Dollar rose Friday helped by lower Crude Oil prices and Warren Buffer comments

The Dollar surged on Friday, recovering from the previous day's losses, as gloomy British growth data backed views of a slowing global economy and raised prospects of interest rate cuts outside the United States. A sharp drop in US crude oil prices to below $115 per barrel and comments by influential investor Warren Buffett that he has no bets against the Dollar also added to the US currency's upward momentum. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that a stable Dollar and falling commodities should help slow inflation this year and next. His remarks on Friday prompted analysts to reduce expectations of a US interest rate increase this year.


News and Events:

The Dollar surged on Friday, recovering from the previous day's losses, as gloomy British growth data backed views of a slowing global economy and raised prospects of interest rate cuts outside the United States.

A sharp drop in US crude oil prices to below $115 per barrel and comments by influential investor Warren Buffett that he has no bets against the Dollar also added to the US currency's upward momentum.

UK data showed the British economy stalled on Q2, suggesting a recession might be looming, and added to the outlook of a slowing European economy. It raised the possibility of European Central Bank and Bank of England monetary easing.

EurUsd dropped to a session low of 1.4758, edging toward a six-month low hit earlier last week at 1.4631. It was last trading at 1.4788, down 0.68%. UsdJpy jumped 1.52% to 110.09. GbpUsd dropped 1.32% to 1.8517. UsdChf rose 1.06% to 1.0988.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that a stable Dollar and falling commodities should help slow inflation this year and next. Bernanke's remarks at an annual Fed symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, prompted analysts to reduce expectations of a US interest rate increase this year, which could diminish the Dollar's appeal to investors. But analysts said even without an interest rate hike this year, the Dollar would probably continue to recover.

Persistent problems at US mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and speculation over the future of investment bank Lehman Brothers could make the road to recovery difficult.




Today's Key Issues (time in GMT):

00:00 GBP Market Holiday
07:30 DKK August Consumer confidence -8 vs -9.7
07:30 SEK July Trade balance 8.2b (mom)
09:00 EUR June Industrial new orders -6.3% vs -4.4% (yoy)
12:30 USD July National Activity Index -0.6
14:00 USD Existing home sale 4.92m vs 4.86m
22:45 NZD Merchandise trade 4b vs 3.81b
22:45 NZD Merchandise trade – expo 3.44b vs 3.59
22:45 NZD Trade Balance Month -526m vs -223m
22:45 NZD Trade Balance Year -4.2b vs -4.48b


The Risk Today:

EurUsd: Market dropped as low as 1.4631 last week, new initial support. Further weakness will put the focus on strong support 1.4366 22nd January low. On the upside, only a return over 1.5000 and 1.5500 will release actual pressure and put key initial resistance 1.6000 into focus. Still a break up there would open the way to Trendline resistance 1.6200.

GbpUsd: Cable hit 2.0158 high 6-weeks ago and 1.8505 low last Friday. On the downside, further weakness would open the way down to 1.8395 end July 2006 low and maybe 1.8091 June 2006 low. Initial support holds 1.8414 today low. On the upside, initial resistance holds 1.8795 last week high. Former support 1.9363 holds also strong resistance. Key level holds 2.0100 resistance.

UsdJpy: Last 6-weeks recovery pushed the market up to 110.67 high. Further advance would open the way toward 111.92 early January high. On the downside, a return below 108.59 former resistance and 108.14 last week low will undermine the current advance. Profit taking might bring back down to 105 level and may open the way toward 102.73 support and 100 pivot point. Initial support holds 108.14 Thursday low.

UsdChf: Continuous Dollar strength consolidated over 1.0800 last week and hit 1.1041 6-months high on last Wednesday. Initial resistance holds 1.1107 13th February high. Strong resistance holds 1.1593 December 2007 high. On the downside, initial support holds 1.0863. Only renewed weakness below 1.0500 and 1.0375 would retest the 1.0000 pivot point and may open the way toward 0.9637 17th March low.


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Financial Firms Affect US Dollar

Investors hunt Yen and Swiss Franc on renewed US Financial worries.

News and Events:

The Dollar fell broadly on Thursday as worries of wider credit-related losses at some US financial firms made investors abandon risky trades, starting a rally in the Yen and Swiss Franc. They tend to attract flows during periods of uncertainty as the low interest rates reflect the capital surplus of their respective countries.

