Talking Points:
– EUR/USD Vulnerable Ahead of ECB Meeting Amid Growing Risk for Deflation
– GBP/USD Rebounds From Channel Support; RSI Holds in Overbought Territory
– USDOLLAR Remains Overbought; Fails to Clear Former Support

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EUR/USD

Struggles to fill the opening weekly gap as German IFO Business Confidence survey disappoints; Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index (CPI) in focus ahead of the next European Central Bank (ECB) meeting on September 4.
Next key topside region to watch comes in around 105.20 (50.0% expansion) to 105.50 (61.8% retracement), which includes the 2014 high of 105.43.
The DailyFX Speculative Sentiment Index (SSI) suggests retail crowd is buying into the opening week gap as the ratio climbs to +2.01.

GBP/USD

GBP/USD covers the gap as it rebounds from channel support; need the Relative Strength Index (RSI) to come back from overbought territory to favor a larger correction.
Despite the dissent within the Bank of England (BoE), we may not see a larger rift at the September 4 meeting as Ben Broadbent retains a rather dovish tone for monetary policy.
Nevertheless, Credit Suisse Overnight Index Swaps (OIS) show market participants are pricing a 50bp rise in the benchmark interest rate over the next 12-months.

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USDOLLAR

Index

Last

High

Low

Daily Change (%)

Daily Range (% of ATR)

DJ-FXCM Dollar Index

10646.6

10660.12

10637.87

0.10

75.71%

Chart – Created Using FXCM Marketscope 2.0

USDOLLAR(Ticker: USDollar):
Dow Jones-FXCM U.S. Dollar Index gaps higher as the Fed Economic Symposium spurs speculation for a rate hike sooner rather than later.
May fail to push back above support from earlier this year as the RSI remains capped by the 78.
Will look for a larger correction once RSI falls back from overbought territory & breaks the bullish trend carried over from July.
Interim Resistance: 10,657 (61.8% expansion) to 10,661 (23.6% retracement)
Interim Support: 10,555 (50.0% retracement) to 10,561 (100% expansion)

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Actual

Chicago Fed National Activity Index (JUL)