🏛 The European Central Bank, following its meeting on Thursday, as expected, cut its deposit rate and refinancing rate by 25 basis points to 2.25% and 2.4%, respectively;

📊 Last week, 215,000 new applications for unemployment benefits were recorded in the United States, compared to 224,000 two weeks earlier;

🇯🇵 Japan's national consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.6% year-on-year in March, compared to the previous figure of 3.7%;

🇬🇧 UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves plans to meet with US officials next week to discuss a trade agreement;

🇳🇿 Australia's unemployment rate rose to 4.1% in March from 4%, with total employment increasing by 32,200 after falling by 57,500 in February.

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🇺🇸🇯🇵 The USDJPY pair is trading at 142.35 in conditions of low liquidity.

📊 The yen is supported by the latest inflation data from Japan. Thus, the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.6% year-on-year in March, which was the third year in a row that it exceeded the Bank of Japan’s target level of 2%. The report also showed that core inflation, excluding food and electricity, rose to 2.9% from 2.6% over the same period.

🏛 The data comes ahead of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting on May 1. It is expected that the growth of the inflation indicator will allow the central bank to consider the possibility of increasing the key interest rate to 0.75%.

📉 Given the above, the USDJPY pair retains downside potential.

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🚀 Gold tests new highs and trades at $3,390 per troy ounce;

📰 The United States introduced tariffs on Chinese ships calling at American ports;

⚠️ Market participants are discussing rumors about the possible removal of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell;

🛢 Iran and the US have agreed to begin discussions on a potential nuclear deal.

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GBP/CAD H1 Sell 1.8485
SL 1.8550
TP 1.8350

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#xauusd

🥇 The XAUUSD pair is trading at $3,400 per ounce.

💵 Gold is supported by a sharp decline in the American currency. The dollar index (DXY) is currently trading at 98.10, losing more than 1% since the opening of the day. Remarks about the possible sacking of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell by US President Donald Trump have undermined confidence in the dollar and US bonds, which were already weakened by conflicting headlines about Washington's tariff policy.

⚠️ US President Trump intends to fire Fed Chairman Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates and taking a wait-and-see approach in the face of a likely economic downturn.

📈 Given this, the XAUUSD pair may continue to grow.

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