{"id":8715,"date":"2010-04-21T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=8715"},"modified":"2010-04-21T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:13:00","slug":"british-and-us-news-set-to-influence-market-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/04\/21\/british-and-us-news-set-to-influence-market-today\/","title":{"rendered":"British and US News Set to Influence Market Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Dan, ForexYard<\/strong> &#8211; A return to risk taking has caused currencies like the Australian and  Canadian Dollars to make gains against the greenback.  A relatively  slow news day today will likely be interrupted by several important  events.  Whether or not the Dollar can make up its losses today is yet  to be seen, but the potential is definitely there.<br \/>\nHere is a roundup of the days main economic events.<\/p>\n<p>08:30 GMT GBP Claimant Count Change<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Change in the number of people claiming unemployment-related  benefits during the previous month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;  Employment data is one of the most important figures, largely  because it is the earliest monthly indicator. Last month\u2019s figure  shocked investors by showing a drop of 32,300 unemployed people. A  smaller drop is predicted this time \u2013 7,600 and will probably support  the GBP\/USD pair.<\/p>\n<p>14:15 GMT USD Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The chairman of the Federal Reserve doesn\u2019t always say something  meaningful or related to the economy, but his speeches are closely  watched and any small hint can shake the USD vs. its major counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>14:30 GMT USD Crude Oil Inventories<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Change in the number of barrels of crude oil held in inventory by  commercial firms during the past week. If we have bearish statistics  showing an increase in inventories, we could see a return to a downtrend  for oil.<\/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, ForexYard &#8211; A return to risk taking has caused currencies like the Australian and Canadian Dollars to make gains against the greenback. A relatively slow news day today will likely be interrupted by several important events. Whether or not the Dollar can make up its losses today is yet to be seen, but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/04\/21\/british-and-us-news-set-to-influence-market-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;British and US News Set to Influence Market Today&#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-8715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8715","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=8715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}