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FX Solutions Forex Analysis Archive

Below you will be able to search the entire forex analysis archive added by FX Solutions . You may filter the results, by category and year.
 
Categories: Market Analysis - Fundamental - Technical - Futures - Central Banks   | 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009
 
On 30-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/30/2008 - EUR/USD
12/30/2008 – EUR/USD – A couple of days before 2009, erratic priceaction on the EUR/USD daily chart, as shown, continues to waver in asideways consolidation. This trading range has been in effect ... Read More

On 29-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/29/2008 - USD/JPY
12/29/2008 – USD/JPY – Within the context of a continuing downtrend on the USD/JPY (a daily chart of which is shown), price action approaching the New Year has made a pullback retracement back up ... Read More

On 24-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/23/2008 - USD/CHF
12/23/2008 – USD/CHF – After plummeting more than 1800 pips since earlyDecember, price action on the USD/CHF (a daily chart of which is shown)corrected to the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement l... Read More

On 22-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/22/2008 - EUR/USD
12/22/2008 – EUR/USD – Within the context of the remarkable bullish run of the past couple of weeks, price action on EUR/USD (a daily chart of which is shown) has retraced to a significant support... Read More

On 21-12-2008
The Silly Season
Market Directions December 21, 2008 In journalism it is the month of August when all the newsmakers are on vacation. The business movers are in the Hamptons, the political shakers ar... Read More

On 19-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/19/2008 - USD/JPY
12/19/2008 – USD/JPY – With the Bank of Japan cutting the overnightlending rate to 0.1%, among other relevant announcements from the BOJ,an upward retracement in the long embattled USD/JPY pair co... Read More

On 18-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/18/2008 - AUD/USD
12/18/2008 – AUD/USD – With the recent U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut to a record low, the interest rate differential between AUD and USD has widened to a substantial 4.00%. As shown on the accompa... Read More

On 17-12-2008
Deflation Economics and the Dollar
Deflation is one of those semi-mysterious economic events that is often talked about but rarely seen.  In simple terms it is a general and persistent decline in prices. For the consumer that migh... Read More

On 17-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/17/2008 - EUR/USD
12/17/2008 – EUR/USD – Bullish price action on the key EUR/USD pair (adaily chart of which is shown) has been nothing short of remarkable,especially after the Fed cut rates to a record low. As of ... Read More

On 16-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/16/2008 - USD/CAD
12/16/2008 – USD/CAD – After having hit a tentative triple top formation with a confirming shooting star pattern on the third test of the 1.3000 level, the USD/CAD (a daily chart of which is shown... Read More

On 15-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/15/2008 - EUR/USD
12/15/2008 – EUR/USD – Dramatic bullishness within the last several days on EUR/USD (a daily chart of which is shown) has reached a significant downtrend resistance line (in red). This occurs afte... Read More

On 12-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/12/2008 - GBP/JPY
12/12/2008 – GBP/JPY – Relatively low recent volatility on GBP/JPY (a daily chart of which is shown) has been simultaneously consolidating and inching lower in its bid to drop below recent decade-... Read More

On 11-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/11/2008 - EUR/USD
12/11/2008 – EUR/USD – Thursday’s price action on EUR/USD (a daily chart of which is shown) has made a decisive bullish break of the triangle consolidation that it had been entrenched in for the... Read More

On 10-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/10/2008 - EUR/CHF
12/10/2008 – EUR/CHF – Price action on the key EUR/CHF cross, a daily chart of which is shown, has just reached and slightly retreated from a critical resistance juncture. At the current price reg... Read More

On 09-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/09/2008 - GBP/USD
12/09/2008 – GBP/USD – Languishing near 6-year lows, GBP/USD (a daily chart of which is shown) is currently adhering closely to a significant downtrend resistance line. After having just tested, t... Read More

