Friday, February 27, 2009

Ashraf Laidi. Are Euro for the next rocket?

The combination is expected raise rates from the Federal Reserve and the weaker-than-expected report on the payroll for the month of June in the U.S., the Euro has given vital impetus to improve. Breaking the 18-week trend line resistance above $ 1.22, EUR is positioned to further strengthen to the $ 1.2480-00 area in mid-summer. The June FOMC meeting behind us and the next FOMC meeting in a month. Euro receive its share of optimism and panic as the output of American and European data, as well as statements by Fed officials, for svyaschayuschih markets in the past thought "policy-meykerov" for the future of their policies.

Although there is a strong chance to see $ 1.25, we expect that the euro will face at least one obstacle in the month, which will send it back to $ 1.2370 by the end of the month. This obstacle could be the result of strong consumer price index in the U.S. this month, or any other event which could give the credibility of a possible raise rates by 50 basis points at the August meeting, FOMC.

Indeed, FOMC made it clear at its meeting in June that it intends to follow a balanced policy with regard to the tightening of rates, ie with a minimum increase of 25 points. But the Committee, at the same time, keeping the door open for more aggressive steps in its policies when it stated that it would "respond to changes in economic prospects as needed to fulfill its obligation to maintain price stability." Probability of "yastrebinyh" statements by the representatives of the Federal Reserve remains significant, especially if the yield on Treasury bonds continue to decline, and will require incentives that might be too generous to the Central Bank. Although the 10-year Treasury securities reached 10-week minimum, we have seen many times this year, a strong record as one way to increase profitability, at least 20 points in 2 days. A decline in the Euro remains equally possible.

On the European front, rising inflation and improved figures for the business - the climate attracted further attention of traders, given the possibility of tighter monetary policy in September. After inflation jumped to 2.5% in May from 2.0% in April, the estimates for June converge at 2.4%, suggesting that the trend of price increases may last longer than expected. In the June decision by the policies of the European Central Bank hinted that price pressures may not only occur in the medium term, but could also continue in the longer term, being much above the level of 2.0% as oil prices remain high and the strength of global economic dynamism can continue to put pressure on prices of goods, including the price of oil.

Although data on the consumption and retail sales remain fragmentary, reviews the business climate showed gradual improvement, supported by Managers Index on purchasing, manufacturing and service sector, which expanded to 10 and 12, respectively. In addition, an overview of the German ZEW rose in June, violating the 5-month-lane drop. As soon as the Federal Reserve will make its second rate increase in August, would be unlikely that the ECB would allow the Federal Reserve to make the third increase in September without taking any action, as well as the continuation of price pressure in the U.S. definitely transferred the euro - far beyond the comfort level of inflation at 2.00 %.

Broke above 18-week trend line, euro accumulated technical capacity to move to follow the objectives, namely, the $ 1.2450-00, which limited the level of recovery in 61.8% of the movement of $ 1.2926-1.1759. But we feel that the inevitable setback caused by the fundamental data to prevent net increase for this purpose and will consolidate in the area of $ 1.24-25.




Ashraf Laidi
www.forexnews.com

No comments: