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The Aussie stands in red on Friday and establishes below daily cloud base which was eventually taken out on Thursday’s strong fall.

Fresh bearish extension on Friday broke below rising 100SMA (0.7782) and approached target at 0.7733 (FE 200% of current wave C from 0.8102, 20 Sep high).

Bears may travel to 0.7663 (200SMA / FE 238.2%) on stronger acceleration if US jobs data beat forecasts.

Broken base of thick daily cloud mark initial and solid resistance at 0.7800, followed by falling 10SMA at 0.7843, which tracks the downtrend in past two weeks.

Res: 0.7779, 0.7800, 0.7843, 0.7865
Sup: 0.7733, 0.7700, 0.7663, 0.7620

Bulls are retaking control and probe again above 113.00 as dollar is regaining momentum.

Double downside rejection at 112.30 zone, where rising 10SMA contained dips, left two long-tailed daily candles, signaling that the downside is protected for now.

Broader bulls are looking for continuation signal which requires sustained break above 113.25 pivots (recent tops posted after multiple upside rejection) to open way towards targets at 114.00 (round-figure) and 114.49 (11 July peak).

Firm bullish setup of daily techs is supportive, but the pair is likely to stay within near-term congestion until release of US jobs data which are expected to generate stronger signal.

Rising 10SMA (currently at 112.58) marks initial support, followed by daily Tenkan-sen at 112.37, loss of which would weaken near-term structure.

Res: 113.25, 113.57, 114.00, 114.49
Sup: 112.75, 112.58, 112.37, 111.92

Switzerland’s foreign exchange reserves edged higher for a third successive month in September, despite a clear period of respite for Thomas Jordan and his team. The Swiss National Bank’s stock of foreign currency increased Sfr7.5bn from Sfr716.9bn to Sfr724.4bn, printing a new all-time high. Since the beginning of the year, the FX stockpile rose almost Sfr80bn as the SNB has continued to buy foreign currency, mostly EUR and USD, with the aim of protecting the Swiss franc against further strength.

However, the SNB has had a nice summer and was able to cut down significantly the pace and size of its interventions in the FX market. Indeed, the Swiss franc lost ground against most of its peers during the summer months. Since June, it fell against across the board, losing the most against the Canadian dollar (-8.25%), the Swedish Krone (-7.5%) but most importantly against the euro (-5.20%) and the greenback (-0.90%). Therefore, the sustained rise in FX reserve is not the result of a pick-up in SNB’s activity in the FX market, but rather the result of the appreciation of the SNB’s holding when valued in CHF. The stabilisation of the sight deposits held at the SNB supports this idea: since early June total sight deposits stabilised at around Sfr578bn.

The Swiss central bank will continue to sit back and relax, especially now that inflation is slowly picking up. The pressure on the SNB’s shoulders is finally easing a little as the EUR/CHF pair is trading around 1.15. However, a crisis could pop up at any time and the Catalan situation suggests that the European Union is not out of the wood yet, especially regarding the desire for independence of certain of its members.

In case you were hiding under a rock (which might make sense given increasing volatility) today is September US payrolls. Markets are pricing in a solid impact of negative weather with expectations for NFP on the low 60/80k and unemployment 4.5% (risk skewed to the downside). Traders should expect a FX volatility inducing read. However, recent payroll data has provided an asymmetrical outcome with weakness shrugged off but better than expected reads triggering sustained USD rallies.

The expected soft NFP reports contradicts some data seen after hurricane Katrina which lead to upside surprise in many economic indicators. We remain bullish on the USD given the general risk in risk (Specifically Catalonia independence referendum). US front-end yields continued to rise with 2-yr rates hitting 1.50%. The market is underpricing the fed commitments to normalizations, instead focusing on disappoint inflation read. In our view Yellen will continue tighten path, resulting in a December 20bp hike, in anticipation that inflation will eventually pick up. Despite the solid fundamentals story support EM countries we, are cautiously short key high beta and interest rate sensitive countries. HUF, ZAR, BRL, JPY and CHF stand out as key shorts in the current environment.

