EUR/USD Rate Recovery Brings Monthly High on Radar

EUR/USD Rate Talking Points

EUR/USD has reversed course following the failed attempt to test the yearly low (1.0636), with the monthly high (1.1039) on the radar as the exchange rate initiates a fresh series of higher highs and lows.

EUR/USD Rate Recovery Brings Monthly High on Radar

EUR/USD extends the advance from the previous week as finance ministers representing the European Union (EU) agree on a EUR 540B stimulus package to combat COVID-19, and the unprecedented response may encourage the European Central Bank (ECB) to retain the current policy at its next meeting on April 30 as the Governing Council carries out the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP).

Source: IMF

However, the ECB may come under pressure to further support the monetary union as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts advanced economies to contract 6.1% in 2020, with the Euro Area expected to lead the slowdown as the growth rate is projected to decline 7.5% this year.

The update to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) report largely align with recent remarks from ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos as the official warns “the global economy will enter recession and so will the European economy,” with the board member going onto say that “we will have to wait until 2021 to see a genuine recovery in economic activity.”

In turn, the ECB continue to rely on its asset purchase program to cushion the Euro Area as the account of the March 18 meeting insists that Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) “had been designed to address a fundamentally different contingency,” and the Governing Council may continue to push monetary policy into uncharted territory as the central bank emphasizes its commitment to “to adjust all of its other instruments, as appropriate, including adjusting its policy rates in line with its forward guidance.

With that said, the ECB’s dovish forward guidance may present headwinds for the Euro, but EUR/USD may track the broad range from March amid the failed attempt to test the yearly low (1.0636).

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EUR/USD Rate Daily Chart

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  • Keep in mind, the monthly opening range has been a key dynamic for EUR/USD in the fourth quarter of 2019 as the exchange rate carved a major low on October 1, with the high for November occurring during the first full week of the month, while the low for December happened on the first day of the month.
  • The opening range for 2020 showed a similar scenario as EUR/USD marked the high of the month on January 2, with the exchange rate carving the February high during the first trading day of the month.
  • However, the opening range for March was less relevant amid the pickup in volatility, with the pullback from the yearly high (1.1495) producing a break of the February low (1.0778) as the exchange rate slipped to a fresh 2020 low (1.0636).
  • EUR/USD may track the broad range from March amid the failed attempt to test the yearly low (1.0636), with the lack of momentum to close below the 1.0780 (100% expansion) region pushing the exchange rate back towards the Fibonacci overlap around 1.0950 (100% expansion) to 1.0980 (78.6% retracement).
  • Topside targets are on the radar as EUR/USD initiates a series of higher highs and lows, but need a break/close above the 1.1040 (61.8% expansion) region, which lines up with the April high (1.1039), to open up the 1.1100 (78.6% expansion) handle, with the next area of interest coming in around 1.1140 (78.6% expansion).

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