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What Moves Currencies? − Watching the GBP
Expert: Tony Juste
Start: Wed, Feb 27, 11:00 GMT
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Type of Session: Webinar
Level of Sentiment in the FX Market
Expert: Antonio Sousa
Start: Wed, Feb 27, 14:00 GMT
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Type of Session: Webinar
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| Tue, Feb 26, 18:00 GMT | Live Look at Today's Markets  | Derek Frey | WBN |  |
| Wed, Feb 27, 10:00 GMT | FX Instructor Live Trading Room | Nader Moustafa | WBN |  |
| Wed, Feb 27, 11:00 GMT | What Moves Currencies? − Watching the GBP | Tony Juste | WBN | |
| Wed, Feb 27, 13:00 GMT | US Pre−Market Open | Ed Ponsi | WBN |  |
| Wed, Feb 27, 14:00 GMT | Level of Sentiment in the FX Market | Antonio Sousa | WBN | |
Current Session: U.S.
USD/CAD
Mid−Day Forex Technical Report − Dollar Soft Despite Strong PPI, Euro Lifted by Unexpected Rise in Ifo by ActionForex.com
USD/CAD's fall from 1.0198 extends further today, taking out 0.9920 support and is now pressing 0.9900 level. The decline indicates that rise from 0.9871 has already completed with three waves up to 1.0198 just meeting 100% projection of 0.;9871 to 1.0126 from 0.9920 at 1.0175., which is corrective in nature.
- FX Instructor Live Trading Room by Mihai Marinescu, Instructor FX Instructor
- Check out how pairs moved: Live Currency Rates & Charts
- Follow up the most relevant Economic Data in the new Real Time Economic Calendar
FXA Column − Eur/$, into important resistance... by FXA
Top Market Movers Preview
Germany GFK CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURVEY
| Date (GMT) | Event | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 27 | 07:00 | Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey | 4.4 | 4.5 |
EMU economic indicators - M3 growth probably accelerated to 11.6% yoy in January by BHF−Bank
The DAX performance index plummeted in January and has been weak ever since. For similar reasons, we are expecting the March GfK German consumer confidence to remain more or less unchanged.
[ Full Story ]Top Market Movers Review
US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 26 | 15:00 | Consumer Confidence | 75.0 | 82.0 | 87.9 |
US Conference Bd Feb Consumer Confidence Slumps In February (Dow Jones)
U.S. consumer confidence slumped in February, accelerating a decline that began in January, according to a report released Tuesday.
[ Full Story ]- Read the Consumer Confidence data at Conference Board
- Forex − Dollar weighed on by soft US consumer confidence, housing data (Thomson Financial News)
- Job worries sink consumer confidence (Thomson Financial News)
- CORRECT: US Conference Bd Present Situation Index Fell Vs Jan (Dow Jones)
US PRODUCER PRICE INDEX
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 26 | 13:30 | Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY) | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% |
| Feb 26 | 13:30 | Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (MoM) | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Feb 26 | 13:30 | Producer Price Index (YoY) | 7.4% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Feb 26 | 13:30 | Producer Price Index (MoM) | 1.0% | 0.3% | -0.3% |
ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. Jan PPI Jumps On Energy, Food Prices (Dow Jones)
Producer prices soared in January, pushed higher by energy prices and the biggest increase in food prices in more than three years, government data showed Tuesday.
[ Full Story ]- Read the Producer Price Index data at Labor Department
- US January PPI posts the highest year−on−year increase since 1981 (FXstreet.com)
- Dollar Has Brief Gains On PPI, Before Returning To Course (Dow Jones)
- U.S. stock futures fall after release of January PPI (Thomson Financial News)
US economic indicators - Producer price inflation could have accelerated in January by BHF−Bank
Currencies at a Glance
- EUR/USD
- Trades around second resistant level 1.4873
02/26/2008 16:29 GMT - GBP/USD
- Trades around first resistant level 1.9710
02/26/2008 16:30 GMT - USD/CHF
- Continues to move down below first support level 1.0849
02/26/2008 16:30 GMT - USD/JPY
- Moves down below pivot level 107.81
02/26/2008 16:31 GMT
Analyst Sentiment Index (ASI)
Analysts Sentiment Index - EUR/USD
**Source : ActionForex.com, CMS Forex, Danske Bank A/S, FXstreet.com, Global Forex Trading, Mizuho Corporate Bank
[ View ASI page ] [ View EUR/USD page ]
Charting the Market Movers
GBP USD, Hourly
EUR USD, Hourly
Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 26 | 15:00 | US | Consumer Confidence (Feb) | 75.0 | 82.0 | 87.9 |
| 15:00 | US | Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Feb) | -5 | -7 | -8 | |
| 21:45 | NZ | Building Permits (MoM) (Jan) | -5.2% | |||
| 22:00 | US | ABC Consumer Confidence (Feb) | -37 | |||
| Feb 27 | 02:00 | NZ | Business Confidence | -24.9 | ||
| 07:00 | DE | Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey (Feb) | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 07:00 | DE | Import Price Index (MoM) (Jan) | 0.3% | -0.1% | ||