Analysis and Recommendations: Natural Gas is trading at 3.385 adding a few pips today. Gas seems to be dancing to a different waltz than the rest of the
Natural Gas is trading at 3.385 adding a few pips today. Gas seems to be dancing to a different waltz than the rest of the markets over the past few days. Traders seem to once again be pulling strings like puppeteers, bumping up gas and taking profit and then pulling gas down to take profit. With thinning trade and trader’s attention diverted energy speculators are repeating the dance they did when they ran natural gas up just a month ago to a recent high at 3.9999. Weather patterns seem to be holding at seasonal temperatures and residential demand seems stable but low as traders closely await todays inventory release which is expected to show a decline in inventory.
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Economic Data December 20, 2012 actual v. forecast
Date |
|
Currency |
|
|
Event |
Actual |
|
Forecast |
|
Previous |
|
|
Dec. 20 |
|
JPY |
|
|
Interest Rate Decision |
0.10% |
|
0.10% |
|
0.10% |
|
|
|
|
JPY |
|
|
BoJ Press Conference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DKK |
|
|
Danish Retail Sales (YoY) |
-0.5% |
|
|
|
-1.8% |
||
|
|
HKD |
|
|
Hong Kong CPI (YoY) |
3.70% |
|
3.90% |
|
3.80% |
|
|
|
|
GBP |
|
|
Retail Sales (MoM) |
0.0% |
|
0.3% |
|
-0.7% |
||
|
|
GBP |
|
|
Retail Sales (YoY) |
0.9% |
|
1.5% |
|
0.8% |
||
|
|
CAD |
|
|
Core Retail Sales (MoM) |
0.5% |
|
0.2% |
|
0.1% |
||
|
|
CAD |
|
|
Retail Sales (MoM) |
0.7% |
|
0.1% |
|
0.2% |
||
|
|
USD |
|
|
Initial Jobless Claims |
361K |
|
357K |
|
344K |
||
|
|
USD |
|
|
GDP (QoQ) |
3.1% |
|
2.8% |
|
2.7% |
|
|
|
|
USD |
|
|
Continuing Jobless Claims |
3225K |
|
3199K |
|
3213K |
||
|
|
USD |
|
|
Existing Home Sales |
|
|
4.87M |
|
4.79M |
|
|
|
|
USD |
|
|
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index |
|
|
-3.0 |
|
-10.7 |
|
WEEKLY
Upcoming Economic Events that affect the CHF, EUR, GBP and USD
Date |
Time |
Currency |
Event |
Forecast |
Previous |
Dec. 21 |
07:00 |
EUR |
5.9 |
5.9 |
|
|
09:30 |
GBP |
-14.0B |
-20.8B |
|
|
09:30 |
GBP |
1.0% |
1.0% |
|
|
09:30 |
GBP |
-0.1% |
-0.1% |
|
|
13:30 |
USD |
-0.2% |
1.8% |
|
|
13:30 |
USD |
0.1% |
0.1% |
|
|
13:30 |
USD |
0.2% |
0.5% |
|
|
13:30 |
USD |
0.3% |
-0.2% |
|
|
14:55 |
USD |
74.7 |
74.5 |
Government Bond Auction
Date Time Country
Dec 21 16:30 Italy
Dec 26 01:30 Japan
Dec 27 10:10 Italy
Dec 28 10:10 Italy