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Forex News and Rumors for October 17th, 2008 – Afternoon Update

Loonie Continues its Free Fall

As fears of a recession in the U.S. continue to dominate the news, investors shy away from the loonie on worries that demand for oil and other commodities exported by Canada will decline even further.

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U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls to All-Time Low

The U.S. Consumer Confidence fell to an all-time low last month with little in the way of good news on the horizon.

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Oil Jumps $4 a Barrel on OPEC Cut Rumor

Speculation that OPEC will cut production after next week’s meeting pushed crude prices up by $4 a barrel in trading on Friday.

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Today’s Global
Market Events
8:30am

CAD
Manufacturing Sales m/m
0.4% vs. -0.3%
USD
Building Permits
0.73M vs. 0.75M
USD
Housing Starts
0.69M vs. 0.65M
9:15am

USD
Capacity Utilization Rate
78.9% vs. 78.6%
USD
Industrial Production m/m
0.6% vs. 0.0%
10:00am

EUR
ECB President Draghi Speaks
USD
Mortgage Delinquencies
7.58%
10:30am

USD
Crude Oil Inventories
1.5M vs. 3.7M
2:00pm

USD
FOMC Meeting Minutes
6:45pm

NZD
PPI Input q/q
0.0% vs. 0.5%
NZD
PPI Output q/q
0.2% vs. 0.1%
7:50pm

JPY
Prelim GDP q/q
0.9% vs. -0.2%
JPY
Prelim GDP Price Index y/y
-1.4% vs. -1.8%
9:00pm

AUD
MI Inflation Expectations
3.3%