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Bernanke urges Congress to address Bush tax cuts
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday warned Congress that putting off a decision on the fate of expiring Bush administration tax cuts could unsettle businesses and households, undercutting the U.S. economic recovery.
With presidential and congressional elections looming in November, many analysts think Congress is unlikely to act until the final months of the year. The tax cuts expire on January 1.
Bernanke told the Senate Budget Committee that lawmakers might not have ...
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YouTradeFX Daily Market Analysis : 07/02/2012
Fundamental News:
Today's highlight;
· Fed Chairman Bernanke Testifies. (US, 15:00, GMT)
The EUR/USD is trading down at 1.3055 from early 1.3085, having been as low as 1.3028. European trading was a worrisome as investors could not decide what was happening. News from Greece was not promising.
Greece failed to agree on new austerity measures across political parties yesterday, a requirement for the proposed bailout to avoid default in March. There was some progress on bank ...
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Lack of Greek Deal Sends EUR Tumbling
The euro was largely bearish yesterday, after Greece once again failed to come to an agreement with its creditors to restructure its debt. Losses were seen against most of its main currency rivals, including the US dollar, Japanese yen and British pound. Today, in addition to any euro-zone developments that may occur, traders will want to pay attention to a speech from the US Fed Chairman at 15:00 GMT. Any positive statements could help the USD extend its recent bullish trend.
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Technical analysis of the EUR/JPY pair on February 7th, 2012
Commentary of the EUR/JPY pair :
The pair EUR/JPY has faked yesterday the breakout of 100 and is now going to test the resistance at 101.
On the short term, the pair got out of its bearish channel (black lines).
The pair is still moving above its long term bullish slant (purple line).
Indicators are mitigated.
We stay neutral on the pair between 100 and 101.
We advise to wait an exit of this range to take position:
- Long if 101 is broken. The breakout of 102 will give a new buy signal
- ...
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Brent steady near $116 on cold snap, Iran sanctions
(Reuters) - Brent futures held steady near $116 on Tuesday, after settling at a six-month high in the previous session, due to a cold spell in Europe and supply concerns from the Middle East, while fears Europe's debt crisis was worsening weighed on the market.
Brent's premium to U.S. oil stayed around $19 a barrel, near its highest since November, due to the weather and as the United States further tightening sanctions against Iran, stoking already simmering tensions in the region. But Greece' ...
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Technical analysis of the USD/JPY pair on February 7th, 2012
Commentary of the USD/JPY pair :
The pair USD/JPY continues to move on the resistance at 76.65.
All indicators are bullish.
We are neutral on the pair between 76.50 and 76.80.
We advise to wait an exit of this range to take position:
- Long if 76.80 is broken. The breakout of 76.96 will give a new buy signal
- Short in case of return below 76.50. The breakout of 76 will give a new sell signal.
See the previous analysis of the USD/JPY pair of February 6th, 2012
USD/JPY Analysis
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UK Pound Gains against a Weakened Euro
UK pound is gaining against a weaker euro today, heading higher as worries about Greek debt resume. Greek talks have been suspended for a short time, even though Greek PM Lucas Papademos said that some progress had been made recently. The pound, though, is down against the US dollar as risk aversion sets in.
Sterling is pulling back today against the US dollar, following a general rally in January. Equities saw some gains recently, thanks to improved economic data, and that helped the pound. ...
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Gold slips as Greek bailout talks hurt euro, stocks
Gold prices fell on Monday, extending the previous session's 2 percent price drop, as concerns over the progress of Greek bailout talks weighed on the euro and on assets seen as higher risk, such as stocks and commodities.
Spot gold was down 0.5 percent at $1,716.44 an ounce at 1442 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for February delivery were down $21.10 an ounce at $1,719.20.
The precious metal posted its worst daily performance of the year on Friday after better-than-expected jobs data dampened ...
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Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview : 06/02/2012
Fundamental Analysis
EUR
"The decline in euro-area December retail sales confirms our view that private consumption is likely to have fallen in the fourth quarter"
- James Ashley, senior European economist at RBC Capital Markets
Euro zone retail sales declined unexpectedly in December, said the European Union's statistics office Eurostat on Friday. Retail sales fell 0.4 per cent from November after declining by the same amount in October.
USD
"The report was much better than expected in ...
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