{"id":31706,"date":"2012-08-18T15:57:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T19:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/forex-news\/2012\/08\/market-review-17-8-12\/"},"modified":"2012-08-18T15:57:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T19:57:53","slug":"market-review-17-8-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2012\/08\/18\/market-review-17-8-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Review 17.8.12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forexyard.com\/landsys\/general_static\/en\/?pid=545&#038;mid=888&#038;cid=15844&#038;zid=15873\" target=\"_blank\">ForexYard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forexyard.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/profile-pics\/16.jpg\" width=\"120\" alt=\"printprofile\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The euro extended yesterday\u2019s gains against the US dollar last night, following comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that she will actively work to preserve the euro-zone and the common-currency.  The EUR\/USD traded as high as 1.2373 before moving slightly downward to its current level of 1.2360.  Crude oil was able to maintain yesterday\u2019s gains during Asian trading, as tensions in the Middle East continue to fuel supply side fears among investors.  <\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><strong>Main News for Today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment-13:55 GMT<br \/>\n\u2022\tAnalysts are forecasting today\u2019s news to come in at 72.5, slightly higher than last month\u2019s figure<br \/>\n\u2022\tIf true, confidence in the global economic recovery could receive a boost, which may lead to risk taking and additional gains for currencies like the euro and Australian dollar<\/p>\n<p>Read more forex news on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forexyard.com\/blog\/en\/\">forex blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forexyard.com\/landsys\/general_static\/en\/?pid=545&#038;mid=888&#038;cid=15844&#038;zid=15873\" target=\"_blank\">Forex Market Analysis provided by ForexYard. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2006 by FxYard Ltd<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: Trading Foreign Exchange carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. There is a possibility that you could sustain a loss of all of your investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. You should be aware of all the risks associated with Foreign Exchange trading. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: ForexYard The euro extended yesterday\u2019s gains against the US dollar last night, following comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that she will actively work to preserve the euro-zone and the common-currency. The EUR\/USD traded as high as 1.2373 before moving slightly downward to its current level of 1.2360. Crude oil was able to maintain &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2012\/08\/18\/market-review-17-8-12\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Market Review 17.8.12&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}