Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: currency news — 22-01-2013.

Rolling back the euro area was reserved $ 1.3275, and the pair has recovered above the level of $ 1.3300.

EUR / USD traded most of the day in a wide range of $ 1.3265/1.3370, but each time returned to the $ 1.3300/10 area. Now the pair is at $ 1.3305, almost flat compared to the opening price.

During the European session, the pair GBP / USD noted at least $ 1.5808 against the general risk aversion, but even the disappointing British statistics could not prevent the Briton to win back some losses and some grow.

The net borrowings amounted PSNB in December £ 15.4 billion (vs. £ 15.2 billion), which brought the total figure as the year to date to around £ 106.5 billion - about £ 7 billion worse than a year ago. The rate of new production orders CBI also disappointingly fell from -12 to -20.

The first attempt was stopped by the growth in the high of $ 1.5880, then the pair retreated and was able to update the intraday high of $ 1.5883. At 19:45 GMT is expected to address the Bank of England King, which can affect the mood of investors. Currently GBP / USD is trading higher by 0.20% at around $ 1.5860/70.

EUR/USD $1.3275, $1.3300, $1.3350, $1.3400

USD/JPY Y88.50, Y88.80, Y89.00, Y90.00

EUR/JPY Y120.00

EUR/CHF Chf1.2300, Chf1.2500, Chf1.2515, Chf1.2550

AUD/USD $1.0525

Data

04:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision - 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%

04:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement -

04:30 Japan All Industry Activity Index, m/m November +0.2% -0.3% -0.3%

07:30 Japan BOJ Press Conference -

09:00 Eurozone ECOFIN Meetings January

09:30 United Kingdom PSNB, bln December 15.3 13.4 13.2

10:00 Germany ZEW Survey - Economic Sentiment January 6.9 12.2 31.5

10:00 Eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment January 7.6 14.1 31.2

11:00 United Kingdom CBI industrial order books balance January -12 -10 -20

The yen rose against the dollar, significantly departing from the lowest level since June 2010 after the Bank of Japan said it will hold open buying assets in 2014, which immediately disappoint many investors who expected a more decisive action .

Japan's currency has increased by at least 0.2% against all 16 major counterparts after the Bank of Japan said it will buy assets worth about 13 trillion yen per month from January to January 2014. In addition, the Bank of Japan today decided to introduce inflation target of 2%, and even more ease monetary policy. At the end of the two-day meeting of the Board of the Bank approved the seven-to-two decision on introduction of the inflation target of 2% instead of the current benchmark of 1%, which Abe has criticized as too weak commitment.

The euro rose for the first time in three days against the dollar after data showed that the level of confidence among German investors rose in January to its highest level for the last 2.5 years, adding a sign that Europe's largest economy is gaining momentum.

The single currency also rose after the Bundesbank representative has denied speculation that Weidmann plans to step down as president of the central bank of Germany.

The pound rose against the dollar, setting all new session high, even despite the fact that the published data showed a sharp drop in the balance of industrial orders.

It is learned that the balance of industrial orders fell in January to the level of -20, compared to -12 in December. Note that according to the average forecast of experts value of this indicator should have been -11. In addition, for the three months ended in January, the balance of industrial orders up 4, contrary to expectations, at 8. However, the rate of decline was much less than -13 in the third quarter.

EUR / USD: during the European session, the pair rose to $ 1.3370, and then fell sharply to $ 1.3265, and is now trading at $ 1.3311

GBP / USD: during the European session after falling to $ 1.5806 rose to $ 1.5870

USD / JPY: during the European session the pair fell to Y88.36

At 13:30 GMT, Canada will report on changes in the volume of retail sales for November and the change in retail sales excluding auto sales for November. At 15:00 GMT the U.S. are data on the volume of sales in the secondary market in December. At 21:30 GMT the U.S. become aware of changes in the volume of crude oil, according to the API for January. Finish the day at 23:30 GMT Australia publication of the index of leading economic indicators from the Melbourne Institute in November.

EUR/USD

Offers $1.3430, $1.3395/405, $1.3380

Bids $1.3260/50, $1.3240, $1.3230/20, $1.3205/00

GBP/USD

Offers $1.5980, $1.5950, $1.5920, $1.5900/10

Bids $1.5800, $1.5770, $1.5755/45

AUD/USD

Offers $1.0635/40, $1.0590, $1.0579

Bids $1.0520, $1.0510/00, $1.0490/80, $1.0475/70, $1.0455/50

EUR/JPY

Offers Y120.00, Y119.35/40, Y119.00, Y118.80

Bids Y117.80/75, Y117.60, Y117.00, Y116.60

EUR/GBP

Offers stg0.8500, stg0.8440/50

Bids stg0.8380/75, stg0.8355/50, stg0.8300, stg0.8260

USD/JPY

Offers Y90.40, Y89.90/00, Y89.70, Y89.15/20

Bids Y88.20, Y88.00, Y87.50

Stock Index Europe is pressing fact of disagreement among eurozone finance ministers on the question of providing direct finpomoschi banks.

However, the finance ministers of the eurozone countries approved the allocation of the next tranche of emergency aid to Greece. The volume of payments in this month of 9.2 billion euros, or 12.3 billion dollars is also approved as the new head of the Eurogroup of finance minister Netherlands Jeroen Deysselblum.

Adds confidence to the financial markets with information from the report of the ECB. At the end of 2012 the European Union has closed 511 banks. Most banks were closed in Luxembourg - 124. Next comes France with 105 closed institutions. Italy on the third line, where closed 55 financial institutions.

The European Central Bank noted that the stoppage of the banks was not only due to bankruptcy, but also as a result of mergers and acquisitions.

