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USD HIGHER
USDCHF hitting session highs of 1.1315 as USDJPY climbs to 111.00 afetr GBP takes hits all the way down to 2.0217 as stops are triggered before bouncing a bit back up to 2.0230
GBPUSD BROKE RESISTANCE OF 2.0305
And went as high as 2.0315 before aggressive offers from US investment bank pushed it down to 2.0285 lvl
Expect some consolidation for most of the day until the 7:00 am EDT Interest rate announcement
Should see some jittery trading action today and although market talking of no change by BOE, if they indeed do leave rates unchanged , look for huge rally in GBP
ALso keep in mind ECB Rate announcement (expected unchanged) announced at 7:45 am EDT and Friday we will see US Payroll data
UK MANUFACTURING PMI AT 54.4 vs REVISED 52.8 (expected 52.5)
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EURUSD BREAKS TOPSIDE
EURUSD breaks above the highs and rises above 1.4700. Next technical level to watch is 1.4740 trendline on the hourly chart
EURJPY meets some resistance at 162.60
Market in thin conditioons so far
CHF CPI
SWISS CPI +1.8 % in Nov vs forecast of + 1.4 %
m/m + 0.5 % vs + 0.1 % forecast
USD/CHF comes off a bit down to 1.1195/00
BoE's Blanchflower on wire
Says wants BoE to get ahead of the curve. Lomex says rates are high relative to other G 7 countries
Its looking like BoE will cut rates , possibly at next week's meeting
GBP down to lows against USd at 2.0630
EUR/GBP up from 0.7138 to 0.7152 and GBP/JPY approaching the break of 227.00
GBP/USd mostly unmoved
as comments by MPC members come across wires.
Gbp/usd at 2.0647 just off lows of day





