Should We Be Wary of the Euro's Direction as It Weakens Against the Pound?
22.11.2022
- Mester (U.S.): Remarks by the President of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
- Turkey Consumer Confidence Index
In the U.S. currency market yesterday, the U.S. dollar strengthened and became the strongest currency as the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose to 3.82%. The EUR/USD pair fell by approximately 110 pips from 1.0333 to 1.0222, breaking below the 200-period simple moving average (SMA) on the hourly chart.Since the 200-period SMA is acting as resistance on the daily chart and the EUR/USD pair has entered a downtrend, we will be closely watching to see if tomorrow’s release of the FOMC minutes will change the market’s direction.
European currencies fell against the pound after Germany’s October Producer Price Index (PPI), released yesterday, plummeted to -4.2% from the market forecast of 0.7%.The euro/pound pair fell slightly from 0.8697 to 0.8658. During today’s Asian trading session, the pair continues to test lower levels. Since the daily chart shows a significant drop in the upper boundary, investors should remain cautious about a long-term decline in the euro.
Today’s economic indicators include the Turkish Consumer Confidence Index at 16:00, remarks by RBA Governor Lowe of Australia, Canadian Retail Sales at 22:30, the Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index at 24:00, and remarks by U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Mester at 25:00:Cleveland Fed President’s remarks; at 26:00, remarks by Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada; at 27:00, remarks by Nagel, President of the German Central Bank; a U.S. 7-year Treasury auction; at 28:15, remarks by George,Kansas City Fed President George’s remarks at 28:00, and U.S. St. Louis Fed President Bullard’s remarks at 28:45. We should remain vigilant regarding the direction of the euro, which is currently trading weaker against the pound.
