The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will conclude its latest policy meeting approximately at 2:00 GMT. The central bank is expected to maintain its short-term interest rate target at minus 0.1 percent.
The AUD/USD pair stalled its three-day losing streak and attempted recovery from two-week lows of 0.7115 to test the midpoint of the 0.71 handle amid a turnaround in the risk sentiment, with the S&P 500 futures turning northwards.
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For the first time since the U.S. government shutdown the S&P 500 closed in negative territory. This decline coincided with weakness in most of the major currencies.
Central banks and politics could cause turmoil, but no longer can spur growth. Growth is far worse than what the numbers show, recession at risk of materializing.
The European Union began 2018 in reasonable economic condition. Growth in the fourth quarter of 2017 had reached 2.8% annually, matching the best since the financial crisis.
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Ripple’s XRP price was seen up in the latter part of Tuesday, holding modest gains of some 0.50%. The same story continues, as a lack of commitment is seen from either buyers or sellers, across the market. XRP/USD is moving within the range-bound formation, subject to a breakout south.
Litecoin price on Tuesday is seen holding decent gains of some 3% in the second half of the day. LTC/USD despite the decent gains in the session, price action is still trapped within a tight daily range.
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The EUR/USD pair aims to close the week to the downside but within familiar levels, hovering around the 1.1400 level, not far from a weekly low of 1.1366. The common currency took a dive after a German report showed that the country's growth was the slowest in 5 years in 2018, just 1.5% up.
GBP/USD is trading marginally lower amid news that the UK Labour Party tabled a parliamentary motion that could open the door to a second EU Referendum, potentially averting Brexit.
The Technical Confluences Indicator shows that cable faces resistance at 1.2910 which is the convergence of the Pivot Point one-month Resistance 1, the Bollinger Band 4h-Middle, the Simple Moving Average 5-one-day, the SMA 200-15m, the SMA 100-one-day, the Fibonacci 23.6% one-day, and more.
Breaking above this level will allow GBP/USD to run higher, opening the road to 1.3004 where we see the Pivot Point one-day R3, and last week's high.
Looking down, Sterling has significant support at 1.2850 where we see the confluence of the Pivot Point one-day Support 1, the SMA 10-one-day, last month's high and also the SMA 200-1h, and the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day.
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