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🧠 Fiscal jitters and oil build steer today’s FX

Published: 11/14/2025

Overall Market Sentiment: Cautious and mixed. UK fiscal messaging is muddying sterling’s tone while oil edges higher despite a large U.S. inventory build. Fed-cut odds for December sit near a coin flip, which keeps the dollar range bound.

Currency Outlooks

🔻 USD: Futures put the probability of a 25 bp cut in December near 50 percent. The 10-year sits around 4.1 percent and the 2-year near 3.6 percent, leaving the 2s10s spread close to plus 0.5 percentage points. That gently positive curve usually caps aggressive dollar rallies unless growth fears flare. Tactically, DXY still pivots around 99.20 support with 100.00 the first cap. Nuance: if equities wobble and long yields firm, the dollar can hold the upper half of the range into next week.

⚖️ EUR: Euro trades the U.S. rates path and risk tone more than local data. With Fed odds balanced and the curve modestly steep, dips should hold 1.1500 with 1.1620 then 1.1680 as near resistance. A clear shift in Fed pricing back above 60 percent for a cut would likely nudge EURUSD through 1.1620. Watch EURCHF around 0.93 as a risk barometer.

🔻 GBP: Sterling is under pressure as shifting fiscal messaging raises questions about how the Budget gap will be closed. Markets lean toward a December BoE cut, which keeps GBP rallies shallow unless the dollar softens broadly. Levels: GBPUSD 1.3000 support, 1.3200 resistance, EURGBP 0.8800 to 0.8900 while gilts stay jumpy.

⚖️ CAD: Oil’s rebound on the day helps CAD, but the bigger picture is still heavy after a 6.4 million barrel U.S. crude build. Markets are watching USDCAD toward 1.4100 on spikes with first support near 1.3950 while WTI holds the high-50s to low-60s.

⚖️ CHF: With very low Swiss inflation and a steady SNB stance, CHF trades mainly on risk and rate differentials. EURCHF bias is mildly higher while risk is calm, with 0.9350 resistance and 0.9280 support. USDCHF tracks the dollar index path.

🔻 JPY: USDJPY hovers in the mid-154s as wide U.S.-Japan spreads keep carry attractive. Intervention risk rises into 155, especially if U.S. yields blip higher. Ranges remain 153.5 to 155.0, with risks leaning toward rejection on rallies if front-end U.S. yields slip.

⚖️ AUD: The Aussie trades global beta and the USD leg. Markets are watching 0.6500 as first demand and 0.6620 as supply, a softer dollar would allow a topside probe. Oil stability and a steady Asia tone are marginal tailwinds today.

⚖️ NZD: Similar setup to AUD but with a softer domestic policy backdrop. NZDUSD 0.5880 support, 0.6050 resistance, EURNZD stays buoyant unless U.S. yields roll over and boost pro-risk FX.

Conclusion

🪙 Gold: Pulling back as December cut odds fade toward 50 percent. First supports cluster near 4,100 then 4,050, resistance sits near 4,180 to 4,200.

🛢 Oil: Mixed signals. Prices are up on the day despite a large U.S. crude build, while surplus talk keeps the medium-term balance heavy. Brent 63 to 65 and WTI 59 to 61 frame today’s range, energy-linked FX tracks that band.

📈 Stocks: Futures point lower with tech leading the pullback, which argues for choppy risk sentiment into the U.S. session and a stickier dollar intraday.

₿ Crypto: BTC trades near 95,000 and ETH around 3,100 after an overnight slide as cut odds eased and risk cooled. For BTC, 95,200 support and 103,200 resistance define momentum. Macro drivers mirror FX, the USD path and front-end yields.

Week-Ahead Triggers

• UK fiscal messaging into the November 26 Budget, sterling stays sensitive to revenue pivots that alter BoE cut odds.
• U.S. rates path, if Fed-cut probability drifts back above 60 percent, DXY likely fades and EURUSD can test 1.1680; a drop toward 40 percent would keep USD firm.
• Oil balances, inventory follow-through and product cracks will steer CAD and NOK even if headline crude chops in a range.

House Technical Map

• DXY 99.20 support, 100.00 resistance
• EURUSD 1.1500 support, 1.1620 and 1.1680 resistance
• GBPUSD 1.3000 support, 1.3200 resistance, EURGBP 0.8800 to 0.8900
• USDJPY 153.50 support, 155.00 resistance
• USDCAD 1.3950 support, 1.4100 resistance
• AUDUSD 0.6500 support, 0.6620 resistance
• NZDUSD 0.5880 support, 0.6050 resistance

Context today: a large U.S. crude build, curve gently positive near plus 0.5 percentage points, and UK fiscal noise weighing on GBP with USD ranges still defined by 99.2 to 100.0 on the index.



This is general, educational market commentary, not investment advice or a trading signal. It is meant to help readers understand how current macro data, policy expectations and sentiment are interacting across FX and major asset classes.