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USD/CAD is hitting a ceiling

Although the 50- and the 200-period SMAs are positively aligned, the upside in USD/CAD has stalled in recent trading.

A 4hr stochastic above its median line don’t necessarily favours a liquidation of long-term buy positions, but the 1-hour stochastic is increasingly pointing that it could be necessary soon.

The oscillator has been precariously perched above the 70% level for more than eight hours and has just abandoned overbought territory with the recent hourly close. We see bias for a roll back lower in the short-term.

USD/CAD halts its vertical rise to 11-yr highs

The pause in the oil price decline helped the Canadian dollar to take back a part of previous steep losses against its American rival, with USD/CAD easing-off fresh 11-year highs.
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FOMC: Implications on US rates, FX, emerging markets, equity and gold - HSBC

Research Team at HSBC, notes that the FOMC raised the federal funds rate by 25bp; signalled pace of hikes in 2016 would be gradual and dependant on inflation and HSBC sees the outcome as having a dovish tilt and still expect two 25bp hikes in 2016.
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