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Asia Session: Europe, Europe And More Europe
Nervousness underpinned price action today. Despite voices from throughout Europe attempting to reassure the market that Greece will remain in the euro, stock markets in Asia didn't significantly build on their opening gains and the euro slowly drifted lower throughout the session.
Why is the market behaving like this? In one word – caution. Investors are acutely aware that the talk from Europe may just be that, and when push comes to shove nothing may happen. And, in this case that is a very bad thing considering the fate of so many economies (both in Europe and elsewhere) hang in the balance.
Whilst there are many different views, most economists agree that letting Greece slipe away may prove to be more costly than keeping it in the Eurozone. Thus, the market wants reassurances that ...
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Asian Market Update : 22/05/2012
Short-covering momentum builds on China infrastructure spending hopes
Economic Data
(NZ) NEW ZEALAND Q2 RBNZ 2-YR INFLATION EXPECTATIONS: 2.4% V 2.5% PRIOR (11-quarter low and 4th consecutive quarter of decline)
(CN) CHINA APR CONFERENCE BOARD LEADING ECONOMIC INDEX M/M: 0.8% V 0.8% PRIOR
(TW) TAIWAN APR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 4.2% V 4.1%E
(KR) SOUTH KOREA Q1 EXTERNAL SHORT TERM DEBT: $136.3B V $136.1B PRIOR
Markets Snapshot (as of 04:15GMT)
Nikkei225 +1.0%
S&P/ASX +0.8%
Kospi +1.2%
Shanghai Composite +0.5%
Hang Seng +0.8%
June S&P Futures flat at 1,315
June gold flat at $1,589/oz
July Crude +0.1% at $92.96
Overview/Top Headlines
Asian equity markets have extended the overnight rally with another session of moderate gains, as hopes for progress in European talks took a back- ...
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Chile’s Central Bank Holds Main Interest Rate, Peso Advances
The Chilean peso rose even after Chile’s central bank refrained from increasing interest rates. Good prospects for the nation’s economy and possibility of an interest rate hike in the future may be responsible for the currency’s gains.
The Central Bank of Chile decided to maintain its main interest rate at 5 percent. Analysts had different view on future monetary policy of the central bank. Some said that the bank would boost the rate in the second half of this year. Such outlook is justified by positive fundamentals in Chile. Chile’s central bank said in its statement that “domestically, economic activity grew faster in the first quarter than had been projected in the last Monetary Policy Report”.
Others, though, insist that the bank would not raise borrowing costs in the foreseeable ...
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Euro zone fears pressure global shares, euro steadies
The euro hovered near four-month lows and European shares extended their losing streak on Thursday, as investors avoided riskier assets due to the deepening turmoil in Greece and fears of contagion spreading to other stressed euro zone economies.
News that some Greek banks face emergency funding needs dealt a further blow to risk sentiment, already beaten down by worries about slower economic growth in China, a fragile U.S. jobs market and a shock trading loss at JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N).
But the downward momentum, apparent earlier in the week when the political turmoil in Greece sparkled a sharp rise in expectations it would leave the euro zone, has eased.
"There is a severe reluctance to take on additional risk in the European region, people are more likely to look at the U.S. and some ...
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Aussie Struggles on the Forex Market
Australian dollar is struggling on the Forex market, especially against the US dollar. Concerns about what’s happening in Europe are affecting risk appetite, and sending Forex traders away from riskier assets like the Aussie and to low beta currencies like the US dollar and the Japanese yen.
Risk appetite is playing a big role in the Australian dollar’s performance today. Concerns that the Greece might actually leave the eurozone are increasing, and there are worries that Spain can’t handle its debt. This risk appetite is leading to losses by high beta currencies like the Australian dollar against low beta currencies like the US dollar and the Japanese yen. Australian dollar is, however, higher against the euro, since the euro is in such a bad state.
The Aussie’s case isn’t being helped ...
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YouTradeFX Daily Market Analysis : 11/05/2012
Fundamental News
Today’s highlights:
- PPI Input (MoM) (GB, 09:30 GMT)
- Core PPI (YoY) (U.S, 13:30 GMT)
- Unemployment Rate (CAD, 13:30 GMT)
- Michigan Consumer Sentiment (U.S. 14:55 GMT)
The U.S. Department of Labor revealed that initial jobless claims came in at 367,000 for the week ended May 5. This was down 1,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 368,000. The Commerce Department released a report on Thursday showing that the U.S. trade deficit widened to $51.8 billion in March from a revised $45.4 billion in February.
Inflation in China eased in April, fueling expectations that the People's Bank of China may ease policy further amid slowing economic activity. The National Bureau of Statistics reported Friday that inflation eased to 3.4 percent in April from 3. ...
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A Mixed Session For Investors In Asia
Attention was momentarily drawn away from Europe by employment data out of Australia and then trade figures out of China, with the former printing better than expected and the latter disappointing the market. Following the data, price action was fairly range bound in the FX market as investors await the slew of news and data out of the UK and US tonight.
In Australia, data released early in the session showed that the unemployment rate dropped to 4.9% from 5.2% and employment increased by 15.5K, much better than the expected increase in the unemployment rate to 5.3% and a drop in employment of 5K. The participation rate also cooled at little, coming in at 65.2% versus a prior 65.4%.
Overall, the employment data bodes well for the health of the Australian economy this year. We were ...
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Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview : 09/05/2012
Fundamental Analysis
EUR
"The debt crisis damps demand for German products in Europe but Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa should generally be able to compensate declining sales."
- Gerd Hassel, an economist at BHF Bank AG
German industrial production unexpectedly soared in March, adding to signs the euro zone’s largest economy is weathering debt crisis. Production jumped 2.8 per cent from February, when it declined 0.2 per cent, said the Economy Ministry on Tuesday.
USD
"People are preparing for a shock that may or may not occur."
- Michael Holland, chairman and founder of New York-based Holland & Co.
U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as Greece’s bailout pledge came into question.
GBP
"The health of the housing market is a reverberation of consumer confidence and credit ...
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Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview : 04/07/2012
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis
EUR
France has elected new president, Francois Hollande who polled about 52% of the votes. Mr Hollande said that he is proud to return hope to people again. He also announced that he would attempt to rework deal regarding sovereign debt in the Euro Zone countries to promote economic expansion.
USD
The smalest payroll increase in last 6 months has not influenced the investors who still do not forecast another wave of recession in the US. Better housing and employment data has encouraged experts to believe that from the fundamental perspective the world's largest economy is on the path to recovery.
GBP
May 7 was a bank holiday in Great Britain.
CHF
The official SNB exchange rate for EUR/CHF is 1.2013 today; yield on 10-year Swiss Confederation bonds ...
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