Forex Focus on Nonfarm Payrolls
Forex Focus on Nonfarm Payrolls

Forex Focus on Nonfarm Payrolls

Summary:
  • EURUSD traders await today the Germany July industrial production data due at 6:00GMT followed by France July trade balance data at 6:45GMT. The

EURUSD traders await today the Germany July industrial production data due at 6:00GMT followed by France July trade balance data at 6:45GMT. The Switzerland August foreign currency reserves balance will be released at 7:00GMT. Sterling traders will follow the UK Halifax August house prices data due at 7:30GMT while the BOE releases latest consumer inflation expectations survey results at 8:30GMT. Finally at 9:00GMT will be released the Eurozone Q2 final GDP figures.

In North America forex calendar we have the Nonfarm Payrolls at 15:30 along with Average Hourly Earnings m/m and Private Nonfarm Payrolls. In Canada we expect the Employment Change and Unemployment Rate due at 15:30. Ivey PMI will be released at 17:00.

Fed Chair Powell will deliver a speech at 19:30 while half hour later oil traders will focus on Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count.

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Japan Leading Economic Index came in at 93.6 in July from previous 93.3

Asian indices trading higher today, with Nikkei outperforming it’s peers. EURUSD trades 0.07% higher at 1.1041, the USDJPY is 0.06% higher at 106.98 while the AUDUSD is 0.07% higher at 0.6819.

The central bank of China set the Yuan rate (USDCNY) at 7.0855 at the lowest level in 11 years, versus yesterday fix at 7.0852.