22.03.201612:25 Forex Analysis & Reviews: Global macro overview for 22/03/2016

Global macro overview for 22/03/2016:

The German Ifo Business Climate data was released this morning. A slight improvement can be noticed as the indicator was at the level of 106.7 points, beating expectations of 106.1 and prior reading of 105.7. Nevertheless, the next sentiment data in the form of ZEW Survey was worse than expected. The ZEW Current Situation indicator decreased to the level of 50.7 from 52.3 in the last month and was below the forecast of 53.0. The ZEW Economic Sentiment indicator declined to the level of 4.3 (5.9 expected), but was better than the last month's figures of 1.0. In conclusion, the overall business and economic sentiment did not improve significantly despite the recent ECB actions, including expansion of the QE program. This is not a good sign and it should put more pressure on the euro.

Let's now take a look at the EUR/USD technical picture at the 4h time frame. A bull run towards the recent swing high at the level of 1.1376 did not result in another higher high in this pair. Bears took control over the market as they had pushed the price below the important support at the level of 1.1218. The next support is seen at the level of 1.1066.