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Markets coast into the weekend

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Silent morning

There was very little to report from today’s Asian morning session, with markets certainly already having one eye on next week’s Christmas festivities. US indices edged back from record levels with the US30 index sliding 0.04% and the NAS100 index easing 0.08%.

Currency markets were also quiet, with AUD/USD rising 0.13% and GBP/USD gaining 0.11%, possibly facing the first up-day in four days. Consolidation and position-squaring looks to be the order of the day.

 

GBP/USD Daily Chart

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Source: OANDA fxTrade

 

House passes USMCA pact

The House of Representatives approved the new North American trade deal last night and the deal now goes to the Senate. It’s not clear when the deal will be discussed since the Senate has to contend with the impeachment process first.

The new USMCA trade pact, which was first agreed on in September last year, is due to replace the original NAFTA set up in 1994. The new deal reportedly has tougher labour and automotive content rules, but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual US-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged.

 

Busiest data day of the week

Even though markets are quiet, we still have a packed data calendar today. The European session kicks off with Germany’s Gfk consumer confidence survey for January (a marginal uptick to 9.8 from 9.7 is expected) and then the final reading for the UK’s third quarter GDP growth (no adjustment expected).

There is also no changed expected to the US’ Q3 GDP growth numbers at the second revision. Personal income and spending numbers for November are also due along with the Michigan consumer sentiment index for November.

 

The full MarketPulse data calendar can be viewed at https://www.marketpulse.com/economic-events/ [2]

 

Have a great weekend.

 

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A seasoned professional with more than 30 years’ experience in foreign exchange, interest rates and commodities, Andrew Robinson is a senior market analyst with OANDA, responsible for providing timely and relevant market commentary and live market analysis throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Having previously worked in Europe, since moving to Singapore he worked with several leading institutions including Bloomberg, Saxo Capital Markets and Informa Global Markets, proving FX strategies based on a combination of technical and fundamental analysis as well as market flow information. Andrew began his career as an FX dealer with NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland in the UK.
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