The beginner's guide to FX trading
Apr 22 | Monday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 14:00 | USD | Existing Home Sales | med | 5.21M | 5.28M | 5.48M* | |
Apr 23 | Tuesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | GBP | Parliament Returns from Easter Recess | med | ||||
| 00:30 | JPY | Nikkei PMI Mfg | med | 49.5 | 49.2 | ||
| 05:30 | JPY | Tokyo Department Store (y/y) | med | 0.6% | -0.5%* | ||
| 12:30 | CAD | Wholesale Sales (m/m) | low | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4%* | |
| 13:00 | EUR | Consumer Confidence | med | -7.9 | -7.0 | -7.2 | |
| 13:00 | USD | FHFA House Price Index (m/m) | med | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | |
| 14:00 | USD | New Home Sales | med | 692.0k | 650.0k | 662.0k* | |
Apr 24 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 01:00 | AUD | Internet Vacancy Index (m/m) | low | -1.5% | -1.2%* | ||
| 01:30 | AUD | CPI (y/y) | high | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% | |
| 04:00 | JPY | Leading Indicators Index | low | 97.1 | 97.4 | ||
| 06:45 | EUR | French Business Survey | med | 101.0 | 102.0 | 103.0* | |
| 08:00 | EUR | German IFO Business Climate | high | 99.2 | 99.9 | 99.7* | |
| 08:00 | EUR | German IFO Current Conditions | high | 103.3 | 103.5 | 103.9* | |
| 08:00 | EUR | German IFO Expectations | high | 95.2 | 96.1 | 95.6 | |
| 08:30 | GBP | Public Finances (PSNCR) | med | 8.9B | 0.7B* | ||
| 13:15 | GBP | Finance Minister Hammond speaks in London | high | ||||
| 14:00 | CAD | BoC Rate Decision | high | 1.75% | 1.75% | 1.75% | |
| 14:00 | CAD | Bank of Canada announces key policy interest rate and Monetary Policy Report | med | ||||
| 15:15 | CAD | Bank of Canada's Poloz and Wilkins speak in Ottawa | med | ||||
Apr 25 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | JPY | BoJ 10yr Yield Target | med | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| All Day | JPY | BoJ MPC - Overnight Rate | high | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | |
| All Day | JPY | BoJ Outlook Report | med | ||||
| 12:30 | USD | Unemployment Claims | med | 230.0k | 200.0k | 193.0k* | |
| 12:30 | USD | Durable Ex Transportation | med | 0.4% | 0.2% | -0.2%* | |
| 12:30 | USD | Durable Goods Orders | med | 2.7% | 0.8% | -1.1%* | |
| 12:30 | EUR | ECB's Guindos speaks in New York | med | ||||
| 15:15 | JPY | BoJ's Kuroda speaks in Tokyo | med | ||||
| 22:45 | NZD | Trade Balance | med | 131.0M | 12.0M | ||
| 23:30 | JPY | Job-to-Applicant Ratio | low | 1.63 | 1.63 | ||
| 23:30 | JPY | Unemployment Rate | low | 2.4% | 2.3% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | 0.0% | 0.7% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -3.8% | -1.1% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Retail Sales (m/m) | med | 0.0% | 0.4%* | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Retail Sales (y/y) | med | 0.8% | 0.6%* | ||
Apr 26 | Friday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 01:30 | AUD | PPI (q/q) | med | 0.5% | |||
| 05:00 | JPY | Housing Starts | low | 0.95M | 0.97M* | ||
| 05:00 | JPY | Construction Orders (y/y) | low | -3.4% | |||
| 06:45 | EUR | French Consumer Confidence | med | 97.0 | 96.0 | ||
| 08:00 | CHF | Swiss National Bank's Studer and Central Bank's Jordan speak in Berne | med | ||||
| 08:00 | EUR | ECB's Rehn speaks in Helsinki | med | ||||
| 10:00 | GBP | 182-Day Bills Auction (GBP 2bn) | med | ||||
| 12:30 | USD | Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (q/q ann) | med | 1.3% | 1.8% | ||
| 12:30 | USD | GDP (q/q ann) | high | 2.2% | 2.2%* | ||
| 14:00 | USD | UoM Consumer Sentiment Index | med | 97.0 | 96.9 | ||
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