The greenback could add more gains across trading below 1.2735 versus the single currency after it could break 1.276 supporting level last Friday amid the risk aversion which came back containing the market sentiment putting pressure on the equities markets. Dow could not keep its opening gains closing the US session down by .
38% losing another 39 points to continue its falling after short lived rebounding ended last Thursday loss of 144 points by disappointing falling of Philadelphia Fed business survey of August to -7.7 waiting for a quiet rising to 7 after falling from 11.5 in June to 5.1 in July weighing negatively on the markets which were actually hurt by new rising of the US jobless claim release to 500k from 584k while it was forecasted to be 476k which brought back to the inventors the worries about the business spending and the struggling labor market in US which leads the global recovery after the markets have been shocked by unexpected growing of the Japanese Q2 GDP by just .1% as the markets were waiting for it to be .6% after weak performance of the US equities markets and the declining of the treasury yields since the weak labor report release of July which contained losing of another 131k revising down June losing of 125k to 221k too which put pressure on the Fed to step forward in its quantitive easing policy buying Mortgage backed securities rolling over it?s holdings of treasury securities as they mature before the deterioration can have further negative impacts on the consuming and capital spending and to inform the markets that the fed will not stand seeing the economy falling back in a second dip recession with no action even with the interest rate near 0% but this move affected negatively on the market sentiment and the risk appetite of the investors who were waiting for taking no action over the short term for keeping the trust in the markets as this means that the Fed may have more than modest recovery performance worries which added to the pessimism about the growth outlook in US and worked in the opposite direction fearing of the double dip recession possibility in US driving the investors to prefer taking the safe side squaring their risky positions buying back the low yielding currencies as the Fed used softer than expected language to ensure their previous highlighted worries about the growth flattering with no inflation pressure to change this policy stance. God willing, we are waiting today for August Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index which slumped to 16 from 23 in June and US July Existing Home Sales to be 4.8m from 5.37m in June for more evidences about the current growth slow down While the markets are still watching closely USDJPY at this critical level hovering above 85 as falling below it can trigger interventions by BOJ as it is hard to relinquish to the demands for watching its currency strengthening amid increased probability of having further persisting deflation forces because of the suffering consuming pace in US in a time of cooling growth tries in China which has increased worrying about prices currently as we have seen it in the beginning of this month calling for banking stress test suggesting declining of the housing prices by 60% which is the double of what was initially made at just 30% and it has obeyed for demand for further re-evaluation step used to be named gradual action by PBOC after it has actually reduced the banks lending percentage to their capitals from the beginning of this year which worked too for the demands of cooling this overheating economy which caused prices rising risks could be appreciated finally by PBOC which can effect negatively on its demand for capitals goods from Japan and we have seen the Chinese PMI index coming down in July to just 51.2 while the Euro zone as a counterpart competitor of Japan is getting use of the EUR exchange rates which is trading currently below 108 versus the Japanese yen and it is exposed to get down further, if BOJ allowed to the yen to appreciate trading freely below 84.8 versus the greenback. The pressure on the single currency from the greenback which broke 1.2735 last Friday to reach 1.2665 has carried on again today below this level trading just above 1.26 currently. The single currency could get above 1.332 touching 1.333 with the weaker than expected labor report of July release underpinned by Trichet's comments that the debt crisis negative effects on the growth in the Euro zone are easing back expecting it to be better than what was initially estimated welcoming the stress test results which calmed down the markets relatively but the market worries could revolve again by the possibility of the European following of the US growth slowdown pushing the single currency down in strong selling momentum last week with the breaking 1.3117, 1.3096 and the psychological level at 1.30 breaking 1.2735 by the end of last week after finding initial support at it but on inability of the pair to get back above 1.293, it has retreated breaking it. By god's will, The next major supporting levels are now at 1.255 then 1.2452, 1.2165, 1.2044, 1.1954 and 1.1875 from 1.1875 which has been reached amid the increased worries about the debt crisis and could cap the pair from falling to 1.16 whereas the pair has started its rally to 1.604 before falling again to 1.233 amid the credit crisis and rising back forming a lower high at 1.515 in the beginning of last December while the major resistances are at 1.293, 1.30, 1.333, 1.3352, 1.3415, 1.3704 and 1.3885 which is 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of this same recent declining from 1.5142 to 1.1874.Best wishes
FX Consultant Walid Salah El Din E-Mail: snipped-for-privacy@fx-recommends.com
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