On 08-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/08/2008 - AUD/USD
12/08/2008 – AUD/USD – As noted on last Thursday’s Chart of the Day, price action on the AUD/USD daily chart, as shown, was wavering in the middle of a well-formed triangle pattern. As of Monday... Read More

On 08-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/08/2008 - AUD/USD
12/08/2008 – AUD/USD – As noted on last Thursday’s Chart of the Day, price action on the AUD/USD daily chart, as shown, was wavering in the middle of a well-formed triangle pattern. As of Monday... Read More

On 05-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/05/2008 - EUR/GBP
 EUR/GBP – Currently near record levels, the key EUR/GBP cross (a daily chart of which is shown) has surpassed the recent decade-plus high for the pair set just last month at around 0.8660.... Read More

On 04-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/04/2008 - AUD/USD
12/04/2008 – AUD/USD – Much like the consolidations that have been prevailing in other currency pairs lately, the AUD/USD (a daily chart of which is shown) has been forming a large symmetrical tri... Read More

On 03-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/03/2008 - GBP/USD
12/03/2008 – GBP/USD – Price action within the last three months on thekey GBP/USD pair (a 4-hour chart of which is shown) has beencharacterized by a series of chart pattern breakdowns. On theacco... Read More

On 02-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/02/2008 - USD/CAD
12/02/2008 – USD/CAD – The key USD/CAD pair (a daily chart of which is shown) is giving off some clear, yet conflicting, technical signals. After coming down from a rather precise double test of t... Read More

On 01-12-2008
Market Directions
The Yen Without Qualities In December 1989 the Nikkei Index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed at 38,915.87. Nineteen years later it is at 8,512.27. The current Bank of Jap... Read More

On 01-12-2008
Chart of the Day - 12/01/2008 - EUR/USD
12/01/2008 – EUR/USD – Price action on the EUR/USD daily chart, as shown, has retraced almost its entire bullish breakout run of early last week. This may be viewed as simply a continuation of the... Read More

On 26-11-2008
The Euro Bubble: Part Two
The August 2007 to July 2008 euro bubble ended spectacularly. In three months of trading the united currency lost almost quarter of its value against the dollar.   Valuations in bubble marke... Read More

On 10-11-2008
The Sincerest Flattery
American equity investors are worried about the incoming Obama administration. The Democratic candidate’s campaign promises to raise capital gains and marginal tax rates are viewed by many as... Read More

On 03-11-2008
Market Directions
Carry Trade VolatilityThe demise of the carry trade and its associated components is without parallel in the history of modern currency trading.  But the extra... Read More

On 05-10-2008
The Uncertainty Principle
If markets are forced to choose between a known negative and an uncertainty they will favor the negative. The sub-prime debacle and its dire effects on the American financial system have bee... Read More

On 22-09-2008
A Brief History of the Financial Crisis
The outlines of the financial and credit crisis are clear though the blame will be argued and discussed far into the future.  Three primary causes played out over the past decade culminating i... Read More

On 08-09-2008
First in First Out
There was little good news for the American economy in the August Non Farm Payroll report. The unemployment rate jumped 0.4% to 6.1% and 142,000 jobs slid into non existence. This brought the total... Read More

On 01-09-2008
A Tale of Three Markets
Equity traders watch currencies, oil traders watch the dollar and lately everyone watches the price of oil. The relationship between the price of crude oil and the value of the dollar has been unus... Read More

On 24-08-2008
The Return of History
The fall of the euro from the heights does not mean that traders have resigned from recent currency history. Even after its unprecedented fall the united currency has only now returned to the middl... Read More

On 17-08-2008
The Euro Bubble
The euro has fallen 8.6% in value against the dollar in month, 4.3% in seven trading days. Currency markets are highly speculative and are not usually spoken of as having bubbles. But what else sho... Read More

On 15-08-2008
TICS Research Note
When does the weak dollar negatively affect foreign investment in the United States?  Looking at the recent record of the Treasury International Capital System from the Department of the Treas... Read More

