U.K. Home Prices Tumble Lower, BoE Quarterly Bulletin Supports Sterling Weakness

Fundamental Headlines

• Goldman, Morgan Scrap Wall Street Model, Become Banks in Bid to Ride Out Crisis - Wall Street Journal
• Short-Sale Ban Spreads Around Globe - Wall Street Journal
• Dollar slips amid US fiscal worries - Financial Times
• New York Loses More Jobs, London Homes Drop in Race for Bottom - Bloomberg
• Dollar May Get `Crushed' as Traders Weigh Up Bailout - Bloomberg

GBPUSD - The Rightmove house price index declined for the fourth consecutive month, falling 3.3% from last year. Declining home values paired with tightening credit conditions have certainly taken a toll on Europe's second largest economy, and conditions may only get worse as the U.K. is on the brink of a recession. Market turmoil has clearly intensified in the credit sector as HBOS, the biggest mortgage lender in the U.K., has been taken over by TSB Lloyds last week. Meanwhile, the BoE quarterly bulletin stated that the central bank expects the downturn in the global economy to worsen over the coming months, and said that ongoing credit crunch may last until 2010.

USDJPY - The all industry activity index increased to 0.8% from -0.9% in June due to an improved reading in the tertiary and construction index. Meanwhile, supermarket sales fell 1.0% in August, signaling that Japanese consumers may continue to cutback on spending has they face higher living costs. Furthermore, convenience store sales slipped to 5.3% from a record high reading of 11.7% in July, which suggests that spending conditions may remain subdued for the rest of the year.

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