EUR/USD: markets awaiting decisions from the US Fed and the ECB
Current trend
Taking advantage of the temporary weakness in the US dollar, the EUR/USD pair corrects within a sideways trend, trading around 1.1605.
There are few factors for the continuation of positive dynamics, as the macroeconomic indicators of the leading EU economies continue to deteriorate: the volume of retail sales in Germany in September fell by 2.5% after an increase of 1.2% was recorded in August. The annual indicator also entered the negative zone, decreasing by 0.9%. Today, after the publication of data on unemployment in the euro area, the chairman of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde is scheduled to speak, during which investors expect to hear the specifics of the measures taken by the authorities regarding the future tightening of monetary policy, which has recently caused concern among bidders.
USD Index again dropped below the psychological level of 94.000. Tomorrow's meeting of the US Federal Reserve, there is nervousness in the market. Opinions that the regulator will begin to reduce the quantitative easing (QE) program already at this meeting have recently increased significantly. Moreover, analysts expect that the department will completely roll back QE by mid-2022. If this does happen, the dollar, supported by investors' hopes for lower inflation, will receive a positive momentum for the movement.
Support and resistance
On the global chart, the price moves within the local sideways channel, preparing to decline. Technical indicators keep a sell signal: indicator Alligator's EMA fluctuations range began to expand, and the AO oscillator histogram is in the sell zone.
Resistance levels: 1.1688, 1.1885.
Support levels: 1.1528, 1.1400.
Taking advantage of the temporary weakness in the US dollar, the EUR/USD pair corrects within a sideways trend, trading around 1.1605.
There are few factors for the continuation of positive dynamics, as the macroeconomic indicators of the leading EU economies continue to deteriorate: the volume of retail sales in Germany in September fell by 2.5% after an increase of 1.2% was recorded in August. The annual indicator also entered the negative zone, decreasing by 0.9%. Today, after the publication of data on unemployment in the euro area, the chairman of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde is scheduled to speak, during which investors expect to hear the specifics of the measures taken by the authorities regarding the future tightening of monetary policy, which has recently caused concern among bidders.
USD Index again dropped below the psychological level of 94.000. Tomorrow's meeting of the US Federal Reserve, there is nervousness in the market. Opinions that the regulator will begin to reduce the quantitative easing (QE) program already at this meeting have recently increased significantly. Moreover, analysts expect that the department will completely roll back QE by mid-2022. If this does happen, the dollar, supported by investors' hopes for lower inflation, will receive a positive momentum for the movement.
Support and resistance
On the global chart, the price moves within the local sideways channel, preparing to decline. Technical indicators keep a sell signal: indicator Alligator's EMA fluctuations range began to expand, and the AO oscillator histogram is in the sell zone.
Resistance levels: 1.1688, 1.1885.
Support levels: 1.1528, 1.1400.
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