Week Ahead: More Downside For The Euro?
FOREX.com | Feb 14, 2020 16:25
This past week, markets seemingly have pushed past the number of new “adjusted” number Coronavirus cases. Although the number increased dramatically, these were cases that were under suspicion already, but could not be verified due to lack of testing equipment. Once the WHO arrived, they were able to verify these cases. Now that most of the suspected cases have been verified, China began pumping stimulus into the economy to try and get things back to “normal”. US stock indices traded to new highs this week; they don’t seem worried about contagion of the Coronavirus.
Fed’s Powell stayed the course during his Humphrey Hawkins testimony this week. Lower for longer, which made his testimony relatively uneventful.
The Euro, on the other hand, had quite and eventful week. Whether you blame it on poor data out of Europe, the unwind of the carry trade, or the Coronavirus, the Euro was under serious pressure this week. EUR/USD is down over 2% over the last 2 weeks, while EUR/JPY and EUR/GBP played catchup this week, both down .8% and 1.83%, respectively. There looks to be more downside in the Euro ahead for this week.
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Earnings reports next week include Walmart (NYSE:WMT), Deere & Company (NYSE:DE), HSBC (LON:HSBA) and Lloyds (LON:LLOY)
Expected economic highlights include:
Monday
- Japan: GDP
- US Holiday – President’s Day **markets closed**
Tuesday
- Australia: RBA Minutes
- UK: Claimant Count Change
- Germany: ZEW Economic Sentiment Index
- EU: ZEW Economic Sentiment Index
Wednesday
- UK: Inflation Data
- Canada: Inflation Data
- US: Housing Starts
- US: Building Permits
- US: PPI
- US: FOMC Minutes
Thursday
- Australia: Employment Change
- Germany: GFK Consumer Confidence
- Germany: PPI
- UK: Retail Sales
- Canada: New Housing Price Index
- US: Philly Fed Manufacturing
- Crude Oil Inventories
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Friday
- Global Flash PMIs
- EU: Inflation Rate
- Canada: Retail Sales
Chart to Watch: Weekly EUR/USD
Source: Tradingview, FOREX.com
EUR/USD has been in a falling wedge since the summer of 2018. In December 2019, price tried to breakout to the upside, only to fail to move higher during the last week of 2019. In 2020, price reversed course and began trading lower back inside the wedge. Often, we see that when price fails to breakout of one side of the wedge, it tries to retest the other side of the wedge. EUR/USD has currently taken out prior lows at 1.0879. First support is a gap from 2017, between 1.0775 and 1.0820. Below there is a strong cluster of support between 1.0700 and 1.0750, which includes:
- The 127.2% extension from the September 2019 lows to the December 2019 highs
- The bottom trendline of the falling wedge
- An upward sloping trendline dating back to 2000!!
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