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DAY 9 - 5 Main Takeaways from ECB Press Conference

5 Main Takeaways from ECB Press Conference (by Kathy Lien):
While investors sold euros after the European Central Bank’s monetary announcement and press conference, the single currency did not fall to fresh lows against the U.S. dollar. Nothing Mario Draghi said was particularly surprising but a few important takeaways explain why today’s speech was more bearish than bullish for the EUR/USD:
1. ECB is Getting Serious about ABS purchases – Mario Draghi said the ECB intensified preparatory work re…
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DAY 8 - ECB Press Conference Review

Today's EUR volatility is a prime example of how the markets initial reaction of disappointment quickly turned into a strong belief that Draghi and company will get to act in the next interest rate announcement meeting on June 5th 2014. It's not the first time Draghi vocally tried to undermine Euro's strength, these tactics have worked in past and for sure it worked out this time too. The EURUSD was within 5 pips of testing the strongly supported resistance level of 1.40 before aggressively head…
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I would not bet on too much buying interest in the longer term since ECB will probably act this time. However nice contribution.

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