Bostic: Should We Watch for Price Movements Following Remarks by the Atlanta Fed President?
05.01.2023
- Bostic (U.S.): Remarks by the President of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
- UK Services PMI
In the U.S. currency market the previous day, the dollar weakened against the euro as the Dollar Index fell to 104.2. The EUR/USD pair rebounded by approximately 935 pips from 1.0540 to 1.0633.The rally began from the support level provided by the 200-period SMA on the 4-hour chart. However, since yesterday’s rebound brought the pair back to range-bound levels, we should exercise caution in assessing the overall trend until the rally continues and breaks above the recent high of 1.0680.
European currencies saw lackluster trading, as the services PMI figures released yesterday for France, Germany, and the eurozone—while exceeding market expectations—failed to reach the benchmark level of 50.GBP/USD entered a stalemate; after rising from 1.1956, it consolidated around 1.2054.GBP/USD continues to lack direction during today’s Asian trading session and is trading with support at the 20-period moving average on the 4-hour chart; therefore, we will be closely monitoring price action during the U.S. trading session.
Today’s schedule includes Germany’s trade balance at 4:00 p.m., the UK’s services PMI at 6:30 p.m., the Eurozone’s producer price index at 7:00 p.m., the U.S. Challenger job cuts forecast at 9:30 p.m., and remarks by U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Harker:remarks by the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; at 10:15 p.m., the U.S. ADP National Employment Report; at 10:30 p.m., Canada’s trade balance, U.S. initial jobless claims, and U.S. trade balance; at 11:20 p.m., remarks by U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Bostic:President of the Atlanta Fed, at 11:45 PM: U.S. Services PMI, at 12:30 AM: U.S. Weekly Natural Gas Inventories, at 1:00 AM: U.S. Weekly Crude Oil Inventories, and at 3:20 AM: U.S. Brade: President of the St. Louis Fed.We will monitor currency strength and weakness while paying close attention to remarks by key officials during U.S. trading hours.
