By FXEmpire.com
Analysis and Recommendation: (close of Asian session)
The USD/JPY is trading at 79.47. This pair is stuck in a rut close to the 79.50 range as they battle it out for top safe haven flows. Yesterday, the USD staged a dramatic come back, as the greenback dropped throughout the day, as the euro and its cousins gained along with commodities. Mid day, Egan Jones added to the fiasco in Spain downgrading their credit rating, which turned the focus back to the banking sector in Spain. As the Prime Minister announced that Spain was facing some problems but would not require a bailout, as he outlined plans to fund Spanish banks through a complicated maneuver, which basically is a bailout in other terms.
Investors were not happy and ran for the hills, gold and crude oil dropped like lead balloons as the euro fell below 1.25 to hit a low of 1.2457.
Today will most likely continue to focus on Spain, as Greece is on the back burner until elections.
Rumors say that the EU Finance Ministers are already putting a plan together to rescue Spain, rumors also have been floated about backing from the ECB, but like Greece over the past few years these are just stories and rumors.
There are other problems brewing in Japan, as the strength of the yen continues to hurt exports, although the drop in energy costs has been a positive. The BoJ has been talking a lot lately trying to help support the economic situation.
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Economic Data May 29 – 30, 2012 actual v. forecast
|
Date |
Currency |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
|
GBP |
CBI Distributive Trades Survey |
21 |
-7 |
-6 |
|
|
EUR |
German CPI (MoM) |
-0.2% |
-0.1% |
0.2% |
|
|
EUR |
German CPI (YoY) |
1.9% |
2.0% |
2.1% |
|
|
USD |
CB Consumer Confidence |
64.9 |
70.0 |
68.7 |
|
|
NZD |
Building Consents |
-7.2% |
-10.0% |
19.8% |
|
|
May 30 |
AUD |
Construction Work Done |
5.5% |
3.0% |
-3.4% |
|
AUD |
Retail Sales |
-0.2% |
0.2% |
1.1% |
Upcoming Economic Events that affect the AUD, NZD, JPY and USD
|
Date |
Time |
Currency |
Previous |
|
|
May 31 |
1:00 |
NZD |
NBNZ Business Confidence |
35.8 |
|
1:30 |
AUD |
Building Approvals m/m |
7.4% |
|
|
1:30 |
AUD |
Private Capital Expenditure q/q |
-0.3% |
|
|
1:30 |
AUD |
Private Sector Credit m/m |
0.4% |
|
|
1:30 |
JPY |
Average Cash Earnings y/y |
1.3% |
|
|
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 |
|
|
23:50 |
JPY |
Capital Spending q/y |
7.6% |
|
|
Jun 1 |
12:30 |
USD |
Non-Farm Employment Change |
115K |
|
12:30 |
USD |
Unemployment Rate |
8.1% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Core PCE Price Index m/m |
0.2% |
|
|
12:30 |
USD |
Personal Spending m/m |
0.3% |
|
|
14:00 |
USD |
ISM Manufacturing PMI |
54.8 |
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