Will Attention Turn to European Currencies' Upside Momentum?
29.07.2021
- U.S. Second-Quarter GDP (Preliminary Estimate)
- UK Mortgage Approvals
Yesterday, U.S. stock markets saw mixed trading, with stock prices and interest rates remaining flat while crude oil prices rose.The fear index (VIX) fell to 18.3. BTC/USD has recovered to the $40,000 range. Japanese stocks rebounded, trading in the 27,770 yen range. Chinese markets also rebounded, with the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index trading around 26,200, up 3.04% from the previous day.
In the foreign exchange market, the pound has been rising notably, with GBP/JPY showing particularly strong upward momentum among the yen crosses, climbing as high as 152.98. It has set a new high for the week.GBP/USD has also risen, climbing about 96 pips from 1.384 to 1.393. From a technical perspective, major resistance levels on time frames of one day or longer have already been broken.
Today, at 3:45 p.m., France’s Producer Price Index; at 4:00 p.m., Turkey’s Economic Confidence Index; at 4:55 p.m., Germany’s Unemployment Rate; at 5:30 p.m., the U.K.’s Mortgage Approvals; and at 9:00 p.m., Germany’sConsumer Price Index, at 9:30 PM the U.S. Initial Jobless Claims, U.S. Second-Quarter GDP (Preliminary Estimate), and U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures, at 11:00 PM U.S. Pending Home Sales, and at 2:00 AM the U.S. 7-Year Treasury Auction.Since trends in U.S. personal consumption provide insight into the strength of the U.S. economy, we will closely monitor today’s economic data releases to assess price movements.
