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  1. News in 60 Seconds: NZD breaks out of multi-month consolidation!

    by , 04-26-2010 at 10:02 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: NZD/JPY up 1.34%, NZD/USD up 1.12%, GBP/JPY, GBP/CHF on NZD and GBP strength and JPY weakness.

    Biggest % losers: EURNZD, EUR/GBP, AUD/NZD on EUR weakness and NZD & GBP strength.

    Oil $85.12
    Gold $1,152 gradually heading higher again! Head & Shoulders suggests that it will eventually take out the old highs and hit new "all time" highs.

    New Zealand dollar breaks out of a multi-month consolidation vs. both the USD and the JPY causing NZD/USD and NZD/JPY to have huge directional upward thrusts today. Also, with gold, silver, copper, etc. heading higher...this commodity rally is helping to support the NZD too.

    Mexican peso rises to the strongest ...
  2. News in 60 Seconds: Aussie central banker hints that rates may not go much higher!

    by , 04-23-2010 at 09:57 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: EUR/AUD up 0.83%, GBP/AUD, USD/JPY, NZD/JPY on AUD weakness and JPY weakness.

    Biggest % losers: AUD/USD down 0.96%, AUD/NZD, AUD/CAD on AUD weakness.

    Why is the Aussie so weak? The RBA Governor hinted that rates may not go much higher.

    Technical patterns helped the yen go lower. Many inverse head & shoulders patterns formed on several yen pairs.


    Apple (AAPL) shares move to a new all time high...

    EUR ECB's Weber says that he can't rule out a contagion from the Greek crisis. He also stated that interest rates were at appropriate levels.

    GBP U.K.'s Darling says their recovery is still fragile.


    Greek Finance Minister ...
  3. News in 60 Seconds: G-20 meetings start today. IMF meetings go through weekend!

    by , 04-22-2010 at 09:56 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: USD/CHF up 0.63%, USD/CAD on USD strength.

    Biggest % losers: EUR/JPY down 0.93%, CHF/JPY, GBP/JPY, CAD/JPY, AUD/JPY on JPY strength.

    G-20 meetings start today and then the IMF meetings pick up from there and go through the weekend.

    GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing 23.5B vs. 24.1B expected and 9.7B formerly.

    GBP Retail Sales m/m worse at 0.4% vs. 0.7% expected. Yet last time was revised upward to 2.5% vs. 2.1% formerly.

    USD PPI m/m higher/better at 0.7% vs. 0.4% expected and -0.6% last time.

    USD Unemployment Claims basically inline at 456k vs. 452k expected. 480k was the previous reading.

    CAD BOC Monetary Policy Report ...
  4. News in 60 Seconds: GBP gains most on the day so far!

    by , 04-21-2010 at 09:50 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: GBP/AUD up 0.45%, GBP/CHF, GBP/USD on GBP strength.

    Biggest % losers: EUR/GBP, EUR/CAD, AUD/CAD on GBP and CAD strength along with EUR weakness.

    GBP Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes 0-0-9 was the vote. So everyone was on the "same page" in keeping interest rates unchanged and the QE at 200 billion pounds.

    GBP Unemployment Rate ticks up
    to 8.0% vs. 7.8% expected/last time.

    GBP Claimant Count Change (number of people claiming unemployment) -32.9k vs. -7.6k expected. Last time revised from -32.3k to -40.1k.

    Bernanke speaks at 10:15am EST today.

    Gold $1,142
    Oil $84.13

    Sean Hyman
    DailyFX Forum Moderator ...
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