Volatility in GBP jumps

For this old time analyst its nice to see that fundamentals still can drive volatility. Falling letters, cough, and fake P45 form, not only weighted on UK PM May but sent GBPUSD 1 month implied volatility higher at 8.66 and GBPUSD down 2% (4% since the Conservative party conference). PM May now face open rebellion among backbenchers as up to 30 MP are reported have called for her resignations. Senior Conservative have rallied around the PM making the outcome uncertain. The political chaos makes the outlook for Bexit negotiations re-opening next week bleak.

EU negotiations are questioning the authority of the UK governments, already looking ahead, and limiting the prospect of a deal. Should EU-EU fail to make meaningfully headway, the UK economy is likely to suffer as business investments is further delayed. Given the prolonged negative outlook for the current situations (PM May need to secure her positing so markets can move forward), we are bearish GBP. We anticipated a bearish extension of current downtrend to 1.2830 based support.

The September job report would be a good gauge to measure the output impairment
The Bureau of Labour Statistics has already issued a number of warnings about the US NFP data
The Fed is betting on higher GDP growth as we march towards the end of this year

Traders are eagerly awaiting for the US NFP payroll data and the volume in the market is going to remain low ahead of this number (due later today). This is your usual and typical Non-Farm Payroll trade. What is quite interesting is the price of the S&P and Dow Jones indices, the volatility has dropped massively in the past few days and the daily chart shows that the price is in a holding pattern (despite positive closes). Gold on the other hand is trading in a downtrend and the downward channel on a daily chart confirms this. However, the average true range has dropped massively (suggesting there is very little volatility) and the price is consistently touching the upper line of the downward channel, it suggest that the price could break to the upside.

The September job report would be a good gauge to measure the output impairment. Traders are not going to plug this number to asses the Fed stance in relation to their monetary policy decision. There is simply too much distortion in this number- not to mention the Fed is more likely to increase the interest rate in December and they would have three more reports to look at before they make any decision.

Therefore, let's just say that this would be more of a damage report due the hurricanes. The average hourly earnings and the length of the work week would provide us a good starting point to start assessing the damage impact. Usually, these two elements are used to measure the strength of the job market which is one of the pillar of the Fed monetary policy. The greater the household income, which is dependent on the above two components, the higher the consumer spending. An increase in the consumer spending provides a true colour about the consumer sentiment and it also boosts the GDP growth.

The Fed is betting on higher GDP growth as we march towards the end of this year and for that to happen, we need the consumer spending number to remain healthy.

The Bureau of Labour Statistics has already issued a number of warnings that the US non-farm data would be impacted by the hurricanes. What the smart money would be doing is to keep in mind that there would be several revisions of this number, so the investors are going to take this number with a pinch of salt. Such strategy would enable them to strike with a vengeance when the best opportunity would present itself.

Having said all this, the market participants are widely expecting a downward surprise, but a real surprise could be if the number actually isn't as bad as the consensus. The possibility of such an event taking place is likely because the employment component of the services ISM increased this week. The employment component of the manufacturing ISM also printed much better number. Finally, the challenger report confirmed 27% drop in lay offs. The ISM manufacturing number was also a blow out number. The biggest surprise is when the something happens when it is least expected.

Cable remains in red on Friday and extends strong fall from the previous day, as rising political uncertainty over PM May’s future continue to heavily weigh on sterling.

Fresh bears on Friday broke below 1.3110 (Fibo 61.8% of 1.2773/1.3655 rally), generating bearish signal which could drive the pair towards 1.3015 (100SMA) and psychological 1.3000 support.

Bearish techs and rising negative sentiment are supportive for further losses, which could be additionally boosted if US jobs data surprise at the upside.

Meanwhile, bears may take a breather on oversold studies but no firmer signals seen for now as slow stochastic continues to head south in deeply oversold territory.

Broken Fibo 61.8% support and 55SMA now act as solid resistances at 1.3110/1.3128, as the latter is so far capping today’s action.

Only firm break here would sideline immediate bearish threats.

