By John Noonan — Mar 07 - 06:40 PM
EUR/USD opens -1.26% after Fed Chair Powell was more hawkish than expected nL1N35F184
Short-term US yields soared and risk assets tumbled to underpin the USD
EUR/USD came close to the Feb 27 low at 1.0533 to validate it as support
More support @ the 100-day MA at 1.0519, which was last breached in November
Objective of move is the 38.2 of the Sept/Feb rise at 1.0458
Resistance is at the 10-day MA at 1.0600 where sellers are tipped
Market was caught out by Powell comments as it was pricing in rates peaking
The volatile swing lower has set the table for the US jobs report on Friday
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Source:
Refinitiv IFR Research/Market Commentary