Hi there James here
Well today was another good day in the live lounge took 3-4 good trades 1 good news trade so all in all ok
ECB left rates unchanged at 4.25% as widely expected.Trichet once again tried to sound hawkish, noting that upside risks to price stability had been confirmed by recent data and stressing the need to avoid broad-based second-round effects. Regarding growth, Trichet said that down risks to growth prevail and Eurozone is undergoing an "episode of weak activity." In the the Q&A session, Trichet said that ECB has no bias at the moment. Staff projections for 2008 GDP growth was lowered from 1.5-2.1% to 1.1-1.7% and that of 2009 was changed from 1.0-2.0% to 1.6-1.8%. Inflation forecasts was revised from 3.2-3.6% to 3.4-3.6% in 2008 and 1.8-3.0% to 2.3-2.9% in 2009.
BoE left rates unchanged at 5.0% as widely expected. No statement was issued and focus will turn to minutes to be published on Sep 17. Data from US saw ADP employment dropped -33k in Aug versus expectation of -30k. Jobless claims jumped to 444k. Q2 labor cost was revised down to -0.5% while productivity was up to 4.3%. Data released in European session saw UK Halifax house price dropped more by -10.9% yoy in Aug. Germany Factory orders dropped -1.7% mom, -0.7% yoy in Jul. ISM non-manufacturing index, Natural Gas Storage and Crude inventories will be released later in the US session.
Tomorrow is the big news day with non-farmpayrol so hang on to your wallets.
Sould be able to get a few trades out of it see you all tomorrow
Below are some of the trades we did today
Cheers for now
