NZD/USD: testing tactical support
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand made announcements regarding its monetary policy. The NZD/USD dropped.
Greenback is braced for consecutive weekly profits
On Friday, the evergreen buck moderately rallied versus its counterparts, staying on track for posting consecutive weekly profits for the first time since November. Its surged occurred as investors digested mostly downbeat American economic data.
Gauging the US currency’s purchasing potential versus a group of its main rivals the USD index gained 0.03% hitting 96.83.
The end of the week offered generally dismal economic data. Eventually, a New York manufacturing index managed to top experts’ estimates, while trade along with industrial data fell short.
Meanwhile, the Empire State manufacturing index managed to gain 4.9 points hitting 8.8.
In January, American import prices went down by 0.5% from December for the month, as the Labor Department reported on Friday. It missed hopes for a 0.1% tumble.
In the USA, industrial output, utilities, and mines went down by 0.6% to a seasonally updated 109.4 from December's reading of 110.1. It ruined experts’ hopes for a 0.1% ascend.
The mostly dismal data showed up a day after the American retail sales tumbled to their lowest value since 2009, contributing to hopes that the major US financial institution will keep monetary policy tightening intact.
The currency pair EUR/USD headed south by 0.22% being worth $1.1275 right after ECB board member Benoit Coeure told that the ECB was warming up to the idea of issuing fresh longer-term refinancing operations in the face of decelerating euro area economic surge.
The currency pair GBP/USD went up by 0.49% ending up with $1.2874. Meanwhile, the currency pair USD/CAD sank by 0.17% showing C$1.3270.
The currency pair USD/JPY tacked on by 0.06% being worth Y110.54. However, Japan’s currency might soon make a comeback against the evergreen buck, if economic conditions in America deteriorate, as some analysts stressed.
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