January 9, 2014 - Daily News
Today's Highlights assets: EUR, GBP, USD
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting were released , but a very limited amount of information to be released , and not the pace of future reduction settings. However , officials did state that they believe the benefits of quantitative easing is to ease over time , there is only one official to vote against the slowing pace of procurement . U.S. stocks fell as the meeting fueled speculation stimulus cuts may increase . In the S% P 500 index closed down 0.02 percent , while the Dow Jones closed down 0.41 percent . A series of Chinese Asian stock markets fell after the data came out worse than expected. Completed a comprehensive stock lower , the Nikkei index fell 1.50% , the Hang Seng fell 0.96 percent . European stock markets also opened mixed as investors wait from 0:45 to speak ECB interest decision (Greenwich Mean Time ) and Draghi , 13:30 ( GMT time ) .
WTI crude oil fell yesterday's five-week low after data showed gasoline and distillate inventories rose . It has been trading in a flat channel , but we may see higher prices because of Libya tensions are on the rise and demand may increase because of the cold weather in the United States . Gold prices were little changed , following the meeting. We may not see further action until the non-farm payrolls figures are released on Friday . Due to the low price , we can see an increase in physical demand can push prices up in the short term .
Today's main activities:
11.00 GMT : EUR - German industrial production - manufacturer of measuring output , mines and utilities production of the total inflation-adjusted value changes.
12.00 GMT : The Bank of England sterling interest rate decision (BOE) Monetary Policy Committee members voted to set the rate where
12.45 GMT : EUR - Interest rate decisions - six members of the European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Committee and where to set the rate of the euro zone central bank governors of 16 votes
13.30 GMT : EUR - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi speech - Mario Draghi ( born September 3, 1947 ) is an Italian banker and economist who has been Italy 's central bank governor and succeeded Jean-Claude Trichet as European Central Bank president since November 2011 . As the European Central Bank , in charge of controlling short-term interest rates , he influenced the value of the euro more than any other person
13.30 GMT : USD - Initial jobless claims - who measures in the past week the number of individuals applying for unemployment insurance for the first time . This is the earliest U.S. economic data , but the impact on the market varies from week to week .
