By FXEmpire.com
Analysis and Recommendations:
Natural Gas declined to trade at 2.416 down 0.003. Inventory reports showed that supplies continued to rise, now that the weather situation has calmed. Without seasonal demand, natural gas, should settle back to the 2.36 range, where it was trading before falling to a 10 year low and then climbing higher then 2.80.
Natural-gas inventories rose by 71 billion cubic feet for the week ended May 25, the U.S. Energy Department said Thursday. Analysts polled by Platts forecast a climb of between 67 billion and 71 billion cubic feet. Total stocks now stand at 2.815 trillion cubic feet, up 732 billion cubic feet from the year-ago level and 724 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government said.
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Economic Data for May 31, 2012 actual v. forecast
|
Currency |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
|
JPY |
Industrial Production (MoM) |
0.2% |
0.5% |
1.3% |
|
AUD |
Building Approvals (MoM) |
-8.7% |
0.7% |
6.0% |
|
AUD |
Private New Capital Expenditure (QoQ) |
6.1% |
4.0% |
-0.7% |
|
CHF |
GDP (QoQ) |
0.7% |
0.1% |
0.5% |
|
GBP |
Nationwide HPI (MoM) |
0.3% |
0.2% |
-0.3% |
|
EUR |
French Consumer Spending (MoM) |
0.6% |
0.3% |
-2.6% |
|
EUR |
German Unemployment Rate |
6.7% |
6.8% |
6.8% |
|
EUR |
German Unemployment Change |
0K |
-5K |
18K |
|
EUR |
CPI (YoY) |
2.4% |
2.5% |
2.6% |
|
USD |
ADP Nonfarm Employment Change |
133K |
148K |
113K |
|
Current Account |
-10.3B |
-11.0B |
-9.7B |
|
|
USD |
Initial Jobless Claims |
383K |
370K |
373K |
|
USD |
GDP (QoQ) |
1.9% |
1.9% |
2.2% |
|
USD |
Continuing Jobless Claims |
3242K |
3250K |
3278K |
|
USD |
Chicago PMI |
52.7 |
56.5 |
56.2 |
WEEKLY
- Natural Gas Weekly Update
Release Schedule: Thursday between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
Release Schedule: Thursday at 10:30 (Eastern Time) (schedule)
Upcoming Economic Events that affect the CHF, EUR, GBP and USD
|
Date |
Time |
Currency |
Previous |
|
Jun 1 |
TBD |
GBP |
|
|
7:15 |
CHF |
4.2% |
|
|
7:30 |
CHF |
46.9 |
|
|
7:45 |
EUR |
43.8 |
|
|
8:30 |
GBP |
50.5 |
|
|
9:00 |
EUR |
10.9% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
115K |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
8.1% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
0.0% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
0.2% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
0.3% |
|
|
14:00 |
USD |
54.8 |
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