27/12/2017
U.S. last durable good orders worse than expected. Also last U.S. GDP data ticked down.
The Republican-led U.S. Senate approved sweeping tax legislation, sending the tax cut package back to the House of Representatives for a final vote. Fed raised Interest Rates but expressed a dovish view about next moves for accompanying a not-so-convincing U.S. economic expansion.
Eurozone CPI inflation data (Preliminary release) ticked down while last U.S. Nonfarm payrolls and ADP Nonfarm Employment data surpassed consensus once again.
German Manufacturing data and Ifo data came again higher than expected.
The European Central Bank revised up its forecast for growth and inflation, but added that underlying inflation remains subdued.
We are Overbought from Neutral as we still expect another correction down from 1.185 area (fake breakout). Possible target: 1.176.
Our special Fibo Retracement is confirming the following S/R levels against the Monthly and Weekly Trendlines obtained by connecting the relevant highs and lows back to 2012:
Weekly Trend: Overbought
1st Resistance: 1.1856
2nd Resistance: 1.1990
1st Support: 1.1756
2nd Support: 1.1655
EUR
Recent Facts:
31st of August, German Unemployment + CPI (Preliminary release)
German Unemployment Worse than Expected, CPI Better than Expected
1st of September, Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected
7th of September, ECB Press Conference
Draghi said that growth projections were made considering EURUSD @1.18 level (the current or higher levels are considered due to excessive volatility and this is considered to be slowing down CPI measures) and in October some clearer actions will be taken in order to push inflation upwards (possibly by monitoring EURUSD and reducing overshooting in EUR currency levels).
13th of September, Eurozone Employment Change
Better than Expected
15th of September, Eurozone Wages, Trade Balance
Better than Expected
18th of September: Eurozone CPI
As Expected
19th of September: German ZEW Economic Sentiment, German ZEW current conditions
Better than Expected
22nd of September, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected (at its highest since May 2011)
28th of September, Eurozone Inflation data
Worse than Expected
29th of September, German Unemployment Change
Better than Expected
25th of October, French and German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected
26th of October, ECB Interest Rate Decision and Press Conference
Dovish: ECB will extend those purchases to the end of September 2018, or beyond, if necessary
31st of October, Eurozone CPI
Worse than Expected
2nd of November, German Manufacturing + German Unemployment
Better than Expected
14th of November, German GDP
Better than Expected
23rd of November, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected
30th of November, Eurozone CPI (Preliminary release)
Lower than Expected
14th of December, German Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected
USD
Recent Facts:
28th of July, U.S. GDP (Preliminary release)
As Expected
1st of August, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Slightly Worse than Expected
2nd of August, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Worse than Expected
3rd of August, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected (at the lowest since October 2016)
4th of August, Nonfarm Payrolls + Unemployment Rate
Job Market Better than Expected
8th of August, Job Openings
Better than Expected
10th of August, PPI
Worse than Expected
11th of August, U.S. CPI
Worse than Expected
15th of August, U.S. Core Retail Sales
Better than Expected
23rd of August, Manufacturing PMI and New Home Sales
Worse than Expected
29th of August, CB Consumer Confidence
Better than Expected
30th of August, ADP Nonfarm Employment Change + GDP
ADP Nonfarm Employment Change Better than Expected, GDP relevantly better than expected
1st of September, U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls + Unemployment rate
Worse than Expected
1st of September, ISM Manufacturing
Better than Expected
6th of September, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
Worse than Expected
13th of September, PPI
Worse than Expected
15th of September, Retail Sales
Worse than Expected
15th of September, Manufacturing Production + Industrial Production
Worse than Expected
19th of September, Building Permits
Better than Expected
20th of September, FOMC Statement + FOMC Press Conference
Fed confirmed inflation view, labour market growth and scheduled rate hikes
26th of September, Fed Chair Yellen speech
Federal Reserve to continue gradual interest rate hikes despite uncertainty about the path of inflation. It "would be imprudent to keep monetary policy on hold until inflation is back to 2%," she said.
28th of September, U.S. GDP + U.S. job market
Better than Expected
2nd of October, ISM Manufacturing PMI
Better than Expected
4th of October, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI + ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
Better than Expected
6th of October, Nonfarm Payrolls + Unemployment Rate
Worse than Expected
12th of October, Core PPI
Higher than Expected
13th of October, Core CPI + Retail Sales
Lower than Expected
27th of October, GDP (Preliminary release)
GDP Higher than Expected
1st of November, FOMC Statement
Slightly Hawkish
3rd of November, Nonfarm Payrolls + Unemployment Rate
U.S. Job Creation Surges But Misses Consensus; U.S. Wage Inflation flat
14th of November, PPI
Higher than Expected
30th of November, U.S. GDP (Preliminary release)
GDP Higher than Expected
8th of December, Nonfarm Payrolls + Unemployment Rate
Better than Expected
13th of December, U.S. Interest Rates
Fed raised Interest Rates but expressed a dovish view about next moves for accompanying a not-so-convincing U.S. economic expansion.
14th of December, Core Retail Sales
Better than Expected
21st of December, GDP
Worse than Expected
22nd of December, Core Durable Good Orders
Worse than Expected