LOOK AHEAD: Eurozone Timeline of Key Events (Times BST)

May-07 05:18
Date Time Country Event
07-May 700 DE Manufacturing Orders/ Trade Balance
07-May 745 FR Foreign Trade
07-May 830 EU S&P Global Final Eurozone Construction PMI
07-May 1000 EU Retail Sales
08-May 700 DE Industrial Production
08-May 800 ES Industrial Production
08-May 900 IT Retail Sales
09-May 1315 EU ECB's De Guindos remarks at Panel Civico
09-May 1315 EU ECB's Cipollone on financial instrument tokenisation
10-May 800 EU ECB's Cipollone presentation on digital euro
10-May 900 IT Industrial Production
10-May 945 EU ECB's Elderson in roundtable at ASVIS/ECCO
13-May 800 EU ECB's Cipollone in Eurogroup meeting
14-May 700 DE HICP (f)
14-May 800 ES HICP (f)
14-May 800 EU ECB's De Guindos participates in ECOFIN meeting
14-May 1000 DE ZEW Current Conditions/Expectations Index
14-May 1415 EU ECB's Schnabel speech at scientific conference

Historical bullets

USDCAD TECHS: Has Pierced Key Short-Term Resistance

Apr-05 20:00
  • RES 4: 1.3855 High Nov 10 2023
  • RES 3: 1.3765 High Nov 22 2023
  • RES 2: 1.3729 76.4% retracement of the Nov 1 - Dec 27 bear leg
  • RES 1: 1.3661 High Nov 27 2023
  • PRICE: 1.3581 @ 17:15 GMT Apr 5
  • SUP 1: 1.3478/20 Low Apr 4 / Low Mar 8 and the bear trigger
  • SUP 2: 1.3359 Low Jan 31 and key S/T support
  • SUP 3: 1.3343 Low Jan 12
  • SUP 4: 1.3288 Low Jan 5

A bull cycle in USDCAD remains in play and Friday’s initial gains reinforce this condition. The pair has pierced an important resistance and congestion at 1.3614, the Mar 19, 22, 25 and 29 high. A clear break of this hurdle would confirm a resumption of the uptrend that started late December last year. 1.3623, 61.8% of the Nov 1 - Dec 27 bear leg, has also been tested, a break would open 1.3661, the Nov 27 ‘23 high. 1.3478 is first support, the Apr 4 low.

AUDUSD TECHS: Remains Above The 50-Day EMA

Apr-05 19:30
  • RES 4: 0.6729 High Jan 12
  • RES 3: 0.6708 61.8% retracement of the Dec 28 - Feb 13 bear cycle
  • RES 2: 0.6668 High Mar 8 and the bull trigger
  • RES 1: 0.6635 High Mar 21
  • PRICE: 0.6585 @ 17:14 GMT Apr 05
  • SUP 1: 0.6503 Low Apr 3
  • SUP 2: 0.6478 Low Mar 5
  • SUP 3: 0.6443 Low Feb 13 and the bear trigger
  • SUP 4: 0.6412 76.4% Fibonacci retracement for Oct - Dec upleg

The rally this week in AUDUSD has resulted in a break of resistance around the 50-day EMA. This potentially confirms the recent bout of weakness between Mar 8 - Apr 1 as corrective in nature. A continuation higher would open 0.6635, the Mar 21 high. For bears, a reversal lower and a break of support at 0.6478, the Mar 5 low, would instead reinstate a bearish theme. This would open the bear trigger at 0.6443, the Feb 13 low.

US TSYS: Back Near Post Jobs Low, Technical Support Holds

Apr-05 19:22
  • Treasury futures gapped lower after higher than expected March employment data showed job surge of 303k vs. 214k est, 275k prior down revised to 270k.
  • Balance of data: Private Payrolls (232k vs 170k est); Unemployment Rate (3.8% vs. 3.8% est vs. 3.9% prior), Average Hourly Earnings MoM (0.3% vs. 0.3% est), YoY (4.1% vs. 4.1% est), Labor Force Participation Rate (62.7% vs. 62.6% est).
  • Jun'24 10Y futures gapped to a post-data low of 109-15 (-21; yield 4.3996% high) - near initial technical support of 109-09.5 (Apr 03 low). Futures dew short cover/position squaring support that saw TYM4 climb back to 109-30 in late morning trade before settling back near session lows after the Feb Consumer Credit came out lower than expected at $14.1B vs. $15B, prior down-revised to $17.684B from $19.495B.
  • The strong jobs data sapped rate cut expectations in the near term: May 2024 at -5.7bp vs -9.8% pre-data w/ cumulative -1.4bp at 5.312%; June 2024 at -52.4% vs -59.6% earlier w/ cumulative rate cut -14.5bp at 5.181%. July'24 cumulative at -24.9bp vs -28.9bp earlier, Sep'24 cumulative -41.3bp vs. -45.1bp earlier.
  • Slow start to next week, focus on CPI and March FOMC minutes on Wednesday, PPI on Thursday.