{"id":12075,"date":"2010-08-16T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T12:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=12075"},"modified":"2010-08-16T08:20:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T12:20:18","slug":"u-s-long-term-purchases-on-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/08\/16\/u-s-long-term-purchases-on-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Long-Term Purchases on Tap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Natalie R.<\/strong> &#8211; Last week\u2019s trading session was characterized by the recovery of the  U.S. dollar. The recovery took place as a batch of disappointing data  from the U.S. economy has created speculations that a global economic  recovery might be halted. As a result, the yen, which is considered to  be a safe asset as well, strengthened, and energy prices, such as crude  oil, dropped.<\/p>\n<p>If the negative data will continue to dominate this week as well,  these trends are likely to precede, especially the bullish dollar.  Traders are advised to follow the major publications, mainly from the  U.S. and the euro-zone.<\/p>\n<p>Here are today\u2019s leading news events:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a009:00 GMT, Euro-zone\u2019s Consumer Price Indices (CPI) \u2013 The CPI is  the main gauge of the region\u2019s inflation. If the end result will reach  above expectations for 1.7%, the euro might strengthen as a result.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a012:30 GMT, U.S. Empire State Manufacturing index \u2013 This is a survey  of about 200 manufacturers in New York state, who are asked to rate  their general business conditions. A positive data, above 8.1, might  erase some of the dollar\u2019s gains.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a013:00 GMT, TIC Long-Term Purchases \u2013 This indicator measures the  difference between foreign long-term securities purchased by U.S.  citizens, to ones purchased by foreigners. If the end result will reach  expectations for 35.3B, the dollar might strengthen further.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Forex <\/strong><strong>Market Analysis provided by<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forexyard.com\/?zone_id=1398\" target=\"_blank\">ForexYard.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/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>By Natalie R. &#8211; Last week\u2019s trading session was characterized by the recovery of the U.S. dollar. The recovery took place as a batch of disappointing data from the U.S. economy has created speculations that a global economic recovery might be halted. As a result, the yen, which is considered to be a safe asset &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/08\/16\/u-s-long-term-purchases-on-tap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;U.S. Long-Term Purchases on Tap&#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-12075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}