The beginner's guide to FX trading
Apr 6 | Monday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 01:00 | AUD | TD-MI Inflation Gauge (m/m) | med | 0.2% | -0.1% | ||
| 01:00 | NZD | ANZ Commodity Price | med | -2.1% | -2.1% | ||
| 06:00 | EUR | German Factory orders (sa) (m/m) | med | -2.0% | 5.5% | ||
| 23:00 | CNY | Chinese Foreign Reserves | low | 3.0B | 3.0B | ||
| 23:30 | JPY | Household spending (y/y) | med | -3.1% | -3.9% | ||
| 23:30 | AUD | AIG Services PMI | med | 47.0 | |||
| 23:30 | JPY | labor cash earnings (y/y) | med | 0.1% | 1.5% | ||
Apr 7 | Tuesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 01:30 | AUD | Trade Balance | med | 3,750.0M | 5,210.0M | ||
| 01:30 | AUD | ANZ Job Ads (m/m) | med | 0.7% | |||
| 04:30 | AUD | RBA - Official Cash Rate Target | high | 0.25% | 0.25%* | ||
| 05:00 | EUR | German Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -0.8% | -1.3% | ||
| 06:00 | EUR | German Industrial Production (m/m) | med | -3.2% | 3.0% | ||
| 06:45 | EUR | French Current Account | low | -2.8B | |||
| 06:45 | EUR | French Trade Balance | low | -5.89B* | |||
| 07:00 | CHF | Foreign Currency Reserves | med | 769.1B | |||
| 14:00 | CAD | Ivey PMI | med | 54.1 | |||
| 19:00 | USD | Consumer Credit | low | 150,000.0B | 12.2B* | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Core Machine orders (y/y) | high | -2.9% | -0.3% | ||
Apr 8 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 01:30 | AUD | Home Loans (m/m) | med | 2.0% | 4.6% | ||
| 05:00 | JPY | Economy Watchers Survey | med | 19.0 | 24.6 | ||
| 05:45 | CHF | Unemployment (sa) | low | 2.3% | |||
| 06:30 | EUR | French BoF Business Sentiment | low | 90.0 | 96.0 | ||
| 12:15 | CAD | Housing Starts | low | 210.1k | |||
| 12:30 | CAD | Building Permits (m/m) | med | 4.0% | |||
| 19:00 | USD | FOMC minutes | med | ||||
Apr 9 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 06:00 | GBP | Construction Output (m/m) | med | 0.3% | -0.8% | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Construction Output (y/y) | med | 0.9% | 1.6% | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | GDP (m/m) | high | 0.1% | 0.0% | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Index of Services (q/q) | med | 0.7% | 0.1% | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Index of Services (m/m) | med | 0.2% | 0.1%* | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | 0.2% | -0.1% | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | 0.2% | -2.9% | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Manufacturing Production (m/m) | high | 0.1% | 0.2% | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Manufacturing Production (y/y) | high | -4.1% | -3.6% | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Trade Balance (Non-EU) | med | -1.0B | 2.23B* | ||
| 06:00 | GBP | Visible Trade Balance | med | -6.0B | -3.72B | ||
| 06:00 | EUR | German Trade Balance | low | 15.5B | 13.8B* | ||
| 06:00 | EUR | German Current Account (nsa) | low | 16.6B | |||
| 12:30 | CAD | Employment | high | 30.3 | |||
| 12:30 | CAD | Unemployment | high | 5.6% | |||
| 12:30 | USD | Unemployment Claims | med | 6,648.0k | |||
| 12:30 | USD | PPI (m/m) | high | -0.3% | -0.1% | ||
| 12:30 | USD | Core PPI (m/m) | med | -0.3% | -0.3% | ||
| 14:00 | USD | UoM Consumer Sentiment Index | high | 80.0 | 89.1 | ||
| 14:00 | USD | Wholesale Inventories (m/m) | low | -0.5% | |||
| 23:50 | JPY | PPI (m/m) | med | -0.7% | -0.4% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | PPI (y/y) | med | 0.0% | 0.8% | ||
Apr 10 | Friday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | CNY | Chinese Aggregate Financing | med | 2,600.0B | 855.4B | ||
| All Day | CNY | Chinese M2 Money Supply (y/y) | med | 8.5% | 8.8% | ||
| All Day | CNY | Chinese New Loans | med | 1,660.0B | 905.7B | ||
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese CPI (y/y) | med | 4.5% | 5.2% | ||
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese PPI (y/y) | med | -1.1% | -0.4% | ||
| 06:45 | EUR | French Manufacturing Production (m/m) | med | 1.2% | |||
| 06:45 | EUR | French Manufacturing Production (y/y) | med | -2.2% | |||
| 12:30 | USD | CPI (m/m) | high | -0.3% | 0.1% | ||
| 12:30 | USD | Core CPI (m/m) | high | 0.1% | 0.2% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Bank Lending Data (Ex trusts) (y/y) | low | 2.2% | |||
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