March. The pair was likely to find support at 1.1130,
the low of May 11 and resistance at 1.1392, the high of May 7 and a more than two-month high.
The European statistics agency Eurostat reported that euro area gross domestic product grew
0.4% in the first three months of the year, up from 0.3% in the final quarter of 2014 but slightly
below forecasts for growth of 0.5%.The euro zone's industrial production slipped 0.3% in March,
confounding expectations for a 0.2% rise. February's figure was revised to a 1.0% gain from a
previously estimated increase of 1.1%.The single currency had strengthened earlier, supported
by Tuesday's fresh selloff in global bond markets. German 10-year bund yields surged, narrowing
the gap with their U.S. counterparts.
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ECONOMIC CALENDAR
Time Cur. Event Forecast Previous
Thursday, May 14, 2015
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04:00 NZD Business NZ PMI (Apr) 54.5
04:15 NZD Core Retail Sales (QoQ) 1.5% 1.5%
04:15 NZD Retail Sales (QoQ) (Q1) 1.5% 1.7%
04:31 GBP RICS House Price Balance (Apr) 22% 21%
12:00 INR WPI Inflation (YoY) (Apr) -2.30% -2.33%
Tentative CNY New Loans 1,210.0B 1,180.0B
17:30 BRL Retail Sales (YoY) (Mar) 1.5% -3.1%
17:30 RUB Central Bank reserves (USD) 358.5B
18:00 USD Core PPI (MoM) (Apr) 0.1% 0.2%
18:00 USD Initial Jobless Claims 275K 265K
18:00 USD PPI (MoM) (Apr) 0.2% 0.2%
18:00 CAD New Housing Price Index (MoM) (Mar) 0.1% 0.2%
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