mask Dollar Still going strong, US Data & FOMC Minutes eyed

05/ 04/ 2017

Dollar Still going strong, US Data & FOMC Minutes eyed

Daily Update - 5th April 2017

Yesterday’s Market

  • AUD RBA Interest Rate Decision  &Trade Balance
  • GBP PMI Construction
  • USD Trade Balance & Factory Orders

Yesterday Explained

US Dollar Continued to strengthen as it dominated most of the trading sessions on Tuesday. RBA Interest Rate Decision from Australia came out as expected and Trade Balance report came out positive in return making Australian dollar Strong. From UK PMI Construction report released negative figures in return making GBP weaker amidst Brexit chaos.

From US,Trade Balance report was better than expected and Factory Orders came out as expected. These strong data supported the strengthening dollar for the second day of the week.

Today’s Market

  • EUR Non-monetary policy's ECB meeting & Markit Services PMI
  • JPY Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda Speech
  • USD FOMC Minutes , ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI & ADP Employment Change

Today’s Focus

Early morning Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda will be delivering a speech about monetary policies in Tokyo. From Euro zone Non-monetary policy's ECB meeting & Markit Services PMI reports will be released.

Latter half of the day will be governed by US data, where first up will be FOMC Minutes which will be Followed by ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI & ADP Employment Change reports.