{"id":8057,"date":"2010-03-29T08:58:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T12:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=8057"},"modified":"2010-03-29T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T12:58:53","slug":"investors-eye-us-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/03\/29\/investors-eye-us-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors eye US data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etoro.com\/B1701_A15748_TClick.aspx\" Target=\"_Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.etoro.com\/B1701_A15748_TGet.aspx\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This week the US economy will gather most of investors\u2019 attention as  the week will be loaded with highly significant market moving figures.  The Week will open with the US PCE price index one of the Fed\u2019s leading  indicators for inflation and a known factor in the Fed\u2019s inflationary  outlook. The PCE is expected to point on a balanced inflationary picture  with consensus bets pointing on a 2% gain for the PCE index yy in line  with the Fed target of 2% annual inflation. Consumer confidence will  follow alongside US manufacturing and housing data. The Consumer  confidence is expected to still point on subdued consumer spending with  investors eyeing a reading of 50 which is considered the minimal reading  for consumer expansion. In the Housing sector the Case Shiller index is  expected to show dented housing prices alongside the mortgage market  index which is expect to be dented as well amid tight credit conditions  which continue to pressure on households. The ADP figure will gather the  center of attention as investors see the ADP figure as a good barometer  for the Nonfarm and unemployment figures which follow after.ADP  employment is expected to rise by 40k after falling by -20K the month  before, thus confirming investors\u2019 assessments that the US Job market is  slowly stabilizing and possibly recovering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FX trade to be in rage ahead of the Data-<\/strong> Overall  after the Dollar sentiment eased towards the end of last week in  reaction to the news on an EU consensus to aid Greece. The agreement on a  combined guarantee of financial aid to Greece together with the IMF  will allow investors to shift their attention back towards pure economic  data .Investors trimmed their Dollar bets ahead of this week\u2019s data and  are now waiting to see wither the US economy will continue to recover  faster than its European peers. Investors will focus mainly on the ADP  employment figure as the US job market is known to affect strongly on  the Fed rate policy. The housing market will also gather some attention  amid the expected exit of the Fed from its 1.4$ Trillion mortgage backed  securities program aimed to stimulate the housing market with lower  lending rates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daily Forex Market Analysis provided by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etoro.com\/A15748_TClick.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> eToro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: Trading in the Foreign Exchange market might carry      potential rewards, but also potential risks. You must be aware of the      risks and are willing to accept them in order to trade in the foreign      exchange market. Don\u2019t trade with money you can\u2019t afford to lose.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etoro.com\/A15748_TClick.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a9 2009 eToro Blog.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This week the US economy will gather most of investors\u2019 attention as the week will be loaded with highly significant market moving figures. The Week will open with the US PCE price index one of the Fed\u2019s leading indicators for inflation and a known factor in the Fed\u2019s inflationary outlook. The PCE is expected &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/03\/29\/investors-eye-us-data\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Investors eye US data&#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-8057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8057","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=8057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}