Action Insight Daily Report 4-20-18
| Action Insight Daily Report 4-20-18 | | Treasury Yield Rally Takes Dollar Higher, EUR/CHF Breaches 1.2 | Dollar surged overnight as boosted by the strong rally in US treasury yield. 10 year yield gained 0.047 to close at 2.914, after hitting as high as 2.934. It's now close to a key resistance, February's high at 2.943. The greenback remains firm in Asian session. For the week, Dollar is trading as the second strongest one, follow Euro, which was helped by the strong rebound in EUR/GBP as well as the rally in EUR/CHF. Talking about EUR/CHF, it halted somewhat at 1.2 key level. But buying emerges again as markets are heading into European session. At the time of writing, it just hit 1.2004. US yields and Swiss Franc will continue to be the focuses of today. And attention will also be on Canadian inflation and retail sales. |  | EUR/CHF Daily Outlook Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.1955; (P) 1.1974; (R1) 1.2004; More... EUR/CHF continues to lose upside momentum as it's pressing 1.2 handle. But further rise is expected as long as 1.1956 minor support holds. Sustained break of 1.2 will extend the current up trend to 61.8% projection of 1.0629 to 1.1832 from 1.1445 at 1.2188. On the downside, below 1.1956 will turn bias turn bias to the downside for retreat to 4H 55 EMA (now at 1.1898) or below before staging another rally. |  | | GMT | Ccy | Events | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Revised | | 23:30 | JPY | National CPI Core Y/Y Mar | 0.90% | 0.90% | 1.00% | | | 4:30 | JPY | Tertiary Industry Index M/M Feb | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.60% | -0.40% | | 6:00 | EUR | German PPI M/M Mar | | 0.20% | -0.10% | | | 6:00 | EUR | German PPI Y/Y Mar | | 2.00% | 1.80% | | | 12:30 | CAD | Retail Sales M/M Feb | | 0.50% | 0.30% | | | 12:30 | CAD | Retail Sales Ex Auto M/M Feb | | 0.50% | 0.90% | | | 12:30 | CAD | CPI M/M Mar | | 0.40% | 0.60% | | | 12:30 | CAD | CPI Y/Y Mar | | 2.40% | 2.20% | | | 12:30 | CAD | CPI Core - Common Y/Y Mar | | 2.00% | 1.90% | | | 12:30 | CAD | CPI Core - Median Y/Y Mar | | 2.20% | 2.10% | | | 12:30 | CAD | CPI Core - Trim Y/Y Mar | | 2.10% | 2.10% | | | 14:00 | EUR | Eurozone Consumer Confidence Apr A | | -0.1 | 0.1 | | | | |