Europe US and Canada Forex Market Session August 8th 2008 | Go Forex Trade

Europe US and Canada Forex Market Session August 8th 2008
August 8, 2008 by Thomas Howell /

Good morning and welcome to another fine day in Trading Forex. Looks like the Turkish oil pipe issue didn’t affect the NYMEX numbers for long. The barrel price for Crude Oil is now back around $118.

We also have the numbers from Japan’s Economy Watcher’s Current Index, which came back at 29.3.

MAJORS:
EUR/USD: 1.5167
GBP/USD: 1.9290
USD/JPY: 109.92
USD/CHF: 1.0729

Well, in the european and us/canada markets, we are expecting a couple of heavy hitters before the weekend approaches, and we will start with Switzerland’s Unemployment rate, which came back at 2.5%, right on target with the speculators.

Europe’s news was France’s Government Budget Balance, which is at a deficit of -32 Billion Euros. Also we got the numbers for the Italian Preliminary Gross Domestic Product, which was -.3%.

All we have left now, is five crucial numbers from the US Market until the weekend, so let’s spill them out here!

1200 GMT/7:00am EDT: Canada’s Jobs report, containing the Employment Changes and Unemployment Rate.

1330 GMT/8:30am EDT: THe US’s jobs numbers are coming out as well. Earlier this week we saw the unemployment claims, but today we will get Preliminary Nonfarm Productivity, and preliminary Unit Labor Costs.

1500 GMT/10:00am EDT: United States will cap the trading week with Wholesale Inventories!!!

AND THEN COMES THE WEEKEND!!!!! YAY!

Folks, have an awesome weekend, and have a fun time! I’ll see you back here Sunday for the Asian Market Open, and Maybe for a product review???

TRADE ON!!!
Thomas Howell
GoForexTrade.com