GBP/USD Fundamental Analysis October 19, 2012 Forecast
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GBP/USD Fundamental Analysis October 19, 2012 Forecast
The GBP/USD is trading at 1.6129 almost flat to yesterday. With the USD fluctuating between small gains and losses the market has had very little reaction to UK retail sales which reported well over forecast. All eyes are on the EU Summit beginning today and after relief that Chinese data was at forecast or better markets are a bit relaxed. Most traders were worried that the data would miss forecast.
Strategists said improving data raised the possibility of the economy recovering in the third quarter of 2012 after three consecutive quarters of contraction. We have had a couple of modest data surprises that argue the underlying trend might be stronger than people expected. The strength of the UK economy was only one factor affecting sterling, however, with expectations of more monetary easing from the Bank of England in November and developments in the euro zone also having an impact.
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Economic Data October 18, 2012 actual v. forecast
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Date |
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Currency |
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Event |
Actual |
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Forecast |
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Previous |
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Oct. 18 |
|
AUD |
|
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NAB Quarterly Business Confidence |
-2.00 |
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|
|
-2.00 |
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|
|
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CNY |
|
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Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YoY) |
20.5% |
|
20.2% |
|
20.2% |
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|
|
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CNY |
|
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Chinese GDP (YoY) |
7.4% |
|
7.4% |
|
7.6% |
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|
|
|
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CNY |
|
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Chinese Industrial Production (YoY) |
9.2% |
|
9.0% |
|
8.9% |
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|
|
|
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CNY |
|
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Chinese Retail Sales (YoY) |
14.2% |
|
13.2% |
|
13.2% |
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|
|
|
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GBP |
|
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Retail Sales (MoM) |
0.6% |
|
0.4% |
|
-0.1% |
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GBP |
|
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Retail Sales (YoY) |
2.5% |
|
2.1% |
|
2.5% |
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EUR |
|
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Spanish 10-Year Obligacion Auction |
5.458% |
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|
|
5.666% |
|
|
|
|
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USD |
|
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Initial Jobless Claims |
388K |
|
365K |
|
342K |
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CAD |
|
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Wholesale Sales (MoM) |
0.5% |
|
0.2% |
|
-0.7% |
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|
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USD |
|
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Continuing Jobless Claims |
3252K |
|
3275K |
|
3281K |
Upcoming Economic Events that affect the CHF, EUR, GBP and USD
|
Date |
Time |
Currency |
Event |
Forecast |
Previous |
|
Oct. 19 |
15:00 |
USD |
4.73M |
4.82M |
Government Bond Auction
Date Time Country
Oct 21 10:30 Portugal
Oct 22 09:10 Norway
Oct 23 08:30 Spain
Oct 23 14:30 UK
Oct 23 17:00 US
Oct 24 09:10 Sweden
Oct 24 09:30 Germany
Oct 24 14:30 Sweden
Oct 24 15:30 Italy
Oct 24 16:30 US
Oct 25 00:30 Japan
Oct 25 09:10 Sweden
Oct 25 15:30 Italy
Oct 25 17:00 US
Oct 26 09:10 Italy
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