Res: 1.3128, 1.3200, 1.3220, 1.3250
Sup: 1.3061, 1.3015, 1.3000, 1.2981

The Euro hit new seven-week low at 1.1685 in late Asian trading on Friday, pressured by fresh strength of the US dollar ahead of key event – US jobs report, due later today.

The EURUSD pair eventually broke and closed below strong support at 1.1720 (Fibo 38.2% retracement of 1.1118/1.2092 rally) which kept bears limited during the past week.

Strong bearish acceleration on Thursday commenced after falling 10SMA repeatedly capped recovery attempts and left long bearish daily candle which weighs on near-term action.

Close below 1.1720 pivot was bearish signal for attack at initial support at 1.1662 (17 Aug trough) and extension towards next targets at 1.1604 (daily cloud base) and 1.1594 (rising 100SMA).

Falling 10SMA / daily Tenkan-sen (currently at 1.1761/73) mark strong barriers which are expected to keep the upside protected, while close above would generate initial reversal signal.

Overall picture of US jobs sector in September will define near-term direction of the dollar and its major counterparts.

Forecast for NFP for only 90K new jobs created in September is seen affected by hurricanes that hit US states on the south, but wages are expected to rise, according to the forecast for September at 0.3% vs 0.1% in August.

Better than expected numbers on today’s release would additionally support the greenback and send the single currency further down.

Alternative scenario sees dollar under pressure on NFP report’s miss.

Res: 1.1720, 1.1762, 1.1773, 1.1832
Sup: 1.1685, 1.1662, 1.1604, 1.1594

Global economic momentum remains strong...

The global economy is enjoying fairly strong momentum. The expansion is synchronised across different regions: euro area real GDP, for example, grew at its fastest pace since 2011; in the US, uncertainty about the policy outlook has so far not undermined investor and consumer sentiment, which remains at multi-year highs. Even in China, economic growth has held up surprisingly well, despite signs of a slowdown earlier this year amid a tightening of credit standards in the real estate sector. Large commodity-producing emerging markets such as Russia and Brazil, which were badly hit by the fall in commodity prices, are getting back on their feet. Private consumption is currently the main driver of the global recovery following a sharp reduction in unemployment rates and higher real wage growth in many countries. There are also signs that private investment is picking up, aided by increasing capacity constraints, low global interest rates and a solid global economic outlook. The solid momentum in the world economy is boosting global trade.

...as a result, we raise our forecast for the global economy

In light of the stronger-than-expected momentum in the world economy, over the past couple of months we have raised our global growth forecasts. We now expect the world economy to expand by 3.6% in 2017 and 2018 (almost half a percentage point higher than in June). While we are slightly more positive on US growth in 2018, the main upward revisions stem from the euro area, Japan and, to some degree, China:

The momentum in the euro area economy is particularly strong due to strong domestic and external demand. The somewhat slower growth in 2018 is a combination of moderation in private consumption and weaker contribution from net exports due to EUR strength and slowing growth in key export market China.

In the US, we have revised up our forecast for 2018 due to strong underlying growth. We are still sceptical about a fiscal boost from tax reform or infrastructure spending given the divisions in the Republican Party (see our flash comment on the tax reform: Still a long way to go for tax reform, 28 September 2017). The approval of tax reform would, therefore, offer upside to our forecast. We do not expect the weaker USD to have a material impact on net exports given the fairly closed nature of the US economy and a large part of the US trade being quoted in USD.

In China, we have lifted our real GDP forecasts for both 2017 and 2018 (by about 0.3pp compared with our June forecast). However, we still see slower growth next year as we expect the housing market to cool, spilling over to weaker construction growth. However, we do not expect a hard landing, as housing inventories are fairly low (in contrast to 2014) and the export sector should experience robust growth as the US and euro area recovery looks set to continue.

In Japan, we expect growth to continue through fiscal year 2017 raising the annual real GDP growth estimate to 1.7% (vs. 1.2% in June), supported by a strong labour market, the global economic recovery and extremely accommodative policies. As fiscal stimulus wanes next year, we would expect growth rates to fall closer to potential with real GDP growing about 1.4%.

