EUR/USD Daily Chart Analysis For Week of December 23, 2022Technical Analysis and Outlook:
The euro-dollar stays put under our Mean Res 1.0680. The prevailing down path points to the Mean Sup 1.0470, and extended probabilities to Mean Sup 1.0330 is a high degree of certainty. However, the upside move to retest Mean Res 1.0680 and Key Res $1.0780 is possible within the current market sentiment. Of course, the question is always, 'Which way will this puppy break from the current position?'.
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Initial Claims updateNo MA cross included here, just an update on current Initial claims direction. We're still ticking upward more, haven't yet received confirmation, but starting to look like we'll get some momentum in the unemployment rate. Once that gets going, it's game over for the economy. We're getting more and more updates of corporate layoffs recently, but wait on data to confirm.
FWIW, initial claims is a great series to watch, and is better than the straight unemployment rate because it's...
Higher frequency
Not affected by the volume of people out of the workforce
Not affected by average hourly work week differences from month to month