On 11-08-2008
The Dollar’s Excellent Week
When economic fundamentals, central bank rate policy, and technical analysis align the currency market can experience the rare tsunami that struck the euro this past week.   From M... Read More

On 05-08-2008
Diagramming the Fed
All market focus will be on the Fed at 2:15 pm and all attention will be paid to a few sentences in the FOMC statement concerning inflation.  The Fed will leave the Fed Funds rate unaltered at... Read More

On 03-08-2008
Europe and America at the Crossroads
It has taken a year for the US economy to stop falling. In June and July the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Index registered its first two months at or above 50 since January. ... Read More

On 30-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/30/2008 - EUR/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 29-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/29/2008 - USD/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 28-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/28/2008 - EUR/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Pric... Read More

On 27-07-2008
Yen Cross Basics
Three terms have resurfaced in the currency markets recently, carry trade, risk aversion and risk appetite. The euro/yen cross is once again popular. Have world economic and financial conditions so... Read More

On 25-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/25/2008 - USD/CAD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Pric... Read More

On 24-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/24/2008 - GBP/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Pric... Read More

On 23-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/23/2008 - USD/CHF
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Pric... Read More

On 22-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/22/2008 - EUR/CHF
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Pric... Read More

On 21-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/21/2008 - GBP/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Pric... Read More

On 18-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/18/2008 - USD/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 17-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/17/2008 - EUR/GBP
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 16-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/16/2008 - EUR/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 15-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/15/2008 - GBP/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 15-07-2008
Market Directions
Recession European Style? European leaders are nervous.  Peer Steinbrueck, the German Finance minister said "we had a sensationally good first quarter, w... Read More

On 14-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/14/2008 - USD/CAD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 11-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/11/2008 - EUR/GBP
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 10-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/10/2008 - EUR/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 09-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/09/2008 - USD/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Pric... Read More

On 08-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/08/2008 - EUR/GBP
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 07-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/07/2008 - GBP/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 07-07-2008
Back to the Baseline
Ben Bernanke warns the market about inflation and a weak dollar but forgoes a rate hike. Jean Claude Trichet raises rates but drops verbal intervention. Six months is an age in the currency markets... Read More

On 03-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/03/2008 - EUR/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 02-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/02/2008 - GBP/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 01-07-2008
Chart of the Day - 7/01/2008 - AUD/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 30-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/30/2008 - EUR/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 30-06-2008
A Case of Excessive Expectations
Are currency traders as inept at predicting Federal Reserve policy as they seem? Judging from the reaction in the euro dollar to the FOMC statement on Wednesday their forecasting skills are unremar... Read More

On 27-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/27/2008 - USD/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 26-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/26/2008 - GBP/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 25-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/25/2008 - USD/CHF
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 24-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/24/2008 - USD/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, S... Read More

On 23-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/23/2008 - EUR/JPY
6/23/2008 – EUR/JPY – After breaking out above a long-term downtrend resistance line in early June, price action on the EUR/JPY daily chart, as shown, is hinting at a weakening of upward momentum.... Read More

On 23-06-2008
A Falling Tide Lowers All Boats
A Falling Tide Lowers All Boats Wherever you look the financial forecasters are pointing down. The economically decoupled world, where United States grows and slows al... Read More

On 20-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/20/2008 - GBP/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; downtrend line in red; hor... Read More

On 19-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/19/2008 - EUR/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; horizontal support/resista... Read More

On 18-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/18/2008 - USD/CAD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; uptrend line in green; dow... Read More

On 17-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/17/2008 - USD/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; uptrend line in green; dow... Read More

On 16-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/16/2008 - AUD/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; uptrend lines in green; ho... Read More

On 15-06-2008
The View from the Other Side, the ECB’s Inflation Economics
Wages, wages, wages. If Jean Claude Trichet has never actually paraphrased the real estate cliché he certainly knows what it means. For the European Central Bank (ECB) the inflation fight ha... Read More

