The Loonie trades strongly after better than expected GDP numbers

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In Europe, the Head of the Dutch Central Banker, Klaas Knot, lowered market expectations for a significant stimulus package at the next ECB meeting. He said the European economy, “doesn't yet warrant the resumption of quantitative easing.” He added that Q.E. should not resume unless the current slowdown worsens. The EUR/USD pair spiked on his comments. However, the incoming ECB President Christine Lagarde signaled that she would “follow Mario Draghi in keeping monetary policy ultra-loose.”

In New Zealand, the NZD/USD pair fell towards 0.6289, despite data showing that New Zealand consumer confidence rose in August. Furthermore, July building permits came in at 1.3 percent month to month, which was better than the previous -4 percent. At the time of this writing, the NZD/USD is trading at 0.6311, and it looks ready to continue bouncing during the North American session. Finally, Australia is on track to run its first current-account surplus since 1975. However, the cash rate is at a record low of 1 percent and forecast to drop to 0.5 percent next year..