Sentiment index released today in the business environment of the institute ZEW rose in January by 24.6 points, reaching 31.5. Note that this value was a big surprise to many economists, since, according to the average forecast value of this indicator was increased to level 12, up from 6.9 in December.

FTSE 100 6,181.92 +0.94 +0.02%

DAX 7,710.82 -38.04 -0.49%

CAC 3,755.32 -7.71 -0.20%

Shares of the conglomerate media companies Vivendi SA fell 2.1%. Telephone unit Vivendi expects difficult market conditions over the next year and a half.

Stock ticker BP Plc declined by 0,5%, Total SA - 0.8%.

The market value of Siemens AG rose 1.1%. According to media reports, the company's profit in the last quarter was 1.3 billion euros, which corresponds to the same quarter last year.

The capitalization of the chip maker ASML Holding NV increased by 0.8%, generating National Grid Plc - 0.4%.

EUR/USD $1.3275, $1.3300, $1.3350, $1.3400

USD/JPY Y88.50, Y88.80, Y89.00, Y90.00

EUR/JPY Y120.00

EUR/CHF Chf1.2300, Chf1.2500, Chf1.2515, Chf1.2550

AUD/USD $1.0525

AUD/NZD NZ$1.2570

- Sold 12-month Letra at avg yield 0.441% vs 1.195% prev
- Sold 18-month Letra at avg yield 0.888% vs 1.609% prev

The yen strengthened against the dollar, departing from the weakest level since June 2010, as officials of the Bank of Japan began its two-day meeting.

Note that in the last month, Japan's currency fell 5.9% against the dollar on speculation that the Bank of Japan, under pressure from the government to increase the incentive program to pull the economy out of recession.

As it became known, most economists predict that the Bank of Japan will increase its program to purchase assets worth 10 trillion yen increase. Recall that Abe also stands for the same increase in incentive programs, and calls for the central bank to double its inflation target of 2%.

Frank continued to strengthen against the euro Friday after last week, it fell to the lowest level since the moment when the Swiss National Bank imposed restrictions on the currency in 2011.

The pound rose against the dollar, which has been associated with the publication of the data, which showed that house prices in the UK rose in January, along with the number of new sellers, as well as improved mood among market participants. According to the report, housing prices in the first week of January rose 0.2%, compared with a fall of 3.3% in December. At the same time, annualized prices were 2.4% higher than during the same month last year.

The euro was little changed against the dollar, even though the fact that the data showed that producer price inflation in Germany rose in December, but at a slower pace than expected.

It is learned that the price of industrial products rose an annualized 1.5%, compared to growth of 1.4%. Note that the annual growth rate is projected to have been 1.7%. At the same time, in monthly terms the index of consumer prices fell by 0.3%, compared with a fall of 0.1% in the past month, as well as experts' expectations at 0.0%

04:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision - 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%

04:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement -

04:30 Japan All Industry Activity Index, m/m November +0.2% -0.3% -0.3%

07:30 Japan BOJ Press Conference -

The yen gained, reversing earlier losses, after the Bank of Japan (8301) announced open-ended asset purchases and adopted a 2 percent inflation target. The BOJ said it will buy about 13 trillion yen ($145 billion) in assets per month from January 2014, including about 2 trillion yen in Japanese government bonds and about 10 trillion yen in treasury bills. The move to double the inflation goal was forecast by 21 of the 23 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said earlier today that the 2 percent inflation target would represent substantial progress.

Demand for the euro was bolstered ahead of German data forecast to show an improvement in economic sentiment. The ZEW Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim will probably say today its index of investor and analyst expectations, which aims to predict economic developments six months in advance, climbed to 12 this month, the highest since April, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. That compares with a reading of 6.9 in December.

In the U.S., sales of existing homes probably climbed 1.2 percent to a 5.1 million annual rate last month, the strongest since November 2009, according to the median estimate of economists polled by Bloomberg before the National Association of Realtors publishes the figures today. Another report this week may say new-home sales picked up to a 385,000 annual pace, the best showing since April 2010.

EUR/USD: during the Asian session, the pair rose to $1.3355.

GBP/USD: during the Asian session, the pair rose to $1.5860.

USD/JPY: during the Asian session, the pair traded in the range of Y88.90-Y90.15.

UK borrowing data due for release at 0930GMT, with CBI trends at 1100GMT providing domestic interest.

(pare/closed(00:00 GMT +02:00)/change, %)

EUR/USD $1,3313 -0,05%

GBP/USD $1,5829 -0,28%

USD/CHF Chf0,9323 -0,19%

USD/JPY Y89,59 -0,50%

EUR/JPY Y119,28 +0,04%

GBP/JPY Y141,84 -0,75%

AUD/USD $1,0515 +0,08%

NZD/USD $0,8360 -0,05%

USD/CAD C$0,9927 +0,10%

04:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision - 0.10% 0.10%

04:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement -

04:30 Japan All Industry Activity Index, m/m November +0.2% -0.3%

07:30 Japan BOJ Press Conference -

09:00 Eurozone ECOFIN Meetings January

09:30 United Kingdom PSNB, bln December 15.3 13.4

10:00 Germany ZEW Survey - Economic Sentiment January 6.9 12.2

10:00 Eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment January 7.6 14.1

11:00 United Kingdom CBI industrial order books balance January -12 -10

13:30 Canada Retail Sales, m/m November +0.7% 0.0%

13:30 Canada Retail Sales ex Autos, m/m November +1.7%

15:00 U.S. Existing Home Sales December 5.04 5.09

15:00 U.S. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index January 5 4

18:00 Eurozone ECB President Mario Draghi Speaks -