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EUR/USD ANALYSIS
- Eurozone inflation and growth revisions.
- Hawkish Villeroy.
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The European Commission's Spring Forecast for 2022 revised Eurozone inflation upward to 6.1% in 2022 as expected with forecasts expected to decline to 2.7% in 2023. Growth projections in the region were subsequently lowered to 2.3% from 2.7% in February.
Initial reaction from the Euro was positive with higher inflation potentially leading to a more aggressive ECB . Money markets are looking more hawkish than last week Friday with roughly 94bps priced in for 2022 as opposed to 80-85bps on Friday. The ECB's Villeroy added support for the Euro stating that the June meet will be“decisive” while moving towards a“neutral rate”.
ECB INTEREST RATE PROBABILITIES
Source: Refinitiv
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
EUR/USD DAILY CHART
Chart prepared by Warren Venketas , IG
Resistance levels:
- 1.0600
- 20-day EMA (purple)
Support levels:
- 1.0400
- 1.0340 – 2017 swing low
- 1.0064 (76.4% Fibonacci )
IG CLIENT SENTIMENT DATA: CAUTIOUS
IGCS shows retail traders are currently LONG on EUR/USD , with 76% of traders currently holding long positions (as of this writing). At DailyFX we typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment however, recent changes in long and short positioning result in a mixed bias.
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