The beginner's guide to FX trading
Dec 8 | Sunday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | CNY | Chinese Exports (y/y) | high | -1.1% | 0.8% | -0.8%* | |
| All Day | CNY | Chinese Imports (y/y) | high | 0.3% | -1.4% | -6.2%* | |
| All Day | CNY | Chinese Trade Balance | med | 38.73B | 44.5B | 42.54B* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP (sa) (q/q) | med | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Bank Lending Data (Ex trusts) (y/y) | low | 2.3% | 2.2% | ||
Dec 9 | Monday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 05:00 | JPY | Economy Watchers Survey | med | 45.7 | 44.6 | 43.7 | |
| 06:45 | CHF | Unemployment (sa) | low | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.3% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German Current Account (nsa) | low | 22.7B | 24.9B* | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | German Trade Balance | low | 21.5B | 21.2B* | ||
| 07:30 | EUR | French BoF Business Sentiment | low | 97.0 | 98.0 | ||
| 09:30 | EUR | Sentix Investor Confidence | med | 0.7 | -5.3 | -4.5 | |
| 13:15 | CAD | Housing Starts | low | 201.3k | 215.0k | 202.0k | |
| 13:30 | CAD | Building Permits (m/m) | med | -1.5% | 2.8% | -5.9%* | |
| 18:00 | USD | 3 year note auction | med | ||||
| 22:05 | AUD | RBA's Lowe speaks in Sydney | med | ||||
| 23:50 | JPY | M2 Money Supply (y/y) | med | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | |
Dec 10 | Tuesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:30 | AUD | NAB Business Conditions | med | 4.0 | 4.0* | ||
| 00:30 | AUD | NAB Business Confidence | med | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese CPI (y/y) | med | 4.5% | 4.3% | 3.8% | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese PPI (y/y) | med | -1.4% | -1.5% | -1.6% | |
| 01:30 | AUD | House Price Index (q/q) | med | 2.4% | 1.5% | -0.7% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French Manufacturing Production (m/m) | med | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4%* | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French Manufacturing Production (y/y) | med | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.2%* | |
| 09:03 | CNY | Chinese Aggregate Financing | med | 1,750.0B | 1,485.0B | 618.9B | |
| 09:03 | CNY | Chinese M2 Money Supply (y/y) | med | 8.2% | 8.4% | 8.4% | |
| 09:03 | CNY | Chinese New Loans | med | 1,390.0B | 1,200.0B | 661.3B | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Construction Output (m/m) | med | -2.3% | -0.2% | -0.2% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Construction Output (y/y) | med | -2.1% | -0.1% | 0.5% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | GDP (m/m) | high | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Index of Services (q/q) | med | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Index of Services (m/m) | med | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | 0.1% | 0.3% | -0.3% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -1.3% | -1.2% | -1.4% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Manufacturing Production (m/m) | high | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.4% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Manufacturing Production (y/y) | high | -1.2% | -1.2% | -1.8% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Trade Balance (Non-EU) | med | -5,729.0M | -3,500.0M | -2,952.0M* | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Visible Trade Balance | med | -14,486.0M | -11,673.0M | -11,521.0M* | |
| 10:00 | EUR | ZEW (Economic Sentiment) | high | 11.2 | -1.0 | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | German ZEW (Current Conditions) | med | -19.9 | -22.0 | -24.7 | |
| 10:00 | EUR | German ZEW (Economic Sentiment) | med | 10.7 | 3.5 | -2.1 | |
| 11:00 | USD | NFIB Small Business Optimism | low | 104.7 | 103.0 | 102.4 | |
| 13:30 | USD | Non-Farm Productivity (q/q ann) | low | -0.2% | -0.1% | -0.3% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Unit Labor Costs (q/q) | med | 2.5% | 3.4% | 3.6% | |
| 18:00 | USD | 10 year note auction | med | ||||
| 23:50 | JPY | PPI (m/m) | med | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | PPI (y/y) | med | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.4% | |
Dec 11 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 13:30 | USD | CPI (m/m) | high | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Core CPI (m/m) | high | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |
| 19:00 | USD | Federal Funds Rate | high | 1.75% | 1.75% | 1.75% | |
| 19:00 | USD | Federal Budget Balance | low | -208.8B | -206.2B | -134.5B | |
| 21:45 | NZD | Food Prices (m/m) | med | -0.7% | -0.3% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Core Machine orders (y/y) | high | -6.1% | -1.9% | 5.1% | |
Dec 12 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | GBP | UK General Election | high | ||||
| 00:01 | GBP | RICS Housing Survey | med | -12.0% | -5.0% | -5.0% | |
| 01:30 | JPY | BoJ's Amamiya speaks in Tokyo | med | ||||
| 07:00 | EUR | German CPI (m/m) | med | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German CPI (y/y) | med | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German HICP (m/m) | low | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German HICP (y/y) | low | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French CPI (m/m) | low | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French CPI (y/y) | low | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French HICP (m/m) | low | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French HICP (y/y) | low | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
| 08:30 | CHF | SNB Sight Deposit Interest Rate | med | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | |
| 10:00 | EUR | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -2.2% | -2.4% | -1.7% | |
| 11:45 | EUR | ECB Deposit Rate | high | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.5% | |
| 11:45 | EUR | ECB Interest Rate Decision | high | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Unemployment Claims | med | 252.0k | 214.0k | 203.0k | |
| 13:30 | USD | PPI (m/m) | high | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Core PPI (m/m) | med | -0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |
| 13:30 | CAD | House Price Index | low | 0.1% | 0.2% | ||
| 13:30 | EUR | ECB's Lagarde speaks in Frankfurt | high | ||||
| 17:30 | CAD | BoC's Poloz speaks in Toronto | med | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | 30 year bond auction | med | ||||
| 21:30 | NZD | Business NZ Manufacturing PMI | med | 52.6 | |||
| 23:50 | JPY | Tankan Large Manufacturers | med | 3.0 | 5.0 | ||
Dec 13 | Friday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | GBP | Russia Sovereign Debt rated by Moody's | med | ||||
| All Day | GBP | UK Sovereign Debt rated by DBRS | med | ||||
| 04:30 | JPY | Capacity Utilization Rate (m/m) | low | 1.0% | |||
| 04:30 | JPY | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | -4.2% | |||
| 04:30 | JPY | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -7.4% | |||
| 07:00 | EUR | German Wholesale Price Index (y/y) | low | -2.3% | |||
| 08:30 | EUR | ECB's Villeroy speaks in Paris | med | ||||
| 13:30 | USD | Import Price Index (m/m) | low | 0.1% | -0.5% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Retail Sales (m/m) | high | 0.5% | 0.3% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Retail Sales (ex Autos) (m/m) | high | 0.4% | 0.2% | ||
| 15:00 | USD | Business Inventories (m/m) | med | 0.2% | 0.0% | ||
| 16:00 | USD | Fed's Williams discusses monetary policy | med | ||||
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