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The Endgame of the Greek Crisis
Forex News and Events:
It has taken two-and-a-half years, and nearly USD 300bn of IMF/EU funds for markets to finally weigh in a more probable than not exit of the debt-laden country. Greece’s EMU exit is imminent for the second time in the last six months. Surprisingly though, the trigger for the recent gloomy expectations for Greece was not exclusively of an economic nature but also politics. During May 6 elections, the Greeks expressed their unwillingness to abide by the agreed-upon austerity measures. It wouldn’t have been a very dangerous position had Greece been solvent, but regardless of EU officials’ reassurance of continued help for Greece throughout the process, the country would run out of funds for the next installments due end of June and early July. In addition to markets ...
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European Market Update : 22/05/2012
Fitch cuts Japan's sovereign rating two notches
Economic Data
(JP) Japan Apr Supermarket Sales Y/Y: --1.9% v -2.4% prior
(FI) Finland Apr Unemployment Rate: 8.4% v 8.4%e
(DK) Denmark May Consumer Confidence Indicator: 0.4 v 0.6 prior
(ZA) South Africa Mar Leading Indicator: 134.5 v 134.4 prior
(NL) Netherlands May Consumer Confidence: -38 v -32 prior
(NO) Norway Q1 GDP Q/Q: 1.4% v 0.9%e; GDP Mainland Norway Q/Q: 1.1% v 0.9%e
(UK) Mar ONS UK House Prices Y/Y: -0.4% v +1.0% prior
(UK) Apr Public Finances (PSNCR): -£23.2B v -£6.0Be; Public Sector Net Borrowing: -£18.8B v -£22.8Be; PSNB ex Interventions: -£16.5B v -£20.0Be
(UK) Apr CPI M/M: 0.6% v 0.6%e; Y/Y: 3.0% v 3.1%e; Core CPI Y/Y: 2.1% v 2.0%e
(UK) Apr RPI M/M: 0.7% v 0.6%e; Y/Y: 3.5% v 3.4%e; Core RPI- Ex Mortgages Y/Y: 3.5% ...
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Gold falls as euro stumbles ahead of EU summit
(Reuters) - Gold eased on Tuesday under the weight of a weaker euro, while platinum shrugged off news of fresh disruption to production at South Africa's largest miner of the metal.
The euro remained clear of last week's four-month lows but was stuck in negative territory against the dollar ahead of an informal meeting later this week of European leaders aimed at discussing ways of stemming the debt crisis.
Across the broader markets, European blue-chip shares clung on to their gains, lifted by investors buying back some of the more heavily-sold names, while modest optimism that the summit could offer some interim solution to the crisis put pressure on safe-haven German Bunds.
Spot gold was down 1.0 percent at $1,576/26 an ounce by 6:15 a.m. EDT (1015 GMT). The price is still showing ...
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Euro steadies vs dollar as focus shifts to EU summit
(Reuters) - The euro steadied against the dollar on Tuesday as its rebound from a recent four-month low stalled, although traders said selling was likely to be limited in the run-up to an informal meeting of European leaders this week.
Many in the market were skeptical policymakers could agree measures to help tackle the euro zone debt crisis and soothe concerns about Greek political turmoil and weakness in the Spanish banking system.
But with speculators' short euro positions at a record high, traders were wary of the potential for a squeeze higher on any signs of progress at Wednesday's meeting.
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EUR/USD Rebound On Profit Taking
Sunrise Market Commentary
- Fixed Income: limited profit taking on core bond markets
- Global core bond markets fell prey to some profit taking in a thin, dull trading session. However, given the strength of equities, bond losses were very limited and occurred at the onset of trading. Today, the eco calendar remains thin and the profit taking might go some further in the run-up to tomorrow's informal EU Summit.
- Currencies EUR/USD rebound on profit taking
- The correction in EUR/USD was prolonged, but the euro gains were modest and mostly technical in nature. The UK inflation report is the eye-catcher of the day as it may influence sterling. However, overall trading might again be thin ahead of tomorrow's euro Summit.
The Sunrise Headlines
- US Equities rose for a second ...
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Market Drivers - Currencies : 22/05/2012
Today's Comment
Yesterday, late in the afternoon, activities in the FX market increased. Safe havens were sold and particularly commodity currencies appreciated. What triggered the movement was the fact that almost all asset classes were much oversold, and given the prospects of a couple of days’ breather, investors bought risk positions. Furthermore, there were rumours of additional stimuli from the Chinese government. As mentioned yesterday, we expect to see a short period of positive to sideways trading.
With respect to macroeconomics, the following figures will be announced today:
consumer confidence indicators from the EU.
US figures for existing home sales.
GDP from Norway.
Consumer confidence is likely to disappoint since consumers in the EU are still under pressure ...
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News Of Secret Support To Greek Banks By ECB Baking
News reports have suggested that ailing Greek banks that are suffering under the crisis with fears of the nation going bankrupt and dropping out of the euro have attained emergency support from the central bank.
Reports by Financial Times suggested that about 100 billion euros of emergency liquidity have been provided by the central bank in Greece to support banks after attaining approval from the European Central Bank (ECB) which comes as a surprise after the ECB itself withdrew some liquidity operations from Greek banks.
There are no confirmations or official comments on the news still, but the possibility that this has been approved downplays the expected euro-exit for Greece and surely means the ECB is willing to take more action to keep the nation afloat, especially that already ...
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Investors await EU summit
MORNING BRIEFING: Investors await EU summit
What’s new:
Asia: US equities swing into positive Asia in green territory as well
United States: CFNAI swings back into positive territory
Forex: GBP/USD trending higher ahead of CPI data
Rates in Asia and Indices:
EUR/USD 1.2783 1.282 -0.18 %
USD/CHF 0.9371 0.9397 -0.18 %
GBP/USD 1.5811 1.5837 -0.00 %
USD/JPY 79.27 79.5 -0.18 %
EUR/CHF 1.2009 1.20136 0.00 %
EUR/JPY 101.44 101.77 0 %
Dow Jones 12367.72 12508.11 1.09 %
Nasdaq 2478.36 2547.69 2.69 %
S&P 500 1295.73 1316.39 1.60 %
Nikkei 225 8690.47 8740.48 1.10 %
Shanghai 2354.867 2373.823 1.05 %
Gold spot 1586.21 1594.65 -0.33 %
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YouTradeFX Daily Market Analysis : 22/05/2012
Fundamental News
Today’s highlights:
· CPI (MoM) (GB, 09:30 GMT)
· BOE Inflation Letter (GB, Tentative)
· Existing Home Sales (U.S., 15 :00 GMT)
The U.S. labor market is set to strengthen this year, a survey published by the National Association for Business Economics said Monday. The survey of 54 economists said non-farm payroll increases will average 188,000 per month this year, up from the prior projection of 170,000. The jobless rate is expected to fall to 8 percent by the fourth quarter of 2012.
Japan’s foreign investments and assets grew to the second-highest level on record as companies used the high yen to make acquisitions abroad, a trend that may help them cope with stagnant demand at home. Investments abroad grew 3.3 percent to 582 trillion yen ($7. ...
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