By FXEmpire.com

Analysis and Recommendations:

Silver declined today, to trade at 27.22. Precious metals edged down today, pressured by a higher dollar as investors nervous about global economic growth piled into the greenback for safety. Industrial metals edged down today as Chinese imports of the metal fell 17.5 percent in June from a month earlier, with traders cautious ahead of China GDP data this week. The drop in imports reported as part of the trade balance surprised the markets and weighed heavily on the metals pack. Gold spent the day moving between small losses and gains, without much direction.

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Economic Data July 10, 2012 actual v. forecast

Date

Currency

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Jul. 10

GBP

RICS House Price Balance

-22%

-16%

-17%

AUD

NAB Business Confidence

-3

-2

CNY

Chinese Trade Balance

31.73B

21.00B

18.70B

DKK

Danish CPI (YoY)

2.20%

2.20%

2.10%

NOK

Norwegian Core Inflation (MoM)

-0.30%

0.10%

0.40%

NOK

Norwegian CPI (MoM)

-0.50%

-0.10%

0.00%

GBP

Industrial Production (MoM)

1.0%

-0.2%

-0.4%

GBP

Manufacturing Production (MoM)

1.2%

0.1%

-0.8%

GBP

Trade Balance

-8.4B

-9.0B

-9.7B

GBP

Industrial Production (YoY)

-1.6%

-2.1%

-2.0%

CAD

Housing Starts

222.7K

205.0K

217.4K

GBP

NIESR GDP Estimate

-0.2%

0.1%

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

Date

Time

Currency

Event

Previous

Jul 11

12:30

USD

Trade Balance

-50.1B

14:30

USD

Crude Oil Inventories

-4.3M

Jul 12

9:00

EUR

Industrial Production m/m

-0.8%

12:30

USD

Unemployment Claims

12:30

USD

Import Prices m/m

-1.0%

18:00

USD

Federal Budget Balance

-124.6B

7:15

CHF

PPI m/m

-0.2%

Jul 13

12:30

USD

PPI m/m

-1.0%

13:55

USD

Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment

73.2

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