US and Canada Forex Market Session August 13th 2008
August 13, 2008 by Thomas Howell /

Good morning and welcome to another day of trading. We have some reports from the US market already, and oil is at the same price.

The European Market from earlier recapped here!
England’s job report, as expected was all in the red. The claimant count change was at 20.1K over 17.5K. The Average earnings index who didn’t make the forecast either, and the unemployment rate went up to 5.4%.

Europe’s industrial product sagged, but is dead even at 0.0%.

MAJORS:
EUR/USD: 1.4895
USD/JPY: 108.63
GBP/USD: 1.8726
USD/CHF: 1.0872

And here is what happened so far, and what we are still waiting for:

All USD:
Core Retail Sales: .4%, but just under a .5% forecast expectation.
Retail Sales: -0.1%
Import Price: up 1.7% the only positive news so far.

We are still waiting for the Business Inventories Monthlies, and Crude Oil Inventories, which will be released around 1500 GMT/ 10:00am EDT.

Have a great day and TRADE ON!!!!

Thomas Howell
goforextrade.com




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