Varengold Bank Research Team
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Good morning from rainy Hamburg and welcome to our Daily FX Report. U.S. health officials said yesterday that the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus had been diagnosed in the USA. The patient had flown from Liberia to Texas and is a new sign of how the outbreak can spread globally. A handful of people, mostly family members, may have been exposed to the patient after he fell ill. There shouldn’t be any threat to any passengers who had traveled with him.
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Market Review – Fundamental Perspective
Yesterday the Dow Jones index of shares declined 0.2 percent and the Standard & Poor’s index fell 0.3 percent. The EUR had its worst quarter since 2010 amid the Erupean Central Bank’s moves to swell its balance sheet and cut borrowing costs to spur growth. The EUR dropped to the lowest level in two years versus the USD as slowing inflation boosted the case for the ECB to add further monetary stimulus to avert deflation. Data yesterday showed that consumer price index in the euro area fell to 0.7 percent. Furthermore reports yesterday showed too that retail sales in Germany rose 2.5 percent in August and unemployment rate remained low at 6.7 percent. In europes second biggest economy data showed that France’s national debt hit a record high in the second quarter underlining the country’s struggle to rein in public finances before today the 2015 budget will be presented. In addition another report yesterday showed that U.S. consumer confidence declined in the past month for the first time in five months and home prices in July climbed less than forecasted from a year earlier, underscoring the unsteady nature of U.S. growth. Consumer confidence depreciated to 86.0 from a upwardly revised 93.4 in August and the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago business barometer fell to 60.5 in September from 64.3 in August. The EUR/USD decreased 0.4 percent to 1.2631 and tumbled already 3.8 percent in September. The EUR/JPY weakened 0.3 percent to 138.49. The USD/JPY advanced 0.1 percent to 109.63. The JPY sank versus most major counterparts and lost 7.6 percent versus the USD in the third quarter 2014. The Bank of Japan is going to meet next week and the ECB will meet tomorrow but further rate cuts are not expected.Daily Technical Analysis
AUD/USD (4 Hours)
For almost four weeks now the currency pair is decreasing inside a bearish trend channel and reached an eight month low around the support line 0.8681. And a trend reversal is not foreseeable yet while the CCI is on high level and indicates further losses.
Support & Resistance (4 Hour)
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