EUR/USD Bounces Off MAs Again Today, After the Jump in the Eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment

EUR/USD remains bullish after the positive ZEW economic sentiment from the Eurozone

The bullish momentum remains strong in EUR/USD

The economic sentiment took a big dive last year in Europe, during the peak of the lockdowns, as most businesses closed. ZEW economic sentiment dived to -50 points, although kept improving after the reopening.

In Q4 we saw another weakness in the sentiment, as restrictions returned again, but this year this indicator has been improving and this month it jumped higher, beating expectations fair and square. EUR/USD retreated yesterday, after the surge last Friday, but today we saw another bounce off the moving averages on the H1 chart, after this report came out positive this morning.

So, the weak USD is keeping EUR/USD bullish and the data is improving as well in Europe, which means that the Euro will have more reasons to rally higher.

EUR/USD Live Chart

EUR/USD

Latest data released by ZEW – 11 May 2021

  • Expectations 84.4 points vs 72.0 expected
  • April was 70.7 points
  • May ZEW survey current situation -40.1 points vs -41.6 expected
  • April current situation was -48.8 points
  • Eurozone expectations 84.0 points
  • Prior expectations were 66.3 points

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While there is a slight beat in the headline reading, the strong jump in the expectations reading is what stands out in this report here. It reaffirms much optimism surrounding the vaccine rollout improvement, the resilience of the economy in Q1 and also perhaps a bit of a turn in the virus situation over the past few weeks in Germany.

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Skerdian Meta Lead Analyst. Skerdian is a professional Forex trader and a market analyst. He has been actively engaged in market analysis for the past 11 years. Before becoming our head analyst, Skerdian served as a trader and market analyst in Saxo Bank's local branch, Aksioner. Skerdian specialized in experimenting with developing models and hands-on trading. Skerdian has a masters degree in finance and investment.

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