By FXEmpire.com
Analysis and Recommendation:
The AUD/USD has been able to hold gains to remain at a six week high trading at 1.04 towards the end of Friday’s session.
The Australian dollar has maintained its six-week high against the greenback with the release of domestic terms of trade data doing little to halt momentum.
Yesterday in the US, weaker-than-expected US jobs data prompted renewed speculation the Federal Reserve may move to stimulate the world’s largest economy.
The US Labor Department reported 386,000 initial jobless claims were filed in the week ending July 14, an almost 10 per cent increase from the prior week’s upwardly revised figure and well above expectations of a rise to 365,000.
Local terms of trade data on Friday prompted the Australian dollar to dip briefly.
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Economic Data July 20, 2012 actual v. forecast that affect the AUD, NZD, JPY
|
Date |
Time |
Currency |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
|
Jul. 20 |
02:30 |
AUD |
Import Price Index (QoQ) |
2.4% |
1.5% |
-1.2% |
|
04:00 |
NZD |
Credit Card Spending (YoY) |
4.6% |
3.9% |
Upcoming Economic Events that affect the AUD, NZD, JPY and USD
|
Date |
Time |
Currency |
Event |
Previous |
|
Jul 23 |
1:30 |
AUD |
PPI q/q |
-0.3% |
|
Jul 24 |
13:00 |
USD |
Flash Manufacturing PMI |
52.5 |
|
22:45 |
NZD |
Trade Balance |
301M |
|
|
23:50 |
JPY |
Trade Balance |
-0.66T |
|
|
Jul 25 |
0:00 |
AUD |
CB Leading Index m/m |
-1.4% |
|
1:30 |
AUD |
CPI q/q |
0.1% |
|
|
1:30 |
AUD |
Trimmed Mean CPI q/q |
0.3% |
|
|
14:00 |
USD |
New Home Sales |
369K |
|
|
14:30 |
USD |
Crude Oil Inventories |
||
|
21:00 |
NZD |
Official Cash Rate |
2.50% |
|
|
21:00 |
NZD |
RBNZ Rate Statement |
||
|
Jul 26 |
0:10 |
JPY |
BOJ Gov Shirakawa Speaks |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Core Durable Goods Orders m/m |
0.7% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Unemployment Claims |
||
|
14:00 |
USD |
Pending Home Sales m/m |
5.9% |
|
|
23:30 |
JPY |
Tokyo Core CPI y/y |
-0.6% |
|
|
23:50 |
JPY |
Retail Sales y/y |
3.6% |
|
|
Jul 27 |
12:30 |
USD |
Advance GDP q/q |
1.9% |
|
13:55 |
USD |
Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment |
72.0 |
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