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FxWirePro: Don’t miss shorts in USD/JPY upon break below 111.0222 – boundary binaries for intraday trade ahead of FOMC

Apr 27, 2016 06:32 am UTC| Technicals

The yen held predominantly stable during Asian session today ahead of Federal Reserve review on interest rates and its own central bank review the following day. With USD/JPY holding above the 110.00-50 pivot for now we...

FxWirePro: EUR/GBP trades tight range, focus on UK Q1 GDP data

Apr 27, 2016 06:23 am UTC| Technicals

EUR/GBP under pressure trades a tight range into the European open. Markets awaiting fresh incentives from the first estimate of UK Q1 GDP figures. Expectation is for the GDP growth rate to have slow to 0.4% in Q1...

FxWirePro: USD/SGD hovers around 1.35, good to sell on rallies

Apr 27, 2016 05:57 am UTC| Technicals

USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3505 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3520 and low at 1.3478 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds initial resistance at 1.3558 levels. A...

FxWirePro: GBP/JPY faces strong resistance at 162.70, good to buy at dips

Apr 27, 2016 05:51 am UTC| Technicals

Major resistance -162.70 Major support 160 The pair has retreated yesterday after making a high of 162.70. It is currently trading around 161.93. Short term trend is still bullish as long as support 160...

FxWirePro: EUR/JPY upside stalls at 61.8% Fib, major resistance at 126.40

Apr 27, 2016 05:34 am UTC| Technicals

Cautious tone persisting across marketsas traders remain wary ahead of the FOMC meeting, which is likely to spur volatility. Yen gains amid cautious trades and risk aversion, keeps EUR/JPY subdued on the...

FxWirePro: Silver back above key support at $17.11, intraday bias remains bullish

Apr 27, 2016 05:16 am UTC| Technicals

XAG/USD is currently trading around $17.25 marks. It made intraday high at $17.33 and low at $17.11 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds immediate support level at $17.11 marks. On...

FxWirePro: NZD/USD capped below 10-DMA, good to sell rallies

Apr 27, 2016 04:28 am UTC| Technicals

NZD/USD halts two days of gains, remains subdued on the day, weighed by poor trade surplus data and thin liquidity ahead of FOMC. Data released early today showed NZ trade surplus missed expectations. Trade surplus...

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Economy

Interest rates: the ugly dilemma facing Europe’s central banks – and why it’s a mistake to cut too soon

Central banks in Europe are discovering an old dilemma: when they lower interest rates because inflation is slowing down, its likely to weaken their currencies. This in turn may delay the fall in inflation towards their...

Europe is still in short-term crisis mode over Ukraine and lacks a vision for its post-war identity

Some believe that the war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed Europe, giving birth to a different kind of European order. That is, it appears to be driving structural shifts in the way Europe is run and organised that...

Mortgage prisoners: regulatory changes and low credit scores have left thousands trapped in a cycle of high payments

There are 8.5 million households in the UK who own a home with a residential mortgage, often with fixed interest rates from two to five years. Usually, when that mortgage deal ends, the borrower will move to another deal...

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Politics

Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act

At the end of April 2024, a long and peaceful process of national dialogue in Gabon between the military junta, presided over by coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, and civil society, represented by 580 civilians,...

How German media attention idealises female Ukrainian refugees

According to the latest available data, around 3.7 million Ukrainians are internally displaced, while nearly 6.5 million have registered as refugees globally. With 1.13 million, Germany has taken in the largest...

Over 26 million South Africans get a social grant. Fear of losing the payment used to be a reason to vote for the ANC, but no longer – study

Social grants to reduce poverty feature prominently in the campaign promises of political parties in South Africas 2024 national and provincial general elections, set for 29 May. The countrys social grants system is one...

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

OpenAI Suspends ChatGPT Sky Voice Following Scarlett Johansson 'Her' Comparisons

OpenAI has decided to suspend its ChatGPT Sky voice after multiple users noted its resemblance to Scarlett Johanssons voice in the 2013 film Her. OpenAI Addresses Voice Similarity Concerns OpenAI says it will pause...

Shiba Inu Burn Rate Skyrockets 579%, 9.83 Million Tokens Burned in One Day

Shiba Inus burn rate surged by 579% in the past 24 hours, destroying 9.83 million tokens, according to Shibburn. The significant increase in token burns has caught the markets attention, with substantial transactions from...

Tesla Cybertruck Trails Ford F-150 Lightning in Sales as Q1 Figures Disappoint Wall Street

New registration data reveals that the Tesla Cybertruck ranked second to the Ford F-150 Lightning in March. Meanwhile, Teslas Q1 sales missed Wall Street expectations, marking the first year-over-year quarterly decline...

Bitcoin Developers Tease Major Trigger for Next Bull Run: Programmability Upgrade

Bitcoin developers suggest enabling programmability on the blockchain could be the key trigger for the next bull run, following the SECs approval of spot Bitcoin ETF trading and the BTC halving. Developers Eye...

Top 3 Altcoins to Watch This Week: SOL, FTM, and LINK Set for Growth

This week, market experts spotlight Solana (SOL), Fantom (FTM), and Chainlink (LINK) as top altcoins to watch, highlighting their unique strengths and recent performance amid unusual market patterns. Solana Overcomes...