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On Thursday the 4th of October, trading on the euro closed up. The single currency rebounded from a low of 1.1463. This rise was facilitated by a broadly weaker dollar as well as the closing of short positions in anticipation of today’s employment report from the US.
The rise of the British pound also led traders to open long positions on the euro. The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, announced that the EU and UK had entered the final stages of negotiations. The current situation on the Forex market favours the further recovery of the euro. Buyers just need to weather the NFP report.
Day’s news (GMT+3):
Fig 1. EURUSD hourly chart.
Current situation:
The euro recovered 67 degrees against the greenback. The pair first rebounded upwards from the 112thdegree, and then downwards from the trend line. Markets are holding their breath as they await the release of US data.
There’s no forecast on today’s chart given the importance of the statistics coming out later. The US will publish a report of the number of new jobs created in September. The ADP report significantly exceeded expectations, so the NFP could too. Growth in employment is expected to pick up where it left off in August, with about 200k new jobs expected.
I reckon that volatility will be high following the report’s release. The thing is that Fed Chair Jerome Powell has hinted at an aggressive tightening of monetary policy. For this, today’s economic data should come out higher than expected. Any shortcomings on this front will cause the US dollar index to fall and the other major currencies to rise.
