EUR/USD continued to fall today for the fourth straight day as the advance GDP report for the fourth quarter showed a considerable decline of the economic output in U.S. The currency pair is currently trading near 1.2795.
GDP (advance) in the Q4 of 2008 decreased at an annual rate of 3.8%. The decline followed 0.5% contraction in the third quarter, but was significantly below the estimated 5.4% drop.
Chicago PMI declined from 35.1 to 33.3 in January, while a drop only to 34.9 was expected by the market participants.
Michigan Sentiment Index rose above the previous months value of 60.1 (which was revised down from 61.9) in January and was reported at 61.2. The average forecast for this index was at 61.9 for January.
