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NEXT SPECIAL WEBINARS
Fed Fund and FX Binaries - A Fundamental Approach
Expert: Peter A. Rosenstreich
Start: Tue, Apr 10, 16:00 GMT
Sponsored by: 
Type of Session: Webinar
Topics
- The Exchange - Who is HedgeStreet?
- Fed Fund Binaries - What is a Fed Fund Binary?
- FX Binaries - What is an FX Binary?
- Trading- How to integrate Fed Fund and FX binaries into your trading strategy?
Live Coverage of ECB Announcement - Live Free-Access Day
Expert: Ed Ponsi
Start: Thu, Apr 12, 11:30 GMT
Sponsored by: 
Type of Session: Webinar
Current Session: U.S.
EUR/USD
Mid-Day Forex Technical Report - Dollar Soars on Strong Employment Report by ActionForex.com
Mar NFP added 180k jobs, much higher than expectation of 120k. Feb's job growth was also revised up from 97k to 113k. Unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.4% from 4.5%, meeting last Oct's low. Meanwhile average earnings rose by 0.3%. Dollar reverses yesterday's loss against Euro which reached a 2 year high and dips back below 1.34 level. Meanwhile, Sterling continues yesterday's post BoE meeting weakness and extend further southward against dollar.
[ Full Story ]- Discover our new blog: Inside technicals and chart patterns by Raghee Horner
- Check out how the currency moved on Live Currency Rates & Charts at FXstreet.com
- Follow up the most relevant Economic Data in the new Real Time Economic Calendar
- Be up to date with the Latest Forex News
- Read the comments to the latest market moves at our Forex Forum
Other Topics for this Session:
Currency Crosses: Trading Beyond Majors - Euro Commodity Crosses Correcting Higher Before the Next Leg Lower by FXCM
Daily Forex Currency Outlook - USDJPY by ZeeTrade
Daily FX Mirror by AvatarFX
Currencies at a Glance
- EUR/USD
- Drops below first support at 1.3373 after good US NFP data
04/06/2007 14:48 GMT - GBP/USD
- Drops below first support at 1.9663 after good US NFP data
04/06/2007 14:48 GMT - USD/CHF
- Moves up above first resistant at 1.2199 after good US NFP data
04/06/2007 14:48 GMT - USD/JPY
- Moves up above second resistant at 119.26 after good US NFP data
04/06/2007 14:48 GMT
Charting the Market Movers
EUR USD, Hourly
GBP USD, Hourly
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US FOMC MINUTES
| Date (GMT) | Event | Cons. | Previous | |
| Apr 11 | 18:00 | FOMC Minutes | - | - |
Friday Notes - Rising risks for us consumption by HVB Group
Investors will look for details on the decision to change the statement. Bernanke told Congress that weakening the rate hike bias was done not to show neutrality (he said an anti-inflation bias is still in force) but to add “flexibility.†To us, that means the Fed may ease at some point, but only in reaction to an economic slowdown that is much worse than experienced up to now.
[ Full Story ]Top Market Movers Review
US NONFARM PAYROLLS
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Apr 6 | 12:30 | Nonfarm Payrolls | 180K | 118K | 113K |
Forex Commentaries and Forecasts - Good US Job’s report and the reasons for the weak dollar by World-Signals®
After one of the biggest speculation for 2007 cause the break of EURUSD above 1.3410 yesterday the traders back on the ground. The US economy Jobs report is not so bad. Even the US Jobs market is in fantastic good situation!
[ Full Story ]- The Advisor's Blog: US Employment Data
- Read the Non Farm Payrolls report at U.S Department of Labor
- Jobless rate dips to 4.4 percent (AFX News)
- Dollar Jumps On March Payroll Data; Euro Hits Record Vs Yen-2 (Dow Jones)
- US March non-farm payrolls up 180,000, unemployment rate falls to 4.4 pct (AFX News)
Daily Fx Strategy - Jobs Report to Provide Relief than Optimism by CMC Markets NY
Mid-Day Forex Technical Report - Dollar Soars on Strong Employment Report by ActionForex.com
Currency Currents by Black Swan Capital
Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Apr 6 | 05:00 | JP | Leading Economic Index (Feb)  | 30.0% | 40.9% | |
| 12:30 | US | Average Workweek (Mar) | 33.9 | 33.8 | 33.7 | |
| 12:30 | US | Hourly Earnings (Mar) | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
| 12:30 | US | Nonfarm Payrolls (Mar) | 180K | 118K | 113K |
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| 12:30 | US | Unemployment Rate (Mar) | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.5% | |
| 14:00 | US | Wholesale Inventories (Feb) | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | |
| 19:00 | US | Consumer Credit (Feb) | $5.0B | $6.4B | ||
| Apr 9 | 04:00 | JP | Interest Rate Decision | 0.5% | ||
| Apr 10 | 05:45 | CH | Unemployment Rate | 3% | ||
| 06:00 | JP | BoJ Governor Fukui Speaks | ||||