By FXEmpire.com
Analysis and Recommendations:
Crude Oil tumbled again today, trading at 88.33. Just a few weeks ago, oil was hitting 106.00 and traders were saying we would never see oil below 100.00, no one could imagine oil falling below the psychological 89.00 range. Oil continues to decline.
Worries over China and Spain dragged down crude oil prices too. In Nymex prices fell below $90 a barrel while Brent crude oil below $106 a barrel. Expectation of higher inventory buildup in the US weighed on too. Forecast show that crude oil inventories in the US have probably gained for the tenth consecutive month. EIA will release the weekly inventory report tomorrow against the usual schedule as Monday was a holiday.
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is scheduled to release its weekly inventories today and US crude oil inventories are expected to increase by 0.5 million barrels for the week ending on 25th May 2012. The API estimates are not expected to effect the markets as they have been very far off base for the last few months and markets have already factored in an increase in inventory
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Upcoming Economic Events that affect the CHF, EUR, GBP and USD
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Date |
Time |
Currency |
Previous |
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May 31 |
5:45 |
CHF |
GDP q/q |
0.1% |
|
31st-3rd |
EUR |
German Retail Sales m/m |
0.8% |
|
|
6:45 |
EUR |
French Consumer Spending m/m |
-2.9% |
|
|
7:55 |
EUR |
German Unemployment Change |
19K |
|
|
9:00 |
EUR |
CPI Flash Est?mate y/y |
2.6% |
|
|
12:15 |
USD |
ADP Non-Farm Employment Change |
119K |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Prelim GDP q/q |
2.2% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Unemployment Claims |
370K |
|
|
13:45 |
USD |
Chicago PMI |
56.2 |
|
|
15:00 |
USD |
Crude Oil Inventories |
0.9M |
|
|
Jun 1 |
TBD |
GBP |
Halifax HPI m/m |
|
|
7:15 |
CHF |
Retail Sales y/y |
4.2% |
|
|
7:30 |
CHF |
SVME PMI |
46.9 |
|
|
7:45 |
EUR |
Italian Manufacturing PMI |
43.8 |
|
|
8:30 |
GBP |
Manufacturing PMI |
50.5 |
|
|
9:00 |
EUR |
Unemployment Rate |
10.9% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Non-Farm Employment Change |
115K |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Unemployment Rate |
8.1% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Core PCE Price Index m/m |
0.0% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Personal Spending m/m |
0.2% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
ISM Manufacturing PMI |
0.3% |
|
|
14:00 |
USD |
S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/y |
54.8 |
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