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Greek Political Impasse Leads to Euro Losses
The euro started off yesterday's trading session on a positive note following a better than expected German Prelim GDP figure which caused the EUR/USD to advance to 1.2868. That being said, the common currency came under pressure later in the day following another failed attempt by Greek politicians to form a new government, virtually guaranteeing new elections will take place next month. As a result, the euro fell as low as $1.2769 during the afternoon sessoin. Turning to today, traders will want to pay attention to the US FOMC Meeting Minutes, set to be released at 18:00 GMT. Any signs that the Federal Reserve is preparing for another round of quantitative easing could result in the greenback turning bearish.
Economic News
USD - US Manufacturing Data Sends USD/JPY Over 80.00
The ...
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Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview : 05/16/2012
Fundamental Analysis
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"Germany is holding up the rest of the euro zone”"
- Nick Kounis, head of macroeconomic research at ABN Amro
Germany helped the Eurozone avoid its second recession in three years. Overall gross domestic product stagnated in the first three months of 2012, compared to the previous quarter, Eurostat data showed on Tuesday.
USD
"There’s a lot of slack in the economy"
- Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James & Associates Inc.
Inflation in the U.S. stagnated in April, restrained by a decline in energy costs. The core consumer price index, which excludes food and energy costs, rose 0.2 per cent, showed Bureau of Labor Statistics data on Tuesday.
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"March's UK trade figures showed a bit of an improvement, although the external sector still looks likely to ...
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Pound`s focus on United Kingdom Labor Sector, Inflation Report
The focus shifts from Greece and the political tension to the United Kingdom today, where the royal economy will provide markets will data regarding the performance of the labor sector amid the current economic situation and the spending cuts adopted by the British government, which attempts to trim the huge deficit the nation handles.
The performance of the labor sector is not expected to improve in April, where the claimant count rate, which measures the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the royal economy, could have expanded in the month to 5.0% from the previous of 4.9%, as additional five thousand Britons could have applied for benefits in the related month.
Other bearish signs will be provided by the ILO unemployment report, where the joblessness in the United ...
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Greek worries push euro to four-month low; more losses eyed
The euro hit another four-month low against the dollar on Wednesday and was likely to extend hefty losses sustained so far this month after Greece said it would hold new elections, boosting the risk Athens could exit the euro.
The prospect of prolonged political instability in the debt-ridden country, compounded by skittish sovereign bond markets sent Asian bourses sharply lower, with analysts saying the euro and other risk-sensitive currencies would remain under severe pressure.
A Greek departure from the euro zone would also have a potentially huge knock-on effect on struggling economies such as Italy and Spain, whose bond yields climbed above the crucial 6 percent mark the day before.
"An entry to the euro zone was supposed to be irrevocable. They tore down the bridge so people ...
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U.S shares continue rise in midday…
The world`s leading saw its shares rising throughout the midday session today as optimism was strongly spread after that higher and faster-than-forecast growth in New York manufacturing conditions was reported regardless of the persisting fears created on the EU soil.
Now Groupon Inc. surged 17 percent after the largest daily-deal website reported first-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates and Avon Products Inc. sank 11 percent as Coty Inc., the maker of perfumes by Beyonce Knowles, withdrew its sweetened $10.7 billion offer for the company.
The USDIX which measures the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of currencies including the Euro, the Pound, and the Yen, rose from today`s opening level of 80.70 to currently trade at 80.93, recording its highest level at 80. ...
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U.S. Stocks Go Green On Upbeat Manufacturing, Greek-Government Deadlock
U.S. Stocks turned slightly positive after the opening on Tuesday, as better than estimated economic data offset concern Greece will soon exit the euro.
Equities gained after swinging this morning as manufacturing in the New York region grew more than forecast in May, helped as well by an unexpected German GDP data.
Other governmental data showed this morning that retails sales in the U.S. rose last month at the slowest pace of the year, and that consumer prices were unchanged.
However, fears from Europe loomed around the markets as Greece will hold new elections after President Karlos Papoulias failed to find the means to create a unity government.
Retailer shares gained the most in the in the S&P 500 after the government report, while Financials were lifted as well as Bank of ...
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UK Pound Drops Against Stronger Euro
UK pound is declining today, especially against the euro, as the latest news indicates that the eurozone is likely to avoid a recession. The pullback in the pound is not limited to its performance against the euro, though. The British currency is also down against the US dollar as Forex traders re-evaluate recent gains made by the pound.
UK pound is lower against the euro mainly due to the latest economic news out of Germany. Germany’s GDP single-handedly offset declines elsewhere in the eurozone and kept the 17-nation currency region out of recession. As a result, the UK pound, which has been gaining as a European safe haven, is no longer in demand. The euro is gaining, and the pound is lower.
The news has also affected the pound’s performance against other currencies. Sterling is lower ...
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Germany: The Savior Of Europe?
Germany: The Savior Of Europe?
Germany: The Savior Of Europe?
It's official, the German economy is single handed propping up the Eurozone after its economy grew five times more than forecast in the first quarter. Growth expanded by 0.5% on the quarter, pushing the annual growth rate to 1.2%, which is fairly healthy considering how dire the growth outlook is elsewhere in the currency bloc. We know that some large German companies like BMW had their best ever quarter in the first three months of the year, thus there were signs that Germany could do better than expected. But what is surprising is that even though Italy contracted more than expected at 0.8% in the first quarter, the Eurozone managed to avoid a recession and registered flat growth overall between January and March.
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Euro still mixed despite upbeat growth data from the euro zone
Several factors are affecting the high yielding euro right now, where with the heavy load of fundamentals and events the euro is not able to define the intraday trend so far. Meanwhile, the sentiment is still mixed as Greeks still cannot reach an agreement regarding the creation of a government, while Moody`s downgraded 26 Italian banks, yet positivity remains stronger as the euro-region didn’t slip into recession after posting steady GDP figures.
Fears and tension eased in the market after growth data from Germany, France, Italy and finally the euro-area region, where GDP figures have beaten estimates in Germany and the euro zone, Stalled in France, yet missed estimates in Italy; however, the sentiment remained positive as the euro-area region skipped another phase of recession temporary. ...
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