{"id":8515,"date":"2010-04-13T08:51:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T12:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=8515"},"modified":"2010-04-13T08:51:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T12:51:34","slug":"u-s-trade-balance-may-lead-to-dollar-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/04\/13\/u-s-trade-balance-may-lead-to-dollar-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Trade Balance May Lead to Dollar Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Dan Eduard<\/strong> &#8211; U.S. imports most likely increased in February, which if true, would  signal further growth in the American economy.  This is the prevailing  sentiment among analysts ahead of the monthly Trade Balance report  scheduled to be released at 12:30 GMT today.  While imports appear to be  on the rise, there is still cause for concern regarding the U.S. export  market, which is not forecasted to see the same level of growth.  The  trade balance figure, which measures the difference in value for  imported and exported goods and services, is predicted to come in at  -38.5B.  If correct, the figure would be slightly worse then last  month\u2019s figure of -37.3B.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the U.S. trade balance  unexpectedly improved, which gave the Dollar a boost against its major  counterparts, especially the Canadian Dollar.  This month, traders can  expect the greenback to fall slightly, providing the figure comes in as  predicted.  That being said, a better then expected result could help  USD recoup some of its recent losses to the Euro.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, traders will want to pay close attention to the testimony  from Fed Chairman Bernanke.  A speech by the Fed Chairman typically  leads to market volatility, and tomorrow should be no different.   Traders will want to pay attention to any talk regarding interest rates  or long term predictions for the U.S. economy.  Any positive sentiment  will likely bode well for the Dollar.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Forex Market Analysis<\/strong><\/em> provided by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forexyard.com\/?zone_id=1398\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Forex              Yard.<\/strong><\/a><\/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 Dan Eduard &#8211; U.S. imports most likely increased in February, which if true, would signal further growth in the American economy. This is the prevailing sentiment among analysts ahead of the monthly Trade Balance report scheduled to be released at 12:30 GMT today. While imports appear to be on the rise, there is still &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/04\/13\/u-s-trade-balance-may-lead-to-dollar-losses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;U.S. Trade Balance May Lead to Dollar Losses&#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-8515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515","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=8515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}