By FXEmpire.com

Analysis and Recommendations:

The USD/CAD is trading at 1.0075 in the early part of the day, after the release of US 2nd Q GDP. There are no economic releases in Canada today.

The US GDP showed that the economy continues to slow in the last quarter. Although the release matched expectations, those expectations were set very low.

As the Canadian economy is so dependent upon the US economy, this can be seen as a negative for the CAD.

All eyes are now focused on next week releases ahead of the FOMC meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Economic Data July 27, 2012 actual v. forecast

Date

Currency

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Jul. 27

JPY

Tokyo Core CPI (YoY)

-0.6%

-0.7%

-0.6%

JPY

Retail Sales (YoY)

0.2%

1.2%

3.6%

CHF

KOF Leading Indicators

1.43

1.25

1.15

SEK

Swedish Retail Sales (MoM)

-0.40%

0.20%

0.30%

EUR

German CPI (MoM)

0.4%

0.4%

-0.1%

EUR

German CPI (YoY)

1.7%

1.7%

1.7%

USD

GDP (QoQ)

1.5%

1.5%

2.0%

Upcoming Economic Events that affect the CAD

Date

Time

Currency

Event

Previous

Jul 31

12:30

CAD

GDP m/m

0.3%

12:30

CAD

RMPI m/m

-1.0%

Government Bond Auctions

Date Time Country

Jul 30 09:10 Italy

Jul 30 10:00 Belgium

Jul 31 00:30 Japan

Jul 31 09:30 Belgium

Aug 01 09:30 Germany

Aug 01 10:00 Norway

Aug 01 13:00 US

Aug 02 08:30 Spain

Click here a current USD/CAD Chart.

Originally posted here