The beginner's guide to FX trading
Dec 9 | Sunday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese CPI (y/y) | med | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.5% | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese PPI (y/y) | high | 2.7% | 2.7% | 3.3% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Bank Lending Data (Ex trusts) (y/y) | low | 2.2% | 2.2% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP | high | -0.6% | -0.5% | -0.3% | |
Dec 10 | Monday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | CNY | Chinese M2 Money Supply (y/y) | med | 8.0% | 8.0% | ||
| All Day | CNY | Chinese New Loans | med | 1,200.0B | 697.0B | ||
| All Day | CNY | Chinese Aggregate Financing | med | 1,342.0B | 728.8B | ||
| All Day | JPY | Economy Watchers Survey | med | 51.0 | 49.5 | 49.5 | |
| 00:30 | AUD | Lending Finance (m/m) | med | 0.6% | -2.8% | ||
| 00:30 | AUD | Housing Finance (m/m) | med | 2.2% | -1.0% | ||
| 06:45 | CHF | Unemployment (sa) | low | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.4% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German Current Account (nsa) | low | 15.9B | 21.1B | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | German Trade Balance | low | 18.3B | 18.4B | 18.4B | |
| 07:30 | EUR | French BoF Business Sentiment | med | 101.0 | 103.0 | ||
| 09:30 | EUR | Sentix Investor Confidence | med | -0.3 | 8.3 | 8.8 | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Index of Services (q/q) | med | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Index of Services (m/m) | med | 0.2% | 0.1% | -0.1% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | GDP (m/m) | high | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| 13:15 | CAD | Housing Starts | low | 215.9k | 198.0k | 205.9k | |
| 13:30 | CAD | Building Permits (m/m) | med | -0.2% | -0.3% | 0.4% | |
| 21:45 | NZD | Electronic Card Retail Sales (m/m) | low | -0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | M2 Money Supply (y/y) | med | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.7% | |
Dec 12 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 04:30 | JPY | Tertiary Industry Activity Index (m/m) | low | 0.9% | -1.1% | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | 0.7% | 0.9% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Core CPI (m/m) | high | 0.2% | 0.2% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | CPI (m/m) | high | 0.0% | 0.3% | ||
| 21:45 | NZD | Food Price Index (m/m) | med | -0.6% | |||
Dec 13 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | EUR | ECB Monetary Policy Meeting in Frankfurt | high | ||||
| 07:00 | EUR | German HICP (m/m) | high | 0.1% | 0.1% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | German CPI (m/m) | high | 0.1% | 0.1% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | German HICP (y/y) | high | 2.2% | 2.2% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | German CPI (y/y) | high | 2.3% | 2.2% | ||
| 07:45 | EUR | French CPI (m/m) | high | -0.2% | -0.2% | ||
| 07:45 | EUR | French HICP (m/m) | high | -0.2% | -0.2% | ||
| 07:45 | EUR | French HICP (y/y) | high | 2.2% | 2.2% | ||
| 07:45 | EUR | French CPI (y/y) | high | 1.9% | 1.9% | ||
| 08:15 | CHF | Producer & Import prices (m/m) | med | -0.1% | 0.2% | ||
| 08:15 | CHF | Producer & Import prices (y/y) | med | 1.6% | 2.3% | ||
| 08:30 | CHF | SNB Monetary Policy Assessment | high | ||||
| 11:45 | EUR | ECB Main Refinancing Rate | high | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
| 11:45 | EUR | ECB Deposit Rate | high | -0.4% | -0.4% | ||
| 12:45 | EUR | ECB's Draghi and de Guindos Press Conference Post Rate Decision | high | ||||
| 13:30 | USD | Unemployment Claims | med | 225.0k | 231.0k | ||
| 13:30 | CAD | House Price Index (m/m) | low | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Tankan | med | 18.0 | 19.0 | ||
Dec 14 | Friday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 02:00 | CNY | Chinese Retail Sales (y/y) | med | 8.8% | 8.6% | ||
| 02:15 | USD | Capacity Utilization | med | 78.6% | 78.4% | ||
| 02:15 | USD | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | 0.3% | 0.1% | ||
| 04:30 | JPY | Capacity Utilization Rate (m/m) | low | -1.5% | |||
| 04:30 | JPY | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | 2.9% | |||
| 04:30 | JPY | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | 4.2% | |||
| 08:00 | EUR | French Manufacturing PMI | high | 50.7 | 50.8 | ||
| 08:00 | EUR | French Services PMI | high | 54.8 | 55.1 | ||
| 08:30 | EUR | German Services PMI | high | 53.5 | 53.3 | ||
| 08:30 | EUR | German Composite PMI | high | 52.4 | 52.3 | ||
| 08:30 | EUR | German Manufacturing PMI | high | 52.0 | 51.8 | ||
| 08:30 | EUR | Manufacturing PMI | high | 51.8 | 51.8 | ||
| 09:00 | EUR | Services PMI | high | 53.4 | 53.4 | ||
| 09:00 | EUR | Composite PMI | high | 52.8 | 52.7 | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Retail Sales (ex Autos) (m/m) | high | 0.4% | 0.7% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Retail Sales (m/m) | high | 0.2% | 0.8% | ||
| 15:00 | USD | Business Inventories | med | 0.5% | 0.3% | ||
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