EUR/GBP Weekly Fundamental Analysis September 17-21, 2012, Forecast

Introduction: The cross tends to move in ranges, with relatively clear barriers. The narrower ranges made it somewhat harder, but it seems to return to wider ranges. The GBP is does not seem to move in response to the EUR as directly currently. The UK austerity program vs. The EU debt crisis seems to have them moving in opposing distances. They are developing new trading personalities and there is a good deal of profit to be made trading this pair. They can be volatile.

• The interest rate differential between the European Bank(ECB) and the Bank of England(BoE)
• European and UK economic data
• Growth differentials between the Euro zone and UK

Weekly Analysis and Recommendations

The EUR/GBP ended the battle at 0.8096 as the euro was able to surge on a week of positive fundamentals. With the ECB kicking off the week with the Outright Monetary Transaction program followed by the ruling from the German Constitutional Court upholding the legality of the EFSF and the ESM leading into the FOMC announcements of the new QE3 program in the US.

There was little in the way of supportive data in the UK although most of the more recent eco prints were on the positive side.

This week the EU Finance Ministers continue their discussions with Spain and Greece as the troika continues to try to find a way to resolve issues in Greece.

The GBP will face retail sales, industrial trends and CPI.

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Major Economic Events for the week of September 10-14, 2012 actual v. forecast for Euro, GPB, the Franc, and USD

Historical: From 2010 to Present

Highest: 0.9150 EUR on March 01, 2010.

Average: 1.1548 EUR over this period.

Lowest: 0.7758 EUR on July 22, 2012

Economic Highlights of the coming week that affect the Euro, GBP, CHF and the USD

Government Bond Auction

Date Time Country 

Sep 17 09:10 Slovakia

Sep 17 10:00 Norway 

Sep 18 08:30 Spain 

Sep 18 09:10 Greece 

Sep 18 09:30 Belgium 

Sep 19 09:10 Sweden 

Sep 19 09:30 Germany 

Sep 19 09:30 Portugal 

Sep 19 10:00 Norway 

Sep 20 08:30 Spain 

Sep 20 08:50 France 

Sep 20 09:30 UK 

Sep 20 09:50 France 

Sep 20 15:00 US 

Sep 20 17:00 US 

Sep 21 15:30 Italy