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Biggest % gainers: AUD/JPY up 2.28%, NZD/JPY up 1.59%, AUD/USD, CAD/JPY, EUR/JPY, CHF/JPY, AUD/CAD on yen weakness & commodity dollar strength after that bullish AUD employment report.

Biggest % losers: GBP/AUD down 1.62%, EUR/AUD down 1% on AUD strength.

Gold $1,200
Oil $75.25

GBP BOE holds rates steady at 0.50%.
GBP Asset Purchase Facility kept at 200B as expected.

EUR ECB holds rates steady at 1.00%.
ECB Press Conference at 8:30am EST today. (Trichet comments attached).

USD Unemployment Claims better than expected at 454k vs. 461k expected and 475k last time.

GBP Halifax HPI m/m worse at -0.6% vs +0.6% expected. Last ...

Biggest % gainers: This is where the momentum is this morning! NZD/JPY up 2.79%, NZD/USD up 2.74%, AUD/JPY up 2.34%, AUD/USD up 2.30%, CAD/JPY on commodity dollar strength after New Zealand raised interest rates last night by a 1/4 point. JPY and USD are diving

Biggest % losers: EUR/NZD down 1.60%, GBP/AUD down 1.54%, EUR/AUD, USD/CAD on commodity dollar strength.

AUD employment improved overnight & NZD raised interest rates to 2.75% as expected.

Meanwhile the BOE & ECB both held interest rates unchanged as expected.

EUR ECB Press Conference (Trichet speaking) at 8:30am EST today.

CAD Trade Balance worse at 0.2B vs. 0.7B expected. Last time was revised lower ...

Biggest % gainers: NZD/USD up 0.81%, NZD/JPY, AUD/JPY, AUD/USD, CAD/JPY up on commodity dollar strength and JPY and USD weakness.

Biggest % losers: USD/CAD down 0.65%, USD/CHF, USD/ZAR, USD/TRY on USD weakness, commodity dollar strength and exotic currency weakness.

DailyFX.com has an awesome chart here that you ought to save that tells when the next central bank meetings are..and what the expectation is, etc. http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fundame...ar_Set_to.html

USD Bernanke testifying before the House Budget Committee at 10am EST today.

USD Beige Book comes out at 2pm EST today.

USD Bernanke speaks at 4pm ...

Biggest % gainers: CAD/JPY up 0.88%, CHF/JPY, EUR/JPY, NZD/JPY, AUD/JPY on JPY weakness.

Biggest % losers: GBP/AUD down 0.58%, AUD/CAD down 0.40% on AUD weakness. Also, the exotics are bringing down the majors today...EUR/TRY down 0.73%, USD/ZAR down 0.64%, USD/TRY down 0.45%.

Gold hits an intraday high of $1,244 and sets another "all time high"! Currently gold is at $1,238. http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fundame...r_Gold_as.html

Oil $76.16

BOE Inflation Report:
The Bank of England said risks to the U.K. economic recovery have increased, highlighting the importance for David Cameron’s coalition ...