GBP/USD Fundamental Analysis September 14, 2012, Forecast
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Analysis and Recommendations:
The GBP/USD broke above the 1.61 price level and is trading at 1.6107. There was no eco data in the UK today and little data has been released in the US and nothing of consequence in Europe or Asia, so this means that the currency rise is simply on the back of the weakness in the USD. Traders are preparing ahead of Mr. Bernanke’s statement which is due in just a few hours from now.
The market place has a slight bias that the Fed will announce QE3, or some sort of fresh monetary stimulus package, on Thursday. But even if the Fed does not make a stimulus move on Thursday, the majority of the market place believes the U.S. central bank will act to ease monetary policy in the coming weeks. No significant action at all by the Fed Thursday would disappoint many commodity and stock market bulls and could put downside price pressure on many markets, including the precious metals.
In other news, the Italian government had a successful long-term bond offering, with most agreeing the debt sale went well due to the European Union’s recent proclamations to support governments’ debt sales by having the European Central Bank sop up any excess debt. Also, Greece’s unemployment rate rose to a record high of 23.6% in the second quarter.
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Economic Data September 13, 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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Sep. 13 |
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KRW |
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South Korean Interest Rate Decision |
3.00% |
|
2.75% |
|
3.00% |
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CHF |
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PPI (MoM) |
0.5% |
|
-0.4% |
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-0.3% |
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CHF |
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Interest Rate Decision |
0.00% |
|
0.00% |
|
0.00% |
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EUR |
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ECB Monthly Report |
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USD |
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Core PPI (MoM) |
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0.2% |
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0.4% |
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USD |
|
|
PPI (MoM) |
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|
1.1% |
|
0.3% |
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USD |
|
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Initial Jobless Claims |
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370K |
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365K |
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USD |
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Continuing Jobless Claims |
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3318K |
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3322K |
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USD |
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PPI (YoY) |
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|
1.4% |
|
0.5% |
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USD |
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Core PPI (YoY) |
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|
2.6% |
|
2.5% |
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|
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USD |
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Interest Rate Decision |
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|
0.25% |
|
0.25% |
Upcoming Economic Events that affect the CHF, EUR, GBP and USD
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Sep. 14 |
10:00 |
EUR |
2.6% |
2.6% |
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|
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10:00 |
EUR |
-0.2% |
-0.2% |
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10:00 |
EUR |
1.7% |
1.7% |
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|
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13:30 |
USD |
0.2% |
0.1% |
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13:30 |
USD |
0.6% |
0.8% |
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13:30 |
USD |
0.5% |
0.0% |
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13:30 |
USD |
0.7% |
0.8% |
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14:15 |
USD |
0.2% |
0.6% |
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14:55 |
USD |
74.1 |
74.3 |
Government Bond Auction
Date Time Country
Sep 14 10:00 Belgium
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