The beginner's guide to FX trading
Dec 17 | Tuesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:00 | NZD | ANZ Business Confidence | med | -26.4 | |||
| 00:30 | AUD | Home Loans (m/m) | med | 3.6% | |||
| 09:30 | GBP | Average Earnings Index (3m y/y) | med | 3.4% | 3.6% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | Unemployment Rate | med | 3.9% | 3.8% | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | Trade Balance | low | 18.3B | |||
| 13:30 | CAD | Manufacturing Sales (m/m) | med | -0.2% | |||
| 13:30 | USD | Building Permits | med | 1,405.0k | 1,461.0k | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Housing Starts | med | 1,340.0k | 1,314.0k | ||
| 14:15 | USD | Capacity Utilization Rate | med | 77.4% | 76.7% | ||
| 14:15 | USD | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | 0.8% | -0.8% | ||
| 17:30 | USD | Fed's Williams holds press briefing | med | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | Fed's Rosengren speaks in New York | med | ||||
| 23:30 | AUD | Westpac-MI Leading Index (m/m) | low | -0.07% | |||
| 23:50 | JPY | Exports (y/y) | med | -8.8% | -9.2% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Imports (y/y) | med | -12.3% | -14.8% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Trade Balance (nsa) | med | -350.0B | 15.7B* | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Trade Balance | med | -57.0B | -34.7B | ||
Dec 18 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:00 | AUD | Internet Vacancy Index (m/m) | low | -0.9% | |||
| 07:00 | EUR | German PPI (m/m) | low | -0.2% | |||
| 07:00 | EUR | German PPI (y/y) | low | -0.6% | |||
| 09:00 | EUR | German IFO Business Climate | high | 95.5 | 95.0 | ||
| 09:00 | EUR | German IFO Current Conditions | high | 98.1 | 97.9 | ||
| 09:00 | EUR | German IFO Expectations | high | 93.0 | 92.1 | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | CPI (m/m) | high | 1.5% | -0.2% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | CPI (y/y) | high | 1.5% | 1.5% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | PPI Input (m/m) | med | 0.4% | -1.3% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | PPI Input (y/y) | med | -2.2% | -5.1% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | PPI Output (m/m) | low | 0.1% | -0.1% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | PPI Output (y/y) | low | 0.8% | 0.8% | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | CPI (y/y) | med | 1.0% | 0.7% | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | Core CPI (y/y) | med | 1.3% | 1.3% | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | Construction Output (m/m) | low | 0.7% | |||
| 10:00 | EUR | Construction Output (y/y) | low | -0.7% | |||
| 10:15 | USD | Fed's Brainard speaks in Frankfurt | med | ||||
| 13:30 | CAD | CPI (m/m) | high | 0.3% | |||
| 13:30 | CAD | CPI (y/y) | high | 1.9% | |||
| 17:40 | USD | Fed's Evans speaks in Minneapolis | med | ||||
| 21:45 | NZD | GDP (m/m) | high | 0.5% | 0.5% | ||
| 21:45 | NZD | Trade Balance | med | -700.0M | -1,013.0M | ||
Dec 19 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | GBP | Official Bank Rate | high | 0.75% | 0.75% | ||
| All Day | GBP | Asset Purchase Facility | high | 4.5B | 435.0B | ||
| All Day | JPY | BoJ 10y Yield Target | high | 0.0% | |||
| All Day | JPY | BoJ Policy Balance Rate | high | -0.1% | |||
| 00:30 | AUD | Employment Change | high | 15.0 | -19.0 | ||
| 00:30 | AUD | Participation Rate | high | 66.0 | 66.0 | ||
| 00:30 | AUD | Unemployment Rate | high | 5.3% | 5.3% | ||
| 05:30 | JPY | Tokyo Department Store (y/y) | med | -19.0% | |||
| 07:45 | EUR | French Business Survey | med | 99.0 | 100.0 | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | Core Retail Sales (m/m) | high | 0.4% | -0.3% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | Core Retail Sales (y/y) | high | 2.1% | 2.7% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | Retail Sales (m/m) | high | 0.5% | -0.1% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | Retail Sales (y/y) | high | 2.6% | 3.1% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Current Account | med | -121.0B | -128.2B | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Unemployment Claims | med | 252.0k | |||
| 13:30 | USD | Philadelphia Fed Survey | med | 9.0 | 10.4 | ||
| 13:30 | CAD | Wholesale Sales (m/m) | low | 1.0% | |||
| 15:00 | USD | CB Leading Index (m/m) | low | 0.1% | -0.1%* | ||
| 15:00 | USD | Existing Home Sales | med | 5.45M | 5.46M | ||
| 23:30 | JPY | Natl CPI (y/y) | high | 0.5% | 0.2% | ||
Dec 20 | Friday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese 1-Year Loan Prime Rate | high | 4.15% | 4.15% | ||
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese 5-Year Loan Prime Rate | high | 4.8% | 4.8% | ||
| 02:00 | NZD | Credit Card Spending (y/y) | med | 2.5% | |||
| 07:00 | EUR | German GFK Consumer Sentiment | med | 9.7 | |||
| 07:45 | EUR | French Consumer Spending (m/m) | med | 0.3% | 0.2% | ||
| 07:45 | EUR | French PPI (m/m) | low | -0.1% | |||
| 07:45 | EUR | French PPI (y/y) | low | -1.4% | |||
| 09:00 | EUR | Current Account | low | 35.8B | |||
| 09:30 | GBP | GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing | med | 11.2B | |||
| 09:30 | GBP | Public Finances (PSNCR) | med | 0.4B | |||
| 09:30 | GBP | Balance of Payments | med | -15.3 | -25.2 | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | GDP (q/q) | high | 0.3% | 0.3% | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | Consumer Confidence | med | -7.2 | |||
| 13:30 | CAD | House Price Index | low | 0.1% | 0.2% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (q/q ann) | med | 2.1% | |||
| 13:30 | USD | GDP (q/q ann) | med | 2.1% | 2.1% | ||
| 13:30 | CAD | Retail Sales (m/m) | high | -0.1% | |||
| 13:30 | CAD | Core Retail Sales (m/m) | high | 0.2% | |||
| 15:00 | USD | UoM Consumer Sentiment Index | high | 99.2 | 99.2 | ||
| 15:00 | USD | Core PCE Price Index (m/m) | med | 0.1% | 0.1% | ||
| 15:00 | USD | Personal Income (m/m) | med | 0.3% | 0.0% | ||
| 15:00 | USD | Personal Spending (m/m) | med | 0.5% | 0.3% | ||
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