By FX Empire.com
Crude Oil Fundamental Analysis March 7, 2012, Forecast
Analysis and Recommendations:
Crude Oil continues to fall, trading at 1.0484 down 1.88. As Mideast tensions seem to ease and the supply disruption seems too passed, with OPEC nations replacing the losses from Iran, the geopolitical pressures pushing crude to the highs are reducing. Investors are now taking time to look into the economic situation in Europe and are beginning to worry about slow down of any economic recovery. With China reducing growth estimates, the demand for oil is lessening. Compound this with worries about the Greek PSI bond swap deadline and the effects of a default or “credit event” the markets are not finding crude oil appealing. Investors are waiting for the EIA inventory due on Wednesday.
Economic Events: (GMT)
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Scheduled Economic Events for March 7, 2012 (GMT)
13:15 USD ADP Nonfarm Employment 205K 170K
13:30 USD Nonfarm Productivity (QoQ) 0.8% 0.7%
13:30 USD Unit Labor Costs (QoQ) 1.2% 1.2%
The ADP National Employment Report is a measure of the monthly change in non-farm, private employment, based on the payroll data of approximately 400,000 U.S. business clients. The release, two days ahead of government data, is a good predictor of the government’s non-farm payroll report. The change in this indicator can be very volatile.
Nonfarm Productivity measures the annualized change in labor efficiency when producing goods and services, excluding the farming industry. Productivity and labor-related inflation are directly linked-a drop in a worker’s productivity is equivalent to a rise in their wage.
Unit Labor Costs measure the annualized change in the price businesses pay for labor, excluding the farming industry. It is a leading indicator of consumer inflation.
Sovereign Bond Auction Schedule
Mar 07 10:10 Sweden Nominal bond auction
Mar 07 10:30 Germany Eur 4.0bn Feb 2017 Bobl
Mar 07 10.30 UK Auctions new Sep 2017 conventional Gilt
Mar 08 16:00 US Announces auctions of 3Y Notes on Mar 12, 10Y Notes on Mar 13 & 30Y Bonds on Mar 14
Mar 08 16:30 Italy Details BOT auction on Mar 13
Mar 09 11:00 Belgium OLO mini bond auction
Mar 09 16:30 Italy Details BTP/CCTeu on Mar 14
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