17:33  SashaSy: особо умные в евросоюзе уже ждут 1,1815 )))))

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17:34  73T: все снят с пробега по фую

17:35  МЕДВЕД: kav 17:26 - 98,975

17:40  kav: МЕДВЕД спасиба бальшой

17:42  Jerry: SashaSy 17:33 ,utebja et tose vosmosnost stat odnim iz nih:)

17:42  SashaSy: стратеги

17:43  SashaSy: Jerry 17:42 гггггггггггг) но не ща

17:46  SashaSy: Forex - Euro spikes towards all-time dollar high after buoyant Ifo

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The euro rose by more than a cent towards its
all-time high against the dollar after the closely watched Ifo survey of German
business sentiment came in above market expectations, further reinforcing
expectations that the European Central Bank will not cut rates any time soon.
Earlier in the session, the euro had come under pressure on talk the Ifo
would disappoint to the downside.
Ifo's headline business climate index rose to 104.1 in February from 103.4
the previous month. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial News expected the index
to drop to 102.7.
Talk in the market before the release was that it would fall to 101.0 had
pushed the euro down to 1.4777 usd from 1.4839 usd.
"In terms of the ECB, Ifo sees little pressure from the German economic
outlook to pressurise the Bank in to changing rates and advises the ECB to 'wait
for now'," said Stuart Bennett, senior FX strategist at Calyon.
"However, whilst the survey suggest that the business sector is holding up
surprisingly well, Q4 07 GDP data released earlier still point to overall
weakness," he added.
According to the Federal Statistics Office, German GDP grew 0.3 pct in the
fourth quarter compared with the 0.7 pct growth in the third quarter of last
year, with consumer spending particularly weak.
Despite that growth slowdown in the euro zone's largest economy, the Ifo
report is likely to stoke talk that the ECB's next forecasts in early March will
be relatively buoyant, thereby fuelling expectations that the central bank will
keep borrowing costs on hold for a while longer.
The ECB has kept its key refi rate unchanged at 4.00 pct for eight months,
unlike the Federal Reserve Board and the Bank of England, both of which are
cutting rates, helping to underpin the euro.
"The stronger Ifo may give some support to the ECB hawks' case to delay
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17:47  SashaSy: easing much longer," said David Brown, chief European economist at Bear Stearns.
"We expect that the ECB will announce an easing bias in March and finally
cut rates in April," he added.
Most ECB watchers expect the central bank to stay pat until June.
A speech today from Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank, will be
closely monitored.
The worries ahead of the Ifo's release came after some solid US economic
news helped support the dollar against the single currency, while affirmation
that monoliners MBIA and Ambac had retained their AAA status helped boost risk
appetite, to the detriment of the yen against the US currency.
The Japanese currency has been on the offensive in recent months as the
turmoil in financial markets capped demand for carry trades, where money is
borrowed in low-yielding currencies, mainly the yen, to invest in areas with
high interest rates
Today's US economic news is unlikely to alter market expectations that the
Fed will cut its benchmark funds rate further on March 18.
The producer price index is expected to have increased 0.3 pct in January
following a 0.1 pct fall in December, with the core rate, which excludes food
and energy, up 0.2 pct for the second month running.
Meanwhile, the Conference Board's estimate of consumer confidence is
expected to decline, to a level of 81.3 this month from 87.9 in January.
Elsewhere, the pound was steady as the monthly retail sales survey from the
Confederation of British Industry pointed to slowing consumer demand at the same
time as mounting price pressures.
Analysts said this combination is likely to keep the Bank of England's
rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee on hold for the time being.
"We do expect the MPC to cut rates further over time, but continue to expect
that easing will be gradual rather than rapid," said Michael Saunders, chief UK
economist

17:53  AlexGrig: Jerry а что такое тогда фьючерс на индекс S&P 500? он не отражает настроения на фондовом рынке США? да и не только США.

17:54  news_robot: Господа, в разделе Валютный рынок появился новый комментарий

17:57  МЕДВЕД: больше мыслей по ф/ф ни у кого нет? :))))