By FXEmpire.com

Analysis and Recommendations:

Silver gained today moving up to trade at 28.22. Silver added 0.704 and is heading above to 30.00 price level. Silver continues to take its clues from Gold and also the high price of the USD. On the domestic front, silver prices increased by 0.6 percent.

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Economic Data for May 24, 2012 actual v. forecast

Date

Time

Currency

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

May 24

03:30

CNY

Chinese HSBC Mfg PMI

48.70

49.30

07:00

EUR

German GDP (QoQ)

0.5%

0.5%

0.5%

07:00

EUR

German GDP (YoY)

1.7%

1.7%

1.7%

07:58

EUR

French Manufacturing PMI

44.4

47.0

46.9

08:28

EUR

German Manufacturing PMI

45.0

47.0

46.2

09:00

EUR

German Ifo Business Climate

106.9

109.4

109.9

09:00

EUR

Manufacturing PMI

45.0

46.1

45.9

09:00

EUR

German Current Assessment

113.3

117.4

117.5

09:00

EUR

German Business Expectations

100.9

102.0

102.7

09:30

GBP

BBA Mortgage Approvals

32.4K

32.3K

31.9K

09:30

GBP

Business Investment (QoQ)

3.6%

3.2%

-3.3%

09:30

GBP

GDP (QoQ)

-0.3%

-0.2%

-0.2%

09:30

GBP

GDP (YoY)

-0.1%

0.0%

0.0%

13:30

USD

Core Durable Goods Orders

-0.6%

0.9%

-0.8%

13:30

USD

Durable Goods Orders (MoM)

0.2%

0.5%

-3.7%

13:30

USD

Initial Jobless Claims

370K

370K

372K

13:30

USD

Continuing Jobless Claims

3260K

3250K

3289K

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

May 25

6:00

EUR

GfK German Consumer Climate

5.6

7:15

CHF

Employment Level

4.04M

TBD

ALL

G8 Meetings

13:55

USD

Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment

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