EUR/USD maintains its bid tone above 1.0600, moves little post-US macro data

EUR/USD sticks to its mildly positive tone and reacts little to the mixed US macro data.
Hawkish Fed expectations continue to act as a tailwind for the USD and cap the upside.
The recent range-bound price action warrants caution before placing directional bets.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

The EUR/USD pair holds ccomfortably above the 1.0600 round-figure mark through the early North American session and moves little in reaction to the mixed US macro data.

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Price Index rose a modest 0.1% in November, missing expectations for a reading of 0.3%. The slight disappointment, however, was offset by an upward revision of the previous month's reading to 0.4% and the higher-than-anticipated yearly rate of 5.5%.

Additional details showed that the Core PCE Price Index (the Fed's preferred inflation gauge) climbed by 0.2% MoM in November and decelerated to a 4.7% YoY rate from 5.0% previous. Separately, the US Durable Goods Orders missed consensus estimates by a big margin and does little to impress the US Dollar bulls or provide any impetus to the EUR/USD pair.

That said, renewed speculations that the Fed will stick to its ultra-hawkish stance to tame inflation continue to act as a tailwind for the US Treasury bond yields. This should help limit any deeper USD losses and cap the upside for the EUR/USD pair. The mixed fundamental backdrop warrants some caution before placing fresh directional bets.

Even from a technical perspective, spot prices have been oscillating in a familiar trading band over the past week or so. This further points to indecision among traders, making it prudent to wait for a sustained move in either direction in order to confirm the near-term trajectory for the EUR/USD pair.

Technical levels to watch

EUR/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.0614
Today Daily Change	0.0016
Today Daily Change %	0.15
Today daily open	1.0598

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.0529
Daily SMA50	1.0247
Daily SMA100	1.0102
Daily SMA200	1.0337

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.0659
Previous Daily Low	1.0573
Previous Weekly High	1.0736
Previous Weekly Low	1.0506
Previous Monthly High	1.0497
Previous Monthly Low	0.973
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.0606
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.0626
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.0561
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.0524
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.0475
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.0647
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.0696
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.0733

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Haresh Menghani

FXStreet

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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