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Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview : 04/11/2012
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis
EUR
European stocks declined as company earnings missed estimates, talks on forming a Greek government entered a fifth day and JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a $2 billion trading loss. Asian shares and U.S. futures fell.
USD
Wholesale prices in the U.S. fell in April for the first time in four months, led by a decline in fuel costs that signals inflation may cool. The producer price index dropped 0.2 percent after no change in March, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington.
GBP
Britons turned gloomier last month as a slump in construction pointed to an even deeper recession and producers ramped up prices, highlighting the long and difficult road back to economic health.
CHF
Swiss stocks fell for the seventh day, heading for the biggest weekly ...
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Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview : 11/05/2012
Fundamental Analysis
EUR
"The overall manufacturing trend remains weak."
- Pierre-Olivier Beffy, chief economist at Exane BNP Paribas
French industrial production fell in March, said the national statistics office Insee on Thursday. Output contracted 0.9 per cent from February, when it gained 0.2 per cent.
USD
"It’s hard to get nervous that imports are rising."
- Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist at Barclays Capital Inc.
The number of Americans claiming for unemployment benefits fell to 367,000 in the week ended May 5 from 368,000 the week before, said the Department of Labor on Thursday.
GBP
"Our forecast is that they are done with QE, but you can’t rule out more later this year."
- Ross Walker, an economist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc
The Bank of England kept rates on hold ...
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Technical analysis of the GBP/USD pair on May 11th, 2012
Commentary of the GBP/USD pair :
The pair GBP/USD continues to test the support at 1.61.
Indicators are neutral.
The pair is still moving above a medium term bullish slant (black line).
We continue to advise long positions as far as 1.61 is support.
The breakout of 1.62 will give a new buy signal and open the way towards 1.63.
In case of return below 1.61, a sell signal will be given.
See the previous analysis of the GBP/USD pair of May 10th, 2012
GBP/USD Analysis
Title:
Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview : 04/10/2012
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis
EUR
Greece’s next government may hold a trump card worth more than $510 billion if it heeds voters’ demands to renegotiate its bailout with the European Union.
USD
Treasury prices declined on Thursday, pushing yields up from their lowest levels since February, as news out of Europe eased some near-term uncertainty and reduced demand for the relative safe-haven status of U.S. debt.
GBP
Bank of England officials halted stimulus expansion after seven months of bond purchases as the threat of inflation trumped concerns about an economy that’s succumbed to a double-dip recession. The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee led by Governor Mervyn King today held its quantitative-easing target at 325 billion pounds ($525 billion), ending a second round of stimulus. ...
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Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview : 10/05/2012
Fundamental Analysis
EUR
"The real concern isn’t about Greece, it’s about the euro and whether it breaks up -- that is key."
- Mark Tinker, a fund manager at AXA Framlington Investment EUR Management
European stocks declined on Wednesday as investors awaited resolution of Greek coalition talks and yields on Spanish 10-year bonds rose above 6 per cent.
USD
"Certainly as a result of the elections in Greece, the odds of a default and an exit from the euro have increased."
- James Dunigan, chief investment officer for PNC Wealth Management
U.S. wholesale inventories rose in March at a slowest pace since November, Commerce Department data showed on Wednesday.
GBP
"Consumers, struggling to balance their household budgets, remain reluctant to spend..."
- Stephen Robertson, BRC director ...
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Technical analysis of the GBP/USD pair on May 10th, 2012
Commentary of the GBP/USD pair :
The pair GBP/USD made yesterday a new test of the support at 1.61.
Indicators are neutral.
The pair is still moving above a medium term bullish slant (black line).
We continue to advise long positions as far as 1.61 is support.
The breakout of 1.62 will give a new buy signal and open the way towards 1.63.
In case of return below 1.61, a sell signal will be given.
See the previous analysis of the GBP/USD pair of May 9th, 2012
GBP/USD Analysis
Title:
Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview : 04/09/2012
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis
EUR
European stocks dropped for a second day, to the lowest level in almost four months, as investors awaited a resolution to the political impasse in Greece and as Spanish credit risk surged. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index (SXXP) lost 1.1 percent to 247.75 at 2:15 p.m. in London, the lowest since Jan. 13, as the euro weakened for an eighth day. The Stoxx 600 has tumbled 9 percent from this year’s high on March 16, trimming this year’s advance to 1.3 percent.
USD
U.S. stock futures retreated, indicating the Dow Jones Industrial Average will drop for a sixth straight day, as Greece’s political impasse intensified concern about a worsening of the European sovereign-debt crisis.
GBP
U.K. retail sales fell the most in more than a year last month as poor weather ...
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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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Technical analysis of the GBP/USD pair on May 9th, 2012
Commentary of the GBP/USD pair :
The pair GBP/USD has failed to break the resistance at 1.62 yesterday and is currently making a correction.
Indicators are neutral.
The pair is still moving above a medium term bullish slant (black line).
We continue to advise long positions as far as 1.61 is support.
The breakout of 1.62 will give a new buy signal and open the way towards 1.63.
In case of return below 1.61, a sell signal will be given.
See the previous analysis of the GBP/USD pair of May 8th, 2012
GBP/USD Analysis
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