Euro Froze in Anticipation of New Drivers

 | Apr 12, 2021 12:44

Early in another April week, the major currency pair is falling a bit not far from 1.1890 – the asset is looking rather inactive and waiting for new catalysts.
 
The statistics that came from Europe were rather minor: the German Industrial production lost 1.6% m/m in February against the expected reading by 1.6% m/m. Numbers from Germany are perceived by investors in a very negative way right now because they are afraid of possible deterioration in the major European economy.
 
The USA reported on the Core PPI, which added 0.7% m/m in March after expanding by 0.2% m/m in the previous month and against the same expected reading. The Wholesale Inventories added 0.6% m/m in February against the expected reading of +0.5% m/m.
 
The US bond yield is “in the black” again and that’s excellent support for the “greenback”.
 
In the H4 chart, after completing the ascending wave at 1.1920, EUR/USD is falling to reach 1.1857 and may later grow towards 1.1890, thus forming a new consolidation range between the two latter levels. If the price breaks this range to the downside, the market may fall to reach 1.1800; if to the upside – resume trading upwards with the target at 1.1980 and then form a new descending structure towards 1.1740. From the technical point of view, this scenario is confirmed by MACD Oscillator: its signal line is moving above 0 outside the histogram area, thus implying its further decline towards 0. Later, the line is expected to break 0 and continue falling.