Market Patrol 17 September 2020

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

Michael John Bobak

Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

20 Dec 2024

AUD
30.10
0.6322

BWP
3.54
0.0745

CAD
33.29
1.4301

CNY
6.72
7.0815

DKK
6.71
7.0904

EUR
49.58
1.0414

HKD
6.22
7.6568

INR
0.57
83.7507

JPY
31.08
153.1735

KES
37.41
127.2757

NZD
27.03
0.5677

NOK
4.24
11.2216

SGD
35.54
1.3396

ZAR
2.68
17.7715

SEK
4.37
10.8960

CHF
53.34
1.1203

GBP
59.72
1.2543

USD
47.61
1.0000

AED
13.26
3.5895

The U.S dollar boosted after Fed's upbeat economic outlook.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Shared currency nosedived to $1.1770 following the U.S. Federal Reserve's upbeat assessment of the economic recovery, and as the Fed increased tolerance for higher inflation pushed bond yields higher.

GBP/USD
The Cable pressured to $1.2930 ahead of Bank of England's monetary policy meeting due later today.

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen firmed at 105 versus the greenback after the Bank of Japan bank kept interest rates unchanged at -0.1%, and on comments that the Japanese economy could soon see higher output and exports.

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar slipped to $0.7270 on U.S. dollar strength, although Australia’s August month employment data flashed welcome numbers earlier today.

USD/ZAR
South Africa's rand rallied to a six-month high at 16.20 against the U.S dollar on Wednesday, shaking off poor retail sales data as expectations of continued lower rates in the United Staes increased demand for the emerging market.

USD/MUR
The pair stayed put at 40.20(selling) on the domestic market.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

11:00 - JPY - BoJ Press Conference

13:00 - EUR - CPI (YoY) (Aug)

15:00 - GBP - BoE MPC Meeting Minutes

16:30 - USD - Initial Jobless Claims

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

Bank of England

0.10%

19-May-2020

17-Sep-2020

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

17-Sep-2020

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.25%

18-Mar-2020

S.Africa Reserve Bank

3.50%

23-Jul-2020

17-Sep-2020

Reserve Bank of India

4.00%

22-May-2020

01-Oct-2020

Bank of Mauritius

1.85%

16-Apr-2020

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Bulls & Bears Levels

Resistance and Support

Levels

EUR/USD

GBP/USD

USD/JPY

USD/ZAR

1.1963

1.3156

105.99

17.13

1.1923

1.3082

105.71

16.92

1.1869

1.3024

105.35

16.65

1.1829

1.2950

105.07

16.38

1.1775

1.2892

104.71

16.33

1.1735

1.2818

104.43

16.20

1.1681

1.2760

104.07

15.92

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