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Bernanke reiterated what we already know, that quantitative easing is coming, but he didn’t offer new specifics. The Dollar fell following his speech, but then rebounded in NY trading on profit taking and some risk aversion in US stocks. We leave this week with the Dollar near parity against the Australian and Canadian Dollars, and near multi-month lows vs the Pound and Euro. News Provided by CMS Forex www.cmsforex.com Forex Market Analyst Nick Nasad

The main theme today was Euro weakness as there was more worrisome news regarding Ireland and it was revealed that the ECB bought a large amount of bonds last week. The EUR/USD slid from its highs near 1.38. The USD was a bit stronger as US stocks slid, despite some positive US fundamentals in the form of a decent pending home sales report and good levels of capital purchases by US companies in August. News Provided by CMS Forex www.cmsforex.com Forex Market Analyst Nick Nasad

Today’s US jobs data — while not great by any stretch of the imagination — did help ease some of the more pessimistic outlooks about the US as not only did the economy have a better number of private jobs created in August, the upward revision for June and July were a welcome sign. Stocks were up as was risk appetite, meaning our commodity currencies tied to global growth like AUD, CAD, NZD jumped, as did higher yielders – the EUR and GBP. Safe haven currencies like JPY, CHF, and USD weakened. News Provided by CMS Forex www.cmsfx.com Market Analyst Nick Nasad

Currency markets mainly consolidated ahead of tomorrow’s non-farm payroll report. The ECB extended its unlimited cash to banks throughout this year, an attempt to not take away special liquidity measure when financial markets remain fragile. US data showed labor productivity slid in the 2nd quarter – a sign companies may have to start hiring, while a measure of pending home sales surprised on the upside – a rare positive release for the US housing market.

Manufacturing releases from China and the US, and a very strong 2nd quarter GDP report from Australia helped to propel global stocks to strong gains. In NY morning trading the Dow Jones Index for instance was up 240 points. That helped “”higher yielders” like the Australian and Canadian Dollars, the Euro and the Pound gain on safe haven currencies like the US Dollar. News Provided by CMS Forex www.cmsforex.com Market Analyst Nick Nasad

The US Dollar slid against its major rivals as higher global equities helped to dampen demand for safe-haven currencies like the US Dollar and Japanese Yen. The weakness in the Dollar overnight was also due to the weak data that has come out this week, which has led to increased speculation that Fed Chairman Bernanke may suggest further quantitative easing during his speech on Friday at the Jackson Hole Symposium. News Provided by CMS Forex www.cmsfx.com Market Analyst Nick Nasad

Bernanke outlined what he thinks the central bank will have to do if the economy continues to weaken further. Steps include more quantitative easing or lowering the rate paid to banks to hold reserves with the Fed. Still, he tried to focus on the sustainability of the recovery, and tried to calm fears over deflation. The result was a rally in stock and risk appetite which helped to power higher yielders higher (like the Euro, Aussie) vs. safe-have assets (Yen and Dollar). News Provided by CMS Forex www.cmsfx.com Market Analyst Nick Nasad