Forex news and forecasts archive for 2005-02-04

04/02/2005 08:56 Japan Dec coincident indicator index 33.3 - Govt

04/02/2005 08:57 Japan Dec leading indicator index 40.0 - Govt

04/02/2005 09:10 U.S. Dollar Gains on Euro Following Positive U.S. Economic Data

04/02/2005 09:19 Tokyo's NIKKEI average unofficially ends down 0.25% at 11,360.40 points

04/02/2005 09:39 Bank of Spain Gov says economic growth should improve this year

04/02/2005 10:48 French industry sees demand slowing down in Q1 2005 vs Q4 2004

04/02/2005 10:49 French industry demand declines slightly in Jan 2005 vs Oct 2004

04/02/2005 11:03 Spain's December calendar adj. industrial production +0.9%y/y

04/02/2005 11:04 Spain's December unadj. industrial production +1.3%y/y

04/02/2005 11:07 Swiss National Bank sets repo rate at 0.62%

04/02/2005 11:24 CAC 40 index up 13.59 points to 3,942.53 points

04/02/2005 11:25 DAX index up +16.60 points to 4,298.24 points

04/02/2005 11:34 Eurozone inflation gauge 93.8 in Dec vs revised 96.0 in Nov

04/02/2005 13:05 Italy Jan preliminary EU-harmonized CPI -0.9%m/m, +2.1%y/y

04/02/2005 13:06 Italy Jan preliminary CPI 0.0%m/m, +1.9%y/y

04/02/2005 13:07 Eurozone Jan inflation estimated at +2.1%y/y vs +2.4%y/y in Dec

04/02/2005 13:07 Eurozone Dec retail sales +0.2%m/m, +0.5%y/y

04/02/2005 13:08 Eurozone Nov retail sales revised -0.1%m/m, +0.2%y/y

04/02/2005 14:10 German Dec manufacturing orders +7.1% m/m (domestic +8.8%, foreign +5.3%)

04/02/2005 14:10 German Dec capital goods orders +12.8% m/m (domestic +17.8%, foreign +8.9%)

04/02/2005 14:11 German Dec intermediate goods orders +1.5% m/m (domestic +2.2%, foreign +0.4%)

04/02/2005 14:11 German Dec consumer goods orders +1.8% m/m (domestic +1.9%, foreign +1.4%)

04/02/2005 14:45 Dollar Firm Ahead of Payrolls, G7

04/02/2005 15:06 Canada Jan unemployment rate 7.0%, unchanged from Dec

04/02/2005 15:06 Canada Jan employment -5700, full time -2100, part time -3600

04/02/2005 15:07 Canada Jan factory jobs +13.900, construction +10.300, transport +6.300

04/02/2005 15:08 Canada Jan avg hourly wages of permanent employees +3.00% vs Jan 2004

04/02/2005 15:35 Italy deficit/GDP 3% in 2005

04/02/2005 15:38 Dollar, Gold Down in European Trading

04/02/2005 15:59 Tokyo Stocks Slip; Dollar Up Against Yen

04/02/2005 16:33 US Jan nonfarm payrolls +146000 vs 133000 in Dec

04/02/2005 16:34 US Jan jobless rate 5.2% vs 5.4%

04/02/2005 16:34 US Jan avg hourly earnings +0.2% vs +0.2% in Dec

04/02/2005 16:35 US Jan avg workweek 33.7 vs 33.8 in Dec

04/02/2005 16:52 Greenspan says market forces seem poised to stabilize, maybe cut US current account gap

04/02/2005 16:52 Greenspan says US fiscal restraint would help reduce current account gap

04/02/2005 16:53 Greenspan says willingness of foreign exporters to accept lower profits has kept US import prices lo

04/02/2005 16:54 Greenspan says higher US import prices would cut import volume, effect on value uncertain

04/02/2005 16:55 Greenspan says US exporters' profits climbing

04/02/2005 16:55 Greenspan says US current account gap cannot widen forever

04/02/2005 16:56 Greenspan says Asian central bank dollar purchases may be supporting dollar, bonds

04/02/2005 17:24 Forces aligned to stabilize US trade gap-Greenspan