Will the euro, which has been weakening against the Oceania currencies, recover? All eyes are on its resilience.
17.02.2026
- Remarks by U.S. Federal Reserve Board Member Bar
- Release of the RBA Minutes in Australia
In yesterday’s U.S. currency trading, the U.S. dollar rose against the Swiss franc. The USD/CHF pair rose from 0.7666 to 0.7704, moving higher while finding support at the 20-period moving average (MA) on the hourly chart.On the 4-hour chart, the price is consolidating just below the 20-period moving average, searching for direction, while on the daily chart, it appears to be forming a double bottom near the RSI level of 40. Meanwhile, during today’s Asian trading session, price action remains indecisive and range-bound.
Among European currencies, the euro fell against the Australian dollar. The EUR/AUD pair dropped from 1.6813 to 1.6718. On the hourly chart, the price moved from above the 20-period moving average (MA) to below it.On the 4-hour chart, price action is seen searching for direction as it moves back and forth across the 20-period moving average (MA), while on the daily chart, the downtrend that began in early last month continues along the 10-period MA. Meanwhile, on the weekly chart, the pair is attempting to break below the support line formed by the 200-period exponential moving average (EMA).
Today’s economic indicators include the release of the RBA minutes at 9:30, Japan’s Tertiary Industry Activity Index at 13:30, the UK unemployment rate and Germany’s Consumer Price Index at 16:00, and Germany’s ZEW Economic Sentiment Survey and the Eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment Survey at 19:00,at 22:30, the Canadian Consumer Price Index, Canadian Wholesale Sales, and Canadian International Securities Turnover, along with the U.S. New York Fed Manufacturing Index; at 24:00, the U.S. NAHB Housing Market Index; at 26:45, remarks by U.S. Federal Reserve Board Member Bar; and at 28:30, U.S. Daily:Remarks by the President of the San Francisco Fed. We will be watching to see if the euro, which has been weakening against the Oceania currencies, shows signs of recovery.
