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The European currency shows moderate growth against the US dollar during the Asian session, developing a "bullish" signal formed the day before, when the instrument retreated from its March 7 local lows.
The growth of buying activity in the single currency is facilitated by technical factors, as well as some correction of the US dollar after the publication of consumer and industrial inflation, which, as expected, renewed record highs. The Producer Price Index released the day before rose by 1.4% in March after rising by 0.9% a month earlier. Analysts expected an acceleration of only up to 1.1%. In annual terms, the growth rate of producer prices accelerated from 10.3% to 11.2%, which was also higher than the market forecast at 10.6%. Such statistics once again confirm the fact that many politicians and economists were mistaken last year, arguing that the rapid rise in prices is only a temporary phenomenon.
Support for the single currency is also provided by the meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB), which will be held today. Despite the fact that analysts' forecasts do not imply any changes in the vector of the monetary policy of the European regulator, the comments of its representatives will be extremely important. Traders are primarily interested in the timing of the start of the rate increase, since the central banks of developed countries have already managed to resort to tightening monetary policy. Investors will focus on a statement by the ECB President Christine Lagarde, including information on how long after the end of the quantitative easing program a cycle of rate hikes could begin, given the complex combination of inflation far above the target and a slowdown in the national economic recovery due to a sharp jump in energy prices.
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On the D1 chart, Bollinger Bands demonstrate a tendency to reverse into a horizontal plane. The price range is also trying to consolidate, but within a fairly wide range, fully consistent with the observed dynamics. MACD is reversing upwards and forming a new buy signal (located above the signal line). Stochastic is showing the same dynamics being located in the middle of its area.
Resistance levels: 1.09, 1.0957, 1.1, 1.1051 | Support levels: 1.086, 1.0835, 1.08, 1.0767
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