By FXEmpire.com

Analysis and Recommendations:

The EUR/USD is trading at 1.2268 moving up a few pips after the US nonfarm payroll release. Today’s report showed the US created 163K new jobs, when it was forecast at 100K.

The euro is stronger, and up 0.8% as it retraces yesterday’s decline and is supported by a general improvement in data given stronger services PMIs and better than expected retail sales for the euro area. Both Germany and the euro area’s services PMIs improved from the July 24th advance, coming in at 50.3 and 47.9, respectively. However, the euro has remained on a downward trend over the course of the week, and today’s rally has yet to retrace Wednesday’s open.

Despite a considerable amount of data, event, and headline risk vying for dominance, this week’s largest moves in FX occurred over the course of two central bank events. While both the Fed and the ECB garnered a considerable amount of attention, and both generated overall weakness in the majors vs the USD, the relative declines seen over the course of the ECB press conference were by far the greatest. The reaction was largely the result of expectations vs outcome, as comments made by President Draghi a week ahead of the ECB meeting had raised hopes for forceful action. The lack of follow through, with credible action, left markets disappointed. Despite hopes for action on August 1st from the FOMC, the disappointment was of a lesser degree.

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Economic Data August 2, 2012 actual v. forecast

Date

Currency

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Aug. 03

TRY

Turkish CPI (MoM)

-0.23%

-0.10%

-0.90%

EUR

Retail Sales (MoM)

0.1%

-0.1%

0.8%

USD

Average Hourly Earnings (MoM)

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

USD

Nonfarm Payrolls

163K

100K

64K

USD

Unemployment Rate

8.3%

8.2%

8.2%

USD

Average Weekly Hours

34.5

34.5

34.5

USD

Private Nonfarm Payrolls

172K

110K

73K

Upcoming Economic Events that affect the CHF, EUR, GBP and USD

Date

Time

Currency

Event

Previous

Aug 6

8:30

EUR

Sentix Investor Confidence

-29.6

23:01

GBP

BRC Retail Sales Monitor y/y

1.4%

Aug 7

7:00

CHF

Foreign Currency Reserves

364.9B

7:15

CHF

CPI m/m

-0.3%

8:00

EUR

Italian Industrial Production m/m

0.8%

8:30

GBP

Manufacturing Production m/m

1.2%

10:00

EUR

German Factory Orders m/m

0.6%

14:00

GBP

NIESR GDP Estimate

-0.2%

Aug 8

5:45

CHF

SECO Consumer Climate

-8

9:30

GBP

BOE Inflation Report

10:00

EUR

German Industrial Production m/m

1.6%

12:30

USD

Prelim Nonfarm Productivity q/q

-0.9%

12:30

USD

Prelim Unit Labor Costs q/q

1.3%

14:30

USD

Crude Oil Inventories

Aug 9

8:00

EUR

ECB Monthly Bulletin

8:30

GBP

Trade Balance

-8.4B

12:30

USD

Trade Balance

-48.7B

12:30

USD

Unemployment Claims

Aug 10

6:45

EUR

French Industrial Production m/m

-1.9%

8:30

GBP

PPI Input m/m

-2.2%

12:30

USD

Import Prices m/m

-2.7%

18:00

USD

Federal Budget Balance

-59.7B

Government Bond Auctions

Date Time Country

Aug 06 09:10 Norway

Aug 07 00:30 Japan

Aug 07 09:15 Austria

Aug 07 14:30 UK

Aug 07 17:00 US

Aug 08 09:30 Germany

Aug 08 10:00 Norway

Aug 08 15:30 Italy

Aug 08 17:00 US

Aug 09 15:30 Italy

Aug 09 17:00 US

Aug 10 10:00 Belgium

Aug 13 09:10 Italy

Aug 13 09:10 Norway

Aug 13 09:30 Germany

Aug 14 09:10 Greece

Aug 14 09:10 Italy

Aug 14 09:30 Belgium

Aug 14 14:30 UK

Aug 15 09:10 Sweden

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