Friday, March 5, 2021
Dollar ascendant as Powell stays dovish course; risk currencies slide
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Dollar Rises to Touch 108 Versus Yen for First Time Since July
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Thursday, March 4, 2021
US Unemployment Claims tick up
USDJPY, H1
US initial jobless claims rose 9,000 to 745,000 in the week ended February 27 following the -98,000 plunge to 736,000 in the February 20 week. That brought the 4-week moving average down to 790,800k from 807,500. Claims not seasonally adjusted rose 31,500 to 748,100 on the week after falling -118,500 to 716,600. Continuing claims declined -124,000 to 4.295 million in the February 20 week after tumbling -101,000 to 4.419 million. The insured unemployment rate dipped to 3.0% from 3.1%.
This leaves over 18 million unemployed citizens on government support and although holding under 800,000 the weekly initial claims count has yet to break below 700,000 since the pandemic hit the US at the end of March last year.
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending February 20 were in Illinois (+6,014), Missouri (+5,624), Tennessee (+3,987), Mississippi (+3,266), and Colorado (+2,842). The largest decreases were in California (-49,138), Ohio (-45,189), New York (-9,117), Idaho (-5,111), and Michigan (-3,942).
The Dollar was little changed following the data, which saw initial jobless claims largely in line with consensus, and continuing claims lower than forecast. Q4 productivity was revised higher, while unit labor costs were revised lower. EURUSD was a few points lower near 1.2030, with USDJPY up slightly over 107.45 and the 7-month high area.
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Dollar Is Increasingly Overvalued as Deficit Widens, IIF Says
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The market awaits news of Jerome Powell and the OPEC+ meeting
For yet another week, the markets are still awaiting the evolution of the yields on US bonds and the problems it may bring to the markets, as we see falls in US indices namely the falls in the Nasdaq, due to the fact that the increase in the cost of financing hurts technology companies due to their structure and growth profile, affecting corporate profits.
A few days ago, Fed chairman Powell spoke in front of Congress in an attempt to lessen the fears of inflation, and today, the market will once again be waiting for his statements regarding the possible measures taken in response to the yield curve.
The OPEC+ meeting is another catalyst for today since the market is awaiting the possibility of a decision on whether to reduce production or maintain the current measures until next April.
An increase in oil production could lower the price in the short term, but if it is decided to maintain the current production rate, the price could be supported.
Analysis of the NQ100
The short-term falls on the Nasdaq have confirmed a breakdown of the bullish channel that it had been following in recent months, after breaking its average of 200 (in red) and the bearish cross of its short and medium-term moving averages (black and orange)
In addition, this movement was supported by strong growth in the negative territory of the MACD after the break of the channel, despite the accumulated overselling in the stochastic indicator, which led to the price to look for its 100% fibonacci retracement level of the last bullish momentum in the lower band of the channel.
In recent days, the price has bounced twice at the 100% fibonacci level, but finally, after a last bearish rebound in its 200-session average in the zone coinciding with the 61.8% fibonacci level, the price has achieved breaking down this important level, thus heading to its current support level that previously acted as resistance in the lower red band.
It is very important to see if the price is able to maintain this level of support, as a break down from this could increase the dips to the 161.8% fibonacci level.

Source: Admiral Markets MetaTrader 5. H4 chart of the NQ100. Data range: from September 29, 2020 to March 4, 2021. Prepared on March 4, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. CET. Keep in mind that past returns do not guarantee future returns.
Price evolution in the last 5 years:
- 2020: 43.64%
- 2019: 35.23%
- 2018: -3.88%
- 2017: 28.24%
- 2016: 7.50%
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Exclusive: India merchants almost halt exports to Iran as its rupee reserves fall - officials
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Markets Fall As Biden's Stimulus Bill Takes Further Blow
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OPEC’s Extension of Current Output Curbs is Still in Cards Despite Robust Demand Growth
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USDJPY hits 7-month high
Since January this year, the USDJPY has recorded an increase of about 4% from a low of 102.58 to a 27-week high. As of yesterday’s close, the currency exchange recorded 106.67. Obviously, in 2021, the attractiveness of the US Dollar far exceeds that of the Yen.
