European session: the dollar continues to strengthen

Data

01:30 Australia Unemployment rate July 5.2% 5.3% 5.2%
01:30 Australia Changing the number of employed July -27.0 +10.3 +14.0
01:30 China CPI y/y July +2.2% +1.7% +1.8%
01:30 China PPI y/y July -2.1% -2.6% -2.9%
03:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision - 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
03:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement -
05:00 Japan Consumer Confidence July 40.4 40.8 39.7
05:30 China Industrial Production y/y July +9.5% +9.8% +9.2%
05:30 China Retail Sales y/y July +13.7% +13.6% +13.1%
07:00 Japan BOJ Press Conference -
08:00 Eurozone ECB Monthly Report August
08:30 United Kingdom Trade in goods June -8.4 -8.5 -10.1

The euro shows a decline against the dollar for the third consecutive day. On this trend has affected the information that the European Central Bank economists have cut growth forecasts for 2013 to 0.6% from 1%. The single currency against the backdrop of such data has also declined against the yen.

The New Zealand dollar fell after a report showed that the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to two-year high last quarter. The unemployment rate in the country increased to 6.8% in the second quarter from 6.7% in the first quarter.

The yen traded erratically against the dollar after the Bank of Japan refrained from increasing incentives. Bank of Japan kept its fund asset purchases of $ 45 trillion yen and lending funds to 25 trillion yen bag are his work.

The Australian dollar strengthened against most of the 16 major currencies. As shown by the data, the number of people employed in the country increased by 14,000 in July, compared with analysts' expectations at 10,000. The unemployment rate fell to 5.2% compared with the revised figure in June at 5.3%.

Asian currencies strengthened after China reported that inflation has declined substantially in July, while increasing the chance that politicians will take additional measures to stimulate economic growth

EUR/USD: during the European session, the pair has fallen sharply, updating the previous day at least

GBP/USD: a pair declined by more than half of the figure, losing half of yesterday's growth

USD/JPY: during the European session, the pair traded erratically, setting a minimum of around Y78.28, which is tested twice, but was never able to overcome the