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Current Session: Europe − U.S.
EUR/USD
Daily Technical Strategist − EURUSD: Maintains Upside Recovery, Eyes The 1.4751/52 zone by FXTechstrategy
The bulls continue to launch more offensives following up on further recovery yesterday and pushing even higher in early morning trading today to shift focus to the 1.4751/52 zone, its Nov 09'07/Dec 11'07 highs where a break should open up further upside gains towards its Feb 02'08/2007 peak at 1.4955/67 and then its psycho resistance at 1.5000.
- Longer−term Support and Resistance Trading: Setups and Rules by Rob Booker, Currency Analyst Piptopia
- Check out how pairs moved: Live Currency Rates & Charts
- Follow up the most relevant Economic Data in the new Real Time Economic Calendar
USD/JPY Daily Technical Forex − USD/JPY Daily Technical Forex by Stoploss.ch
Majors at a Glance
- EUR/USD
- Trades around first resistant level 1.4677
02/15/2008 12:07 GMT - GBP/USD
- Moves down below first support level 1.9623
02/15/2008 12:07 GMT - USD/CHF
- Moves down towards first support level 1.0927
02/15/2008 12:08 GMT - USD/JPY
- Back around opening price level 107.85 , below pivot level 108.07
02/15/2008 12:08 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
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Charting the Market Movers
EUR USD, Hourly
GBP USD, Hourly
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US IMPORT PRICE INDEX
| Date (GMT) | Event | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 15 | 13:30 | Import Price Index (YoY) | 12.8% | 10.9% |
| Feb 15 | 13:30 | Import Price Index (MoM) | 0.5% | 0.0% |
US economic indicators - The trade deficit could have narrowed in December by BHF−Bank
Imports are likely to have developed weakly, given that import prices were unchanged and domestic demand has been slowing down. In addition, the port of Los Angeles reported a decline in loaded containers.
[ Full Story ]Top Market Movers Review
EMU TRADE BALANCE S.A.
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 15 | 10:00 | Trade Balance n.s.a. | -€4.2B | €0.5B | €3.0B |
| Feb 15 | 10:00 | Trade Balance s.a. | -€2.1B | €2.5B | €2.0B |
DATA SNAP: Euro−Zone Trade Balance Dives Into Deficit In Dec (Dow Jones)
The euro zone's foreign trade balance sharply swung into a deficit in December from a surplus in the corresponding month a year earlier, as growth in imports outpaced that of exports, data from the European Union's Eurostat statistics agency showed Thursday.
[ Full Story ]- Read the report: Euro area external trade surplus 28.3 bn euro at Eurostat
- Euro Area's Trade Balance falls well into deficit in December (FXstreet.com)
- Euro zone Dec deficit 4.2 bln eur vs surplus 3.0 bln in Nov (Thomson Financial News)
- EU Trade Balance n.s.a. falls into €−4.2B deficit in Dec from €2.6B surplus in Nov (FXstreet.com)
EMU economic indicators - German ZEW economic sentiment is expected to decline in February by BHF−Bank
Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 14 | 21:45 | NZ | Retail Sales (MoM) (Dec) | 0.1% | 2.0% | |
| Feb 15 | 03:51 | JP | BoJ Interest Rate Decision | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| 06:00 | JP | Bank of Japan Monthly Economic Survey | ||||
| 06:30 | JP | BoJ's Governor Fukui Speech | ||||
| 10:00 | EMU | Trade Balance n.s.a. (Dec) | €-4.2B | €0.5B | €3.0B |
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| 10:00 | EMU | Trade Balance s.a. (Dec) | €-2.1B | €2.5B | €2.0B |
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| 13:30 | US | Import Price Index (MoM) (Jan) | 0.5% | 0.0% | ||
| 13:30 | US | Import Price Index (YoY) (Jan) | 12.8% | 10.9% | ||
| 13:30 | CA | Manufacturing Shipments (MoM) (Dec) | -0.1% | 1.1% | ||
| 13:30 | US | NY Empire State Manufacturing Index (Feb) | 7.30 | 9.03 | ||