Forex Today: US dollar corrects, US-Japan eye a trade deal, and Bitcoin bounces


  • US dollar reverses a part of Tuesday’s US retail sales data-led rally.
  • US-Japan working towards a trade deal by September.
  • Bitcoin recovers, but remains below the 10k mark.

Here is what you need to know to start your day on Wednesday, July 17th, European session: 

- Aussie fell from weekly highs on China’s Camsing fraud scandal news, Kiwi emerged the strongest in Asia.

- US-Japan eyeing a trade deal by September, Fitch affirmed Japan at ‘A’, outlook ‘Stable’, USD/JPY defended 108.00 amid mixed Asian equities.

- US dollar index pulled back from overnight highs amid falling Treasury, Gold traded modestly flat.

- UK: The Cable attempted recovery above 1.24 ahead of key UK CPI report, hard Brexit fears to remain a weight.

- Oil prices stabilized following the overnight dip to weekly lows, EIA stocks data eyed.

- Crypto bears took a breather. Bitcoin remained below 10k. US senators grilled Facebook on crypto plans, as political and regulatory scrutiny of coins intensified.

Economic events to watch

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Event
Vol.
Actual
Consensus
Previous
Tuesday, Jul 16
24h
 
 
n/a
2.7%
-2.5%
-0.4%
15:30
1.915%
 
1.985%
17:00
 
 
19:00
 
 
3%
19:30
 
 
20:00
$3.5B
$32.3B
$46.9B
20:00
$32.9B
$13.1B
$-9.0B Revised from $-7.8B
20:30
-1.401M
 
-8.129M
Wednesday, Jul 17
00:30
-0.08%
 
-0.08%
07:00
 
 
1.7%
07:00
 
 
0%
07:00
 
3.2%
3.8%
07:00
 
-0.1%
0.5%
07:00
 
2.7%
2.7%
07:00
 
0.1%
0.4%
07:30
 
 
08:00
 
-1.4%
-2.4%
08:00
 
-0.5%
-1.0%
08:00
 
-4.2%
-0.2%
08:00
 
-2.5%
-0.7%
08:00
 
7.0%
7.7%
08:30
 
0.1%
0.3%
08:30
 
2.9%
3.0%
08:30
 
1.2%
1.4%
08:30
 
0.1%
0.3%
08:30
 
1.7%
1.8%
08:30
 
0.1%
0.1%
08:30
 
1.7%
2.0%
08:30
 
0.5%
1.3%
08:30
 
-0.8%
0.0%
08:30
 
2%
2%
08:30
 
1.8%
1.7%
08:30
 
0.0%
0.3%
09:00
 
0.1%
0.1%
09:00
 
0.3%
0.3% Revised from -0.1%
09:00
 
1.1%
1.1%
09:00
 
1.2%
1.2%
09:00
 
2.4%
3.9%
09:00
 
-0.70%
-0.81%
n/a
 
 
0.26%
10:00
 
 
10:00
 
 
€-1.582B
11:00
 
 
-2.4%
11:00
 
1.6%
2.4%
11:30
 
 
10.1%
12:30
 
1.9%
-0.9%
12:30
 
1.261M
1.269M
12:30
 
1.300M
1.299M Revised from 1.294M
12:30
 
 
0.7% Revised from 0.3%
12:30
 
1.6%
-0.6%
12:30
 
2.6%
2.1%
12:30
 
0.1%
0.4%
12:30
 
2.0%
2.4%
12:30
 
 
0.3%
12:30
 
-0.2%
0.4%
13:00
 
4.5%
4.5%
14:30
 
-3.375M
-9.499M
18:00
 
 
23:50
 
-0.4%
-1.5%
23:50
 
-5.6%
-7.8%
23:50
 
¥420.0B
¥-968.3B Revised from ¥-967.1B
23:50
 
¥-524.8B
¥-609.1B
Thursday, Jul 18
01:00
 
1.75%
1.75%
01:30
 
 
2.4K
01:30
 
10.0K
42.3K
01:30
 
 
39.8K
01:30
 
5.2%
5.2%
01:30
 
66%
66%
04:30
 
 
3.3%
06:00
 
3,013M
3,410M
06:00
 
 
21,485M
06:00
 
 
18,074M
n/a
 
5.75%
6.00%
08:00
 
2.0%
7.7%
08:00
 
0.7%
1.4%
08:30
 
-0.3%
-0.5%
08:30
 
2.6%
2.3%
08:30
 
-0.2%
-0.3%
08:30
 
2.7%
2.2%
08:30
 
 
08:30
 
 
2.8%
n/a
 
 
0.257%
n/a
 
 
-0.408%
n/a
 
 
-0.182%
n/a
 
 
8.7%
12:30
 
1.699M
1.723M
12:30
 
 
219.25K
12:30
 
215K
209K
12:30
 
5.0
0.3
12:30
 
 
-16K
13:00
 
6.50%
6.75%
13:00
 
 
$518.3B
13:30
 
 
14:30
 
73B
81B
15:30
 
 
2.135%
18:15
 
 
21:00
 
 
2.5%
21:00
 
0.5%
0.4%
21:00
 
-0.1%
0.0%
23:30
 
0.6%
0.5%
23:30
 
0.6%
0.8%
23:30
 
0.7%
0.7%
23:50
 
 
¥192.2B
23:50
 
 
¥297.1B
Friday, Jul 19
03:00
 
5.4%
6.6%
04:30
 
-0.2%
0.9%
06:00
 
-0.2%
-0.1%
06:00
 
1.4%
1.9%
08:00
 
4.9%
7.3%
08:00
 
 
€21B
08:00
 
 
€19.2B
08:30
 
£3.200B
£4.463B
08:30
 
 
€-1.4B
08:30
 
4.9%
4.9%
11:30
 
 
12%
11:30
 
 
$429.91B
12:30
 
0.4%
0.1%
12:30
 
0.3%
0.1%
13:00
 
 
-7
14:00
 
98.6
98.2
15:00
 
 
$-460.1M
15:05
 
 
17:00
 
 
784
19:30
 
 
$17.2K
19:30
 
 
$244.8K
19:30
 
 
390.1K
19:30
 
 
£-73K
19:30
 
 
¥-3.7K
19:30
 
 
€-35.9K
19:30
 
 
$-54K
20:30
 
 
Saturday, Jul 20
24h
 
 

 

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