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Mar 14, 2019, 12:00 PM GMT
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Mixed Inflation and Sales Reports in the US

The US economy reported some mixed reviews about the state of inflation, beating some estimations and missing on others, overall the US dollar index is still contained within the narrow range, that he had outlined in one of our previous market updates.

As you can see from the hourly chart of the US dollar index, the three consecutive data reports, which we had informed you about in our "Weekly Expectations" from this Monday, delivered some mixed signals about the state of the US economy with the CPI and PPI slightly missing their marks, whilst the Retail sales delivered better than expected results. Overall, the price action of the index remains in a downwards swing, so the range environment remains very much relevant and in effect.