Worries over the US financial sector were back on investors' radar screen, with Citigroup cutting its Q3 earnings estimates for Lehman Brothers. It also lowered estimates for Goldman Sachs Group, Merrill Lynch & Co Inc, and Morgan Stanley, citing expected losses on hard-to-sell assets and lower client trading volumes.

ECB policymaker Klaus Liebscher said on Thursday that euro zone growth was expected to come in at the bottom end of expectations this year but an all-out recession in the region was highly unlikely.

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US Financial Turmoil

US financial turmoil is worsening but FX market await data later this week

News and Events:

The Dollar eased on Monday, amid concern losses at US financial companies will continue to weigh on the slowing economy, after Merrill Lynch said Lehman Brothers may post a loss in the Q3 and take an additional $2.5 bio write-down on home loans for the period.

Negative sentiment was completed by comments from Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern saying that the next two to three quarters could be disappointing.

British house prices fell for a tenth straight month in July causing the EurGbp to rise to a session high of 0.7933 before retreating to last trade at 0.7894. Unexpectedly strong New Zealand trade data lifted NzdUsd 0.54% to 0.7459. But it stayed near the six-month low of 0.7388 traded last Thursday.

Market focus this week will shift to a deluge of data, particularly Q2 US GDP on Thursday and Friday's US jobs figures.

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Forex Market Overview

Forex Market Overview 27 June 2008

Usd was slightly stronger in the Asian session after yesterday surging oil prices and worries over growth punished the greenback. EurUsd pulled back from 1.5763 to 1.5724 while GbpUsd followed as 1.9897 to 1.9857. However, the easing of pressure goes against the bearish feel the Usd attracted over recent days and we expect further dollar weakness. US stock markets took a massive dive while crude push to it highest levels ever. Asian stock markets followed the US lower and European equities futures are pointing to a negative open.

Thursday was a red day for US equity markets, as it was for markets in Europe. The S&P500 was lower by nearly 3%, while the DJIA was off by just over 3%, and the NASDAQ by 3.3%. The S&P500 broke through the 1300 level, while crude was moving in the opposite direction crossing the $140 mark, before closing at a record of just under $140. US Economic news out on the day was decent, but was completely overlooked. The summer looks like it's going to be a long one...Oil prices shot up over $140 barrel after the head of OPEC stated that prices could hit $170 barrel this year. Goldman Sachs forecasted more write-downs for Citigroup and they also recommended selling auto shares, this news sent shivers through financial stocks.

Asian markets are unsurprisingly lower this morning, as the Nikkei declines 2.7%, the Hang Seng is down 1.8% and the MSCI A-P is lower by 2.4%. The region is set to return its worst H1 since 1992, as the credit crunch hits home.

In our view Japan's economic data was decidedly negative. Retail sales exceeded market expectations reaching 0.2% but has slowed since February's peak and when you carve out fuel consumption was -0.1% yoy. Household survey's showed real spending was down -3.2% vs. -2.1% exp and Auto sales slowed to 0.2%. In our mind just more evidence that Japan is facing significant headwind on both the domestic & international front and we expect Jpy to suffer.

In the European session markets will be watching EC Economic Sentiment Indicator. This indicator has recently been optimistic regarding economic activity in the euro zone but should fall further today. With the euro at elevated levels and global demand soft industrial confidence should also weaken. However with markets trading off commodity prices and stock markets we don't expect a soft figure will have significant effect on EurUsd strength. In addition, since we are expecting the ECB to hike and NFP to shed over 100k jobs 1.6000 doesn't seem impossible.

Daily Forex Pivot Point
AUDUSD
R 3: 0.9655
R 2: 0.9648
R 1: 0.9604
CURRENT: 0.9582
S 1: 0.9490
S 2: 0.9448
S 3: 0.9405

EURJPY
R 3: 171.00
R 2: 170.00
R 1: 169.15
CURRENT: 168.17
S 1: 166.77
S 2: 166.00
S 3: 165.51

USDSGD
R 3: 1.3850
R 2: 1.3827
R 1: 1.3730
CURRENT: 1.3645
S 1: 1.3635
S 2: 1.3580
S 3: 1.3554

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