On 13-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/13/2008 - EUR/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; downtrend line in red; upt... Read More

On 12-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/12/2008 - GBP/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; downtrend line in red; hor... Read More

On 11-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/11/2008 - USD/CHF
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; downtrend lines in red; 50... Read More

On 10-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/10/2008 - EUR/GBP
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; uptrend line in gre... Read More

On 10-06-2008
Chaos Theory
Jean Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) has to be a bit surprised at some of his handiwork. The collapse in the dollar and the Dow and the record rise in crude oil were no... Read More

On 09-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/09/2008 - EUR/USD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; downtrend line in red; upt... Read More

On 06-06-2008
USD/JPY
USD/JPY – Depending upon how the downtrend resistance line is drawn on the USD/JPY daily chart, as shown, the pair could have either already hit significant downtrend resistance yesterday (li... Read More

On 06-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/06/2008 - USD/JPY
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; downtrend lines in red; uptre... Read More

On 05-06-2008
Chart of the Day - 6/05/2008 - USD/CAD
(Chart courtesy of FX Solutions' FX AccuCharts. Price on 1st pane, Slow Stochastics on 2nd pane; downtrend lines in red; uptre... Read More

On 04-06-2008
EUR/USD
EUR/USD – Within the context of the short-term downtrend on the EUR/US... Read More

On 02-06-2008
The Crux of the Matter
The American consumer is a bit of a mystery. He and she are routinely lauded as the backbone of the American economy. They are the group whose spending decisions make up 70% of US economic activity... Read More

On 02-06-2008
EUR/USD
 EUR/USD – A sign has emerged that price action ... Read More

On 30-05-2008
USD/JPY
USD/JPY – Price action on the key USD/JPY daily chart, as shown, has reached a critical resistance level. This level is in the form of a significant long-term downtrend line ... Read More

On 29-05-2008
EUR/GBP
EUR/GBP – Like the other euro crosses, EUR/GBP (the daily chart of which is shown), is mired in somewhat of a horizontal range consolidation. This occurs after an impressive ... Read More

On 28-05-2008
EUR/USD
EUR/USD – Within the context of the current horizontal consolidation ... Read More

On 27-05-2008
EUR/JPY Daily Chart
EUR/JPY – Price on the EUR/JPY daily chart, as shown, is approaching a... Read More

On 27-05-2008
AUD/NZD
AUD/NZD – Price on the AUD/NZD long-term WEEKLY chart, as shown, has just bounced down off a very significant confluence of resistance factors today. The current bearish week... Read More

On 26-05-2008
Market Directions Sunday May 25, 2008
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On 23-05-2008
EUR/CHF
EUR/CHF – Bearish price-oscillator divergence on the EUR/CHF daily chart, as shown, helped to presage the downturn in the pair that began early in the week. This divergence i... Read More

On 18-05-2008
Market Directions Sunday May 18, 2008
The Oil Bubble? Since the 1973 when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) unleashed their oil embargo during th... Read More

On 14-05-2008
AUD/JPY
AUD/JPY – The traditionally carry-traded cross, AUD/JPY (the daily chart of which is shown), generally tends to respect trendlines and support/resistance levels exceptionally... Read More

On 14-05-2008
GBP/USD Daily Analysis
GBP/USD – With the dollar-strengthening plummet that has occurred in t... Read More

On 12-05-2008
The Sterling Connection
England is separated from the continent by the English Channel. It is joined to the United States by a common culture and language but when it comes to economics, ‘La Manche” as the Fre... Read More

On 12-05-2008
EUR/CHF
EUR/CHF – The EUR/CHF daily chart, as shown, has just bounced up off a steep, short-term uptrend line (labeled “1” on the chart) that exists within the larger con... Read More

On 09-05-2008
NZD/JPY
NZD/JPY – After breaking down below a rather well-defined inverted pennant formation on the NZD/JPY daily chart, as shown, price action has just approached a significant long... Read More

