{"id":8644,"date":"2010-04-19T08:27:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T12:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=8644"},"modified":"2010-04-19T08:27:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T12:27:49","slug":"bernankes-speech-on-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/04\/19\/bernankes-speech-on-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernanke\u2019s Speech on Tap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Yan, ForexYard <\/strong>&#8211; After a very volatile trading week, the weekend continued with the  same direction. The Dollar keeps strengthening on all fronts, the Yen  remains the strongest currency at the moment, and crude oil drops  sharply.<\/p>\n<p>The main story in the market continues to  be the aid package for Greece. Despite publications from the previous  weekend, the Greek bailout plan wasn\u2019t competed and there is still high  uncertainty about it. It currently seems that as long as the uncertainty  remains, the Dollar and the Yen will continue to strengthen.<\/p>\n<p>Here are today leading news events:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t12:30 GMT: Canadian Foreign Securities Purchases \u2013 This report  measures the total value of domestic stocks and bonds that were  purchased by foreigners in February. If the end result will reach  expectations for 8.65B, the CAD is likely to strengthen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t13:00 GMT:  Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks \u2013 The Federal Reserve  Chairman Ben Bernanke is due to deliver opening remarks at the Financial  Literacy and Education Summit, in Chicago. Bernanke is expected to  discuss future monetary policy, and high volatility could be observed  during his speech.<\/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 Yan, ForexYard &#8211; After a very volatile trading week, the weekend continued with the same direction. The Dollar keeps strengthening on all fronts, the Yen remains the strongest currency at the moment, and crude oil drops sharply. The main story in the market continues to be the aid package for Greece. Despite publications from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/04\/19\/bernankes-speech-on-tap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bernanke\u2019s Speech 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-8644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8644","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=8644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}