Pound steady ahead of data deluge

Morning Report: 08.45 London

• This morning, markets have a slight upside edge as traders bet that the Fed won’t be doing anything about its asset purchase policy any time soon.
 

 

The yen pairs have been the big winners as the US dollar trumps the yen.



The GBP/JPY is performing particularly well, up 0.38% ahead of a very busy day of UK data.

 


Coming up today:

• Coming up today we have German Ifo Business climate at 09.00.

• From 09.30 we have a very busy UK data set which includes the unemployment rate, claimant count change and the voting patterns from the last MPC meetings.

• From 19.00 we have the latest Fed economic projections, statement and press conference from 19.30.

Trade Idea:

• Gold has been rangebound ahead of today’s Fed decision, but it’s unlikely to remain following the announcement. Therefore a breakout trade could be the order of play.



An In/Out trade predicting that gold goes outside of either $1300 or $1175 within 8 days could return 170%.

This is presented as an idea to stimulate fixed odds financial betting ideas and is not financial advice. 

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