On 08-05-2008
USD/JPY
USD/JPY – A tentative breakdown of the steep, short-term uptrend line on the USD/JPY daily chart, as shown, has just been initiated by the current daily bar. This anticipated... Read More

On 07-05-2008
EUR/GBP
EUR/GBP – The EUR/GBP daily chart, as shown, has been following a nicely-angled uptrend since the last quarter of 2007. Support for this uptrend is represented on the chart b... Read More

On 06-05-2008
GBP/USD Daily Analysis
GBP/USD – Still very much in a long-term uptrend mode despite the rece... Read More

On 05-05-2008
EUR/USD
 EUR/USD – After failing to hold the all-time hi... Read More

On 04-05-2008
Ad-Libbing the Dollar
Market Directions Sunday May 4, 2008 A Federal Reserve hint, a Non Farm Payrolls less damming than feared, a contracting but not deteriorating manufacturing ISM and a barely... Read More

On 02-05-2008
AUD/USD
AUD/USD – A very long-term, gradual uptrend in the AUD/USD daily chart, as shown, has currently culminated in a well-formed rising wedge consolidation (as represented on the ... Read More

On 01-05-2008
USD/JPY
USD/JPY – Within the context of the long-term downtrend channel (with its dotted line channel extension) on the USD/JPY daily chart, as shown, price action has been marked by... Read More

On 30-04-2008
EUR/JPY
EUR/JPY Weekly ChartEUR/JPY –... Read More

On 27-04-2008
Dollar Reality
Market Directions Sunday April 27, 2008Dollar Reality Before we give the resurgence of the dollar too much credit let’s perform a realit... Read More

On 25-04-2008
USD/JPY
USD/JPY – Within the context of the long-term, steady downtrend channel on the USD/JPY daily chart, as shown, price has formed a steeply-angled rising wedge pattern (as repre... Read More

On 24-04-2008
AUD/USD
AUD/USD – As of yesterday, the AUD/USD daily chart, as shown, has once again hit and bounced down off of a key uptrend resistance level (as represented on the chart by the to... Read More

On 23-04-2008
EUR/USD
EUR/USD – Record-breaking price action yesterday on the EUR/USD daily chart, as shown, finally brokeout above the previous all-time high to surpass the psychologically-import... Read More

On 22-04-2008
GBP/USD
GBP/USD – The GBP/USD daily chart, as shown, is currently displaying some bullish technical signs. First, after breaking out above the descending wedge (represented on the ch... Read More

On 21-04-2008
EUR/JPY
EUR/JPY – After a long-term uptrend that lasted for many years on the EUR/JPY daily chart, as shown, price peaked in mid-2007. Since that peak, we have witnessed a steady yet... Read More

On 16-04-2008
EUR/GBP
EUR/GBP – How much higher can the euro climb against sterling? Price action on the EUR/GBP daily chart, as shown, displays the sheer magnitude of the steep ascent that has occurred within the... Read More

On 15-04-2008
USD/CAD
USD/CAD – The long-term USD/CAD WEEKLY chart, as displayed, shows price continuing to languish within a confined flag consolidation. Entrenched in a long-term parallel downtrend channel (represe... Read More

On 14-04-2008
The Central Bank Quadrille
The central banker’s quadrille is an elaborate and elaborate and difficult dance. The rhythm is set in the counterpoint between economic growth and inflation, the orchestra is pick up and the... Read More

On 14-04-2008
NZD/USD
NZD/USD – Today’s Chart of the Day on the NZD/USD daily chart, as shown, is simple and rather clear-cut. Within the medium-term parallel uptrend channel that has been f... Read More

On 11-04-2008
AUD/NZD
AUD/NZD – The long-term AUD/NZD WEEKLY chart, as shown, is displaying some strong support/resistance dynamics at play. Perhaps most importantly, the horizontal support/resistanc... Read More

On 10-04-2008