Euro Weak on Dovish Trichet Whilst USD/JPY Despite Rumors of Another Intervention

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Euro Weak on Dovish Trichet Whilst USD/JPY Despite Rumors of Another Intervention

After staging a strong rise yesterday against the Japanese yen on intervention Bank of Japan on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, the greenback turned south since overnight U.S. session as the currency pair ran into heavy offers from Japanese exporters and funds above 80.00 level. Although the pair jumped again this morning in Tokyo as MOF Noda repeated Japan was closely watching the forex and stock market and the nation is communicating with European and U.S. officials on its action on the forex market, retail investors quickly sold USD/JPY again and pressed the dollar back down to its launching pad.

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EUR/CHF Daily Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.0631; (P) 1.0885; (R1) 1.1018; More

EUR/CHF's downtrend resumed by taking out 1.0794 temporary low and drops to new record low of 1.0707. Intraday bias is back to the downside and further fall should now be seen towards 161.8% projection of 1.2344 to 1.1404 from 1.1891 at 1.0372 next. On the upside, though, note that break of 1.1148 resistance will suggest short term bottoming and will bring lengthier consolidations before extending the down trend.

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ECB Extends Liquidity Injection, Reactivates SMP

The ECB voted unanimously to keep the main refinancing rate unchanged at 1.5%. In the accompanying statement, the central bank also announced some liquidity injection measures. The most important news was that President Trichet signaled the Securities Market Program (SMP) has been re-activated. Concerning the monetary policy outlook, the ECB reiterated that it will monitor very closely all developments with respect to upside risks to price stability. This suggested no rate hike in the next meeting.

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GMT Ccy Events Actual Consensus Previous Revised
5:00 JPY Leading Index Jun P 103.2 103.4 99.6 99.4
7:15 CHF CPI M/M Jul
-0.60% -0.20%
7:15 CHF CPI Y/Y Jul
0.70% 0.60%
8:30 GBP PPI Input M/M Jul
0.70% 0.40%
8:30 GBP PPI Input Y/Y Jul
18.70% 17.00%
8:30 GBP PPI Output M/M Jul
0.20% 0.10%
8:30 GBP PPI Output Y/Y Jul
5.80% 5.70%
8:30 GBP PPI Output Core M/M Jul
0.20% 0.20%
8:30 GBP PPI Output Core Y/Y Jul
3.20% 3.20%
10:00 EUR German Industrial Production M/M Jun
0.00% 1.20%
11:00 CAD Unemployment Rate Jul
7.40% 7.40%
11:00 CAD Net Change in Employment Jul
20.0K 28.4K
12:30 CAD Building Permits M/M Jun
-5.00% 20.90%
12:30 USD Change in Non-farm Payrolls Jul
98K 18K
12:30 USD Unemployment Rate Jul
9.20% 9.20%
14:00 CAD Ivey PMI Jul
64.6 68.2
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Trade Idea: EUR/USD – Sell at 1.4170

Although the single currency tumbled to as low as 1.4055, as euro has recovered from there and broke above the Tenkan-Sen, suggesting minor consolidation would take place and retracement to 1.4143 (previous support) is seen, however, upside should be limited to 1.4177 (38.2% Fibonacci retracement of 1.4375-1.4055) and the Kijun-Sen (now at 1.4193) should hold, bring another decline later.

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Candlesticks Intraday Trade Ideas Update Schedule (GMT):
1st Update: 0630 - 0700; 2nd Update: 0930 - 1000; 3rd Update: 1230 - 1300; 4th Update: 1500 - 1530
Pairs Covered: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF

Elliott Wave Daily Trade Ideas Update Schedule (GMT):
AUD/USD, EUR/JPY: 0800 - 0830; EUR/GBP, USD/CAD: 1430 - 1500

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