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EUR/USD has breached the psychological 1.1000 deal with following a resurgence in US Greenback weak spot. Following a brilliant begin to the week for the Greenback, the US session introduced a renewed bout of weak spot to the dollar which has continued into this morning’s European open. The foreign money power chart beneath is a stark distinction to yesterday which noticed the Greenback start the week as one of many strongest currencies. Are we in for sustained Greenback weak spot or is that this only a results of positioning forward of the US CPI launch tomorrow?

Forex Power Chart: Strongest – JPY, Weakest – USD.

Supply: FinancialJuice

FED POLICYMAKERS, GERMAN INFLATION AND ZEW SENTIMENT

Yesterday noticed a bunch of Federal Reserve policymakers communicate forward of the Feds newest blackout interval. Sustaining a hawkish rhetoric with many agreeing the Fed are usually not finished but, nevertheless markets appear to have latched on to the truth that many agree the mountaineering cycle is near its finish. That is partly a possible explanation for the Greenback selloff skilled within the US session yesterday advert continued into early European commerce this morning.

Germany noticed an uptick in headline inflation this morning which elevated to six.4% from 6.1% in Might. The print was nevertheless in step with estimates. The worrying consider regard to German inflation is that meals remained the most important driver of inflation whereas Authorities reduction measures from 2022 are additionally seen as a contributing issue. In Might 2023, the buyer worth index excluding vitality and meals stood at +5.4%, the core inflation fee due to this fact accelerated once more in June 2023. In each April and March 2023, the speed additionally stood at +5.8%.

The Euro calendar stays gentle when it comes to threat occasions this week with ZEW Sentiment due out shortly with feedback from ECB policymaker Villeroy anticipated as effectively. Neither of those occasions ought to have any materials influence on EURUSD at this stage with market individuals nonetheless pricing in two extra 25bps hikes by October. On the Greenback aspect we even have a quiet day with Fed policymaker Bullard anticipated to talk earlier than consideration turns to US CPI on Wednesday.

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TECHNICAL OUTLOOK AND FINAL THOUGHTS

EURUSD from a technical perspective and we’ve got simply printed a recent two month excessive after discovering help on the 100 and 200-day MAs. Market construction would counsel {that a} pullback is so as however given the weak spot within the greenback there’s each probability EURUSD pushed towards the 1.1100 mark forward of US CPI tomorrow.

As for a possible break of the vary excessive at 1.1100, I feel can be right down to US CPI tomorrow with a major miss to the draw back prone to facilitate a break increased. Ought to the CPI are available in close to expectations I do totally anticipate the vary excessive to carry and a possible retracement to return into play. It’s value noting that the 100-day MA is beginning to trace at a possible golden cross sample which may trace at additional upside, nevertheless that is but to happen. Provided that the RSI continues to be approaching overbought territory a take a look at of the vary excessive definitely stays a risk.

A retracement from present worth faces fast help across the 1.0950 deal with earlier than the 1.0900 degree or the transferring averages serving as dynamic help come into play. The 100 and 200-day MA resting on the 1.0817 and 1.0858 respectively.

EUR/USD Day by day Chart – July 11, 2023

Supply: TradingView

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IG CLIENT SENTIMENT DATA

IGCS reveals retail merchants are at present SHORT on EURUSD, with 68% of merchants at present holding SHORT positions. At DailyFX we sometimes take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the truth that merchants are quick means that EURUSD could take pleasure in a brief bounce towards the vary excessive earlier than persevering with to fall.

Written by: Zain Vawda, Market Author for DailyFX.com

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