EUR/USD drops -142 pips last 5 days; Euro expected to come under downside pressure as the ECB is expected to signal imminent easing (stimulus to boost EU economies); markets are expecting a 0.10% cut in deposit rates; current EUR/USD price 1.1130; resistance at 1.1230 downside on a break below 1.1107 towards 1.0990 support;
Upcoming Events:
- 11:45 GMT; European Interest rate decision forecast to remain unchanged; main events will be the European Central Bank (ECB) Monetary Policy Statement which contains commentary about the economic conditions; and the ECB Press Conference at 12:30 GMT
- Today; US Core Durable Goods Orders forecast to drop from 0.4% to 0.2%;
- Today earnings update; Danone beat earnings, earning 1.87 euros per share; Telefonica reported to earn 0.25 euros per share; Amazon due to report earnings forecast to earn $5.564 per share;
- Friday; US GDP forecast to be weakest in two years; and earnings updates from Google; Twitter and McDonald’s;
Source: FXGM / Bloomberg