Inflation pressures to remain modest...

Despite the solid economic growth and low unemployment rates in many countries, global inflation pressures remain muted. After rising sharply in 2016, inflation generally fell back in the first half of 2017. Oil prices drive most of the swings in inflation, and with prices no longer moving much higher from here, we expect the impact on inflation to ease. The outlook for underlying inflation is still muted; we expect core inflation to remain below 2% in the US and (particularly) the euro area until at least 2018. One of the reasons is continuing low wage pressures even in countries where little slack is left in the economy, such as the US and Germany; probably as inflation expectations have come down over the past few years. Another reason is easing inflation in emerging markets, where it is at the lowest level ever. A possible slowdown in China could weigh on global inflation through weaker commodity prices

...preventing central banks from pulling the emergency brake for the time being

With the modest inflation outlook, we expect the major central banks to only gradually remove the massive monetary stimulus put in place since the financial crisis. The Fed has raised rates three times so far and we expect it to raise rates another three times over the next year, with the next rate hike expected in December. Still this marks a relatively gradual hiking cycle compared with the past. Furthermore, the Fed is set to start a modest reduction of its balance sheet in October 2017, gathering pace in 2018, while the ECB is set to continue its QE purchases going into next year, albeit at a reduced pace of EUR40bn per month, keeping policy rates unchanged at least until 2019. Meanwhile, we expect the BOJ to continue its highly accommodative policies for a considerable time as inflation pressures remain muted compared with the central bank's target. In light of the modest scaling back of central bank balance sheets, global liquidity is likely to remain ample for some time.

Base scenario supportive for equities and bearish for bonds

In light of the strong macroeconomic momentum, we remain positive on equities. We increase our overweight in developed market equities to 10%, as under the current positive macro conditions companies should be able to increase earnings through increasing sales growth. New investments should, at the same time, support cost cutting/efficiency gains, and thereby pave the way for continuous delivery of stronger earnings growth rates than in recent years. Naturally, strong global economic momentum tends to be bearish for fixed income. In addition, we expect somewhat higher yields in 2018. However, the muted inflation outlook, combined with modest tightening by the central banks, should keep a lid on the upward move.

Risk factors to watch

The risks to our growth forecasts are seen as broadly balanced. On the downside, the main risks to growth come from an unexpected sharp rise in inflation, triggering an abrupt tightening of monetary policies, a stronger-than-expected slowdown in China, a potential trade war and a military conflict with North Korea (which we see as a low probability-high impact event). On the upside, there is a possibility of a more upbeat investment outlook than we forecast due to pent-up demand in Europe after many years of weak corporate spending and the approval of significant tax reform in the US raising the economy's potential growth rate.

In result of the previous trading session, the currency exchange rate made a rebound from a combined resistance set up by the 200-hour SMA and the upper edge of a junior descending channel. In addition to that, the pair managed to break through the 100% Fibonacci retracement level and the weekly S1 again. On the one hand, this plunge shows that movement of the rate is still guided by a downtrend formed approximately a month ago. On the other hand, a daily chart indicates that the pair is about to reach the lower support line of a dominant falling wedge pattern. There is a need to take into account that this boundary is additionally secured by the monthly S1 at 1.15658 plus the pair is moving within the long-term uptrend. Hence, the further surge is likely to follow.

In line with expectations, traders used the 55-hour SMA as a benchmark to push the rate in the southern direction. The main role in the yesterday’s downfall played a release of better than expected US employment data as well as Govern Powell’s and the BOE MPC Members’ McCafferty and Haldane speeches. Because of a quite sharp depreciation of the Pound against the Dollar, the pair not only fell from a descending channel, but also crossed the 38.2% retracement level at 1.3145. The fact that the average market sentiment remains 59% bullish and the fact that 55% of traders are willing to purchase the Sterling suggests that the pair is likely to make a rebound either from the weekly S3 at 1.3078 or from an area near the psychological 1.30 level.