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German April HICP inflation rises only to 1.1% – EUR/USD

German headline CPI rises to 1.3%, below 1.4% expected. Month over month, it dropped 0.2%.  Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices rises from 0.9% to 1.1%, below 1.3% expected. M/m prices dropped 0.3%. Headline CPI was expected to rise  to 1.4% in April  from 1% in March. On a monthly basis, prices were expected to drop by 0.1% after a rise of 0.3% beforehand. The HICP was also expected to drop by 0.1% on a monthly basis and advance to 1.3% from 0.9% last time. The German preliminary inflation carry a significant weight in tomorrow’s critical euro-zone inflation numbers. The bigger miss is the HICP figures.  The ECB expected a stronger rise due to the shift in the date of the Easter holiday. That theory helped only a little.

EUR/USD was trading around 1.3860 towards the release,  experiencing low volatility. EUR/USD falls below  1.3840.

The disappointment in German inflation comes despite OK state data, and is stronger in the wider HICP. EZ CPI tomorrow set to disappoint.

Tomorrow’s CPI may still come out above 0.5% in March, but Core CPI could fall to a new record low.

The drop of EUR/USD is within the very tight range:

EURUSD April 29 technical 30 minute chart technical view after weak German data

Earlier, the Econoimc Sentiment Indicator for April disappointed with a drop to 102 points. Consumer confidence advanced to -8.6 points, industrial confidence fell to -3.6 and the services sentiment dropped to 3.5 points. The GfK consumer confidence for Germany remained unchanged at 8.5 points.

What might be worrying for the euro-zone is the squeeze in M3 Money Supply, which dropped from 1.3% to 1.1%, falling short of expectations.

Euro-zone headline inflation stood on 0.5% in March. Core inflation dropped to 0.7%. The ECB is expecting  a higher year over year number in April due to the shift in the dates of Easter.

See how to trade the euro-zone CPI with EUR/USD.

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.