GBP USD Weekly FX Forecasts

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The dollar is slowly weakening, the pair moved above Pivot Point 1.1240 last week, but is still within the five-week channel 1.1170-1.1350. As expected by 25% of experts, the bulls made an attempt to reach the level of 1.1400, but their attack choked ....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD.  The latest US employment data is not just optimistic, but over-optimistic: approximately 4.8 million people returned to work in June. The unemployment rate fell from 13.3% to 11.1% - the best increase in employment outside the agricultural sector sin....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. COVID-19 continues its second attack on the United States. A new spike in incidence is observed in at least seven states. And in the three most populous states, the number of infected people continues to grow at a record pace, with a spike in deaths d....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The Financial Times reported in a recent article that analysts began to have problems as Forex stopped responding to fundamental factors as before. Against the backdrop of uncertainty in global financial markets, investor risk moods dominate, which ar....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. If someone thought that the United States won COVID-19, they were mistaken. The number of people infected with coronavirus is growing in 21 states, with new highs recorded in 14 of them. Anti-racist demonstrations in the country are likely to further ....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. Beginning May 25, the euro paired with the dollar rose in price for nine consecutive afternoon sessions, which, according to Dow Jones estimates, was the longest period of continuous growth since April 2011. The ECB's decisions allowed the European cu....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The European currency has been growing all week, even despite the rather weak statistics on the Euro zone economy. The pair was helped to break through the upper limit of the 1.0750-1.1000 corridor and rise to the height of 1.1145 by the news on the r....

There were no major changes in the currency market last week. The U.S. dollar depreciated in the first half, but regained some of its lost positions in recent days. The bad news continued to dominate the market last week, with addition of car rental giant Hertz to the list of retailers in restructur...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. Tensions between the U.S. and China continue, which can not but affect the markets. President Trump said he will respond “very strongly” to Beijing’s legislative initiatives. This applies, in particular, to the desire of the PRC to strengthen control ....

Flow of negative news continued last week as U.S. consumption shrank significantly, recession was recorded in Germany, and political tensions between the U.S. and China continued to rise as Donald Trump threatened to cut ties between nations.USDEconomic indicators in the U.S. remained poor. The numb...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. There is this expression — “retrain on the fly.” That's exactly what President Trump did on May 14. Prior to that, he talked a lot and often about the advantages of a weak dollar, which would increase the competitiveness of American products in foreig....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The Constitutional Court of Germany dealt a blow to the ECB's efforts to save the European economy last week. It decided that the European regulator had exceeded its authority regarding the quantitative easing (QE) program, and therefore its decisions....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. Macro indicators paint a completely non-rosy picture of the state of the global economy. However, things in Europe look much worse than in the United States. The European economy has sagged at a record 3.8% in history over the previous quarter and 14.....

Consolidation sentiment continued to dominate markets last week as investors prepared for important economic data, as data has reflected the results for March and in part for the first weeks of April, and the data was mostly very weak. So far, the global economy is showing no signs of recovery and i...

Last week, investors in the foreign exchange market withdrew from the U.S. dollar segment and the reserve world currency adjusted to a 1-month low. This position was fueled by both poor U.S. economic data and the very mild tone of the country's central bank due to further monetary policy.USDThe Fede...

Last week, investors were waiting for economic news representing March, thus market moves were rather muted. In the next couple of weeks, number of important economic data pieces will be announced, which will reflect activity through the lockdown period. Until now, most of the news reflected situati...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. While in the United States, decisions to allocate money to revive the economy are made quickly enough, in the Euro Zone this is a process that requires a long discussion and agreement between the participating countries. And this can not but put press....

Last week, the news and economic data did not promise much in the way of positivity, but the market reacted to it quite passively and remained in a consolidation range. The International Monetary Fund has updated its forecast for the global economy, which expects a -3% fall in 2020, which will be th...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The number of applications for unemployment benefits in the United States has amounted to 22 million over the past four weeks. For comparison, this figure remained at the level of about 930 thousand in the previous few years. In other words, the unemp....

Investor sentiment was mixed last week, leading to consolidation in financial markets. News of the coronavirus remained rather negative, but in some states, changing trends in a positive direction were recorded, which sparked optimism among some investors.In the epicentres of the virus in Europe, It...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The Old and the New Worlds continue to compete to see who will pour more money into their economies. But what is the old Europe compared to the United States! On Thursday, April 10, after many days of discussion, the EU Finance Ministers narrowly reac....

Last week, economic data continued to deteriorate and hinted at a deepening global crisis, prompting investors to look for safe-haven instruments and buy U.S. dollars. The global economy remained stagnant as the coronavirus spread rapidly in major economies. The number of infections rose particularl...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The German unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5% in March. But the data on the US labor market looks just terrifying: 6.648 million applications for unemployment benefits, this figure has increased by 10 million in two weeks, which is equivalent ....

Currency markets continued to be volatile last week. The U.S. dollar did not stand high for 3 months when the U.S. Congress approved a record 2 trillion USD economic stimulus program. Most of the focus is on benefits for the population, with part of the population receiving a benefit of 1.2 thousand...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The pair's flights in recent weeks can be compared to aerobatics: first, an almost vertical takeoff up by 630 points, then a vertical peak by 860, and now a new leap up by 445 points. Several factors caused the sharp drop in the dollar. The main one i....

Last week, the global reserve currency continued to appreciate rapidly and reached its highest level since January 2017. The market was worried about the rapid spread of the corona virus in Europe and the U.S., prompting investors to channel capital into safe currencies - the U.S. dollar and Japanes...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. The coronavirus pandemic continues to drive global markets. The oil wars between Saudi Arabia and Russia, which, of course, do not do without the active intervention of the United States, add to the nervousness. This country, whose shale oil is anothe....

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. That's it! The world economy is no longer run by governments, banks, or corporations. The economy is reigned by only one "person" named Covid-19. The coronavirus pandemic has caused panic on the stock exchanges, a collapse in oil prices, a drop in pro....

In the currency markets, pressure on the U.S. dollar persisted last week. Investors have been actively selling the world's reserve currency, which has depreciated to its lowest level since June 2019, in anticipation of further easing of monetary policy by market participants. USD On Tuesday, the ...

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. It seems that now one can ignore the macroeconomic indicators, which previously not only had an impact on the quotes, but also could reverse trends by 180 degrees. The situation in the financial markets has been completely dominated by the coronavirus....