There is no doubt that the two governments did not pay attention to epidemic prevention measures in the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, which led to a surge in infection rates, hospitalization rates and death rates. However, with Biden’s victory in the election to become the new president of the United States, the gap between the two countries has gradually widened. We all know that Biden quickly tightened restrictions and promoted virus testing and vaccination programs after he took office, which greatly reduced the damage of the virus to the US economy. In contrast, Japan’s anti-epidemic process lags far behind the United States. The country only officially launched the first round of vaccinations on February 17, targeting 40,000 medical staff. The data shows that as of March 1 this year, the coverage rate of at least a single dose of vaccination in the United States has reached 22.99%, while in Japan it is only 0.03%, indicating that the latter will lag far behind the former in the process of economic recovery (provided that the constantly mutating strains will not pose a threat to the effectiveness of existing vaccines).
From an economic perspective, compared with Japan, the US manufacturing and service industries rebounded earlier and performed strongly:
Figure 1: Manufacturing PMI in Japan and the United States. Source: Trading Economics。
Figure 1 shows that although the decline of the US manufacturing PMI during the worst period of the pandemic was more severe than that of Japan, its rebound was far greater than the latter, and it reached the 50-level boundary of economic expansion in July last year. Today, the US manufacturing PMI has moderately raised to 58.6 from the initial value of 58.5, slightly lower than January’s 59.2. On the other hand, the Japanese manufacturing PMI has been below the 50 level (shrinking) since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, and only passed the 50 level in February this year, at 51.4.
Figure 2: Service industry PMI in Japan and the United States. Source: Trading Economics。
In addition, the PMI performance of the US service industry is much stronger than that of Japan. Figure 2 shows that the former reached the 50 level in July last year and recorded 58.9 in February this year; the latter has been in contraction for 13 consecutive months and recorded 46.3 in February this year.
Figure 3: Unemployment rates in the United States and Japan. Source: Trading Economics。
In terms of employment data, the unemployment rate in the United States reached a record high of 14.8% in April last year, while the unemployment rate in Japan peaked at 3.1% in October last year. In any case, the US unemployment rate curve seems to be in an inverted “V” shape, and after peaking, it has more than doubled its decline to the current 6.3%. This may reflect that the US job market has survived its darkest moments and may return to pre-pandemic levels before the end of the year as the vaccination rate rises and more stimulus measures are introduced.
Earlier, ADP data showed that the number of employees in February only recorded an increase of 117,000, which was not as good as the market’s expected increase of 177,000, and an increase of 174,000 from the previous value. The unexpected performance of the data is not as expected and will have a downward impact on the non-agricultural data released on Friday. Later, the market will also focus on employment data including Thursday’s continued jobless claims and the number of layoffs, as well as Friday’s heavy data – non-farm payrolls, unemployment and wages data. Overall, the increase in employment in the United States has not yet recovered the decline of more than 20 million people recorded in April last year, and the unemployment rate is still higher than the pre-pandemic level.
Figure 4: Annual GDP growth rates of the United States and Japan. Source: Trading Economics。
In any case, the GDP data of both countries have recorded negative growth. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the United States recorded a contraction of 2.4% year-on-year, while Japan’s contraction was 1.2%. This means that the two countries still need appropriate fiscal and monetary policy support to boost GDP growth by boosting consumption, spending, investment activities and even domestic and foreign trade.
Technical analysis:
The weekly chart shows that after the USDJPY rebounded from the 102 median level and crossed the wedge-shaped trend line, the current trading is at the 106 level. From the perspective of indicators, the MACD double-line upward expansion; the relative strength index (RSI) and the Stochastic index (Stochastics) are respectively at the 50 level and the 80 level.
The daily chart shows that the USDJPY is oscillating higher in the ascending channel. Short-term resistance is seen at the upper trend line and 107.40 (50.0% Fibonacci retracement level). If the breakout is successful, the currency pair may continue its rally and test 108.50. In terms of support, 106.25 (38.2% Fibonacci retracement level), the 105.50 lower channel trend line and 104.85 are key levels.
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The Crude Chronicles - Episode 75
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Chart of The Day EURCHF
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The 2021 UK Budget round-up: where next for the economy and markets?
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S&P500: Potential Correction Ahead?
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Dollar Rises on Higher Yields; Sterling Gets Budget Boost
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