Archive for the ‘Forex News’ Category

5 Most Important Events for the Forex Market This Week

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Written by Terri Belkas, Currency Analyst Following a week of major US economic indicators, the only significant release pertinent for the US Dollar specifically this week will be ISM Services, which could be surprisingly strong. Meanwhile, employment data out of Australia and Canada could shake up ...

British Pound Shuns Economic Data

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Written by Kathy Lien, Chief Strategist of DailyFX.com This week, economic data has had zero impact on the British pound. Over the past few days, the currency pair managed to rally on weaker economic data and today it sold off despite a smaller drop in manufacturing PMI.  The ...

US Dollar Gains Ahead of Heavy Event Risk

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Written by Terri Belkas and David Song, DailyFX.com The US dollar gained against most of the major currencies ahead of the market moving data scheduled for tomorrow, and pushed investors to lower their risk appetite as they raised bets of a 25bp rate cut. As a result, the ...

Will the FOMC, Q1 GDP Bring the Dollar Back to Losing Status?

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Source: DailyFX.com The US dollar staged a massive comeback last week as US economic data indicated that, while conditions remain dismal, they aren’t quite as bad as expected. First, the Richmond Fed index “only” fell to 0 from +6, versus expectations of a drop to -1, while existing ...

Will U.K. GDP Provide Tradeable Event Risk?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Thursday, 24 April 2008 13:24:40 GMT  Written by John Rivera, Currency Analyst  The GBP/USD has remained in a trading range between 1.9600 to 2.000 for nearly a month. The upcoming first quarter growth numbers may provide the impetus to break it free and put it onto its next trend phase. The economic ...

Japanese Yen Crosses Mixed

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Written by Kathy Lien, Chief Strategist of DailyFX.com The Japanese Yen crosses were mixed today with USD/JPY rallying but many of the other yen crosses dipping despite a 42 point rally in the Dow. After breaking higher last Friday, there has not been much follow through in US equities, ...

The Week Ahead Japan & Australia: Australian and Japanese Inflation Data (CEP News)

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

(CEP News) - It's an important week for Japan and Australia, with both countries releasing inflation data.Looking at Australian inflation, economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia weighted median for the first quarter to rise 0.9% following a 1.1 % rise in the fourth quarter of 2007. Annual weighted median ...

The Day Ahead Canada & U.S.: Canadian Inflation and U.S. Philly Fed Survey

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

(CEP News) - On Thursday, markets will focus on Canada with the release of March CPI inflation data. In the United States, the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing survey will be the highlight of the day.Canadian annualized core CPI is expected to remain below the Bank of Canada inflation target, coming in ...

Paulson Repeats Views on U.S. Economy in Speech on Developing Nations

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

via Action Forex (CEP News) - Despite the slowdown in the U.S. and other industrialized nations, the outlook for the developing world remains optimistic, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Sunday.Paulson was speaking to the Development Committee, a body that focuses on the needs of poorer countries. At the beginning ...

Fed’s TSLF Auction Fails to Draw $50 Billion in Bids (Update)

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

(CEP News) - The Federal Reserve received only $33.95 billion for a $50 billion auction through the term securities lending facility, officials announced Thursday.The absence of participants resulted in a bid-to-cover ratio of 0.68. This is much lower than the previous bid-to-cover ratios of 1.15 and 1.88 and could mean ...