The beginner's guide to FX trading
Feb 16 | Sunday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP (sa) (q/q ann) | med | -6.3% | -3.8% | 1.8%* | |
Feb 17 | Monday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:01 | GBP | House Price Index (m/m) | med | 0.8% | 2.3% | ||
| 00:01 | GBP | House Price Index (y/y) | med | 2.9% | 2.7% | ||
| 04:30 | JPY | Capacity Utilization Rate (m/m) | low | -0.4% | -0.3% | ||
| 04:30 | JPY | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -3.1% | -3.0% | ||
| 04:30 | JPY | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | 1.2% | 1.3% | ||
Feb 18 | Tuesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:30 | AUD | RBA Minutes of February Policy Meeting | high | ||||
| 09:30 | GBP | Average Earnings Index (3m y/y) | med | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.2% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Unemployment Rate | med | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% | |
| 10:00 | EUR | German ZEW (Current Conditions) | med | -15.7 | -8.0 | -9.5 | |
| 10:00 | EUR | German ZEW (Economic Sentiment) | med | 8.7 | 20.0 | 26.7 | |
| 10:00 | EUR | ZEW (Economic Sentiment) | high | 10.4 | 25.6 | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Empire State Survey | med | 12.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | |
| 13:30 | CAD | Manufacturing Sales (m/m) | med | -0.7% | 0.8% | -1.0%* | |
| 15:00 | USD | NAHB Builders survey | low | 74.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | |
| 21:00 | USD | TIC Net Long-Term Transactions | low | 85.6B | 27.1B* | ||
| 22:15 | NZD | RBNZ Governor at Parliament Select Committee | med | ||||
| 23:30 | AUD | Westpac-MI Leading Index (m/m) | low | 0.05% | 0.05% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Core Machine orders (y/y) | high | -3.5% | -2.0% | 5.3% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Exports (y/y) | med | -2.6% | -7.0% | -6.3% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Imports (y/y) | med | -3.6% | -2.0% | -4.9% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Trade Balance (nsa) | med | -1.0B | -1.0B | -154.6B* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Trade Balance | med | -224.1B | -590.5B | -102.5B | |
Feb 19 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:00 | AUD | Internet Vacancy Index (m/m) | low | 0.7% | 0.6% | ||
| 00:30 | AUD | Wage Price Index (q/q) | high | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| 09:00 | EUR | Current Account | low | 51.2B | 36.6B* | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | CPI (m/m) | high | -0.3% | -0.4% | 0.0% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | CPI (y/y) | high | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.3% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | PPI Input (m/m) | med | 0.9% | -0.3% | 0.9%* | |
| 09:30 | GBP | PPI Input (y/y) | med | 2.1% | 0.9% | ||
| 09:30 | GBP | PPI Output (m/m) | low | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | PPI Output (y/y) | low | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% | |
| 10:00 | EUR | Construction Output (m/m) | low | -3.1% | 0.7% | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | Construction Output (y/y) | low | -3.7% | 1.4% | ||
| 13:10 | USD | Fed's Bostic speaks on economic outlook | med | ||||
| 13:30 | CAD | CPI (m/m) | high | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| 13:30 | CAD | CPI (y/y) | high | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.2% | |
| 13:30 | USD | PPI (m/m) | high | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.2%* | |
| 13:30 | USD | Core PPI (m/m) | med | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Building Permits | med | 1,551.0k | 1,450.0k | 1,420.0k* | |
| 13:30 | USD | Housing Starts | med | 1,567.0k | 1,370.0k | 1,626.0k* | |
| 13:30 | USD | Fed's Mester speaks at forum | low | ||||
| 16:45 | USD | Fed's Kashkari speaks in Minnesota | low | ||||
| 18:30 | USD | Fed's Kaplan speaks in Dallas | low | ||||
| 19:00 | USD | FOMC minutes from January 29 | high | ||||
| 21:30 | USD | Fed's Barkin discusses monetary policy framework | low | ||||
Feb 20 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:30 | AUD | Unemployment Rate | high | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.1% | |
| 00:30 | AUD | Employment Change | high | 13.5 | 10.0 | 28.9 | |
| 00:30 | AUD | Participation Rate | med | 66.1 | 66.0 | 66.0 | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese 1-Year Loan Prime Rate | high | 4.05% | 4.05% | 4.15% | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese 5-Year Loan Prime Rate | high | 4.75% | 4.75% | 4.8% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German GFK Consumer Sentiment | med | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.9 | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German PPI (m/m) | low | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German PPI (y/y) | low | 0.2% | -0.4% | -0.2% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French CPI (m/m) | low | -0.4% | -0.5% | -0.5% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French CPI (y/y) | low | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French HICP (m/m) | low | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.5%* | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French HICP (y/y) | low | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6%* | |
| 08:00 | CNY | Chinese Aggregate Financing | med | 5,070.0B | 4,200.0B | 2,103.0B* | |
| 08:00 | CNY | Chinese M2 Money Supply (y/y) | med | 8.4% | 8.6% | 8.7% | |
| 08:00 | CNY | Chinese New Loans | med | 3,340.0B | 3,100.0B | 1,140.0B | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Core Retail Sales (m/m) | high | 1.6% | 0.8% | -0.8% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Core Retail Sales (y/y) | high | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.7% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Retail Sales (m/m) | high | 0.9% | 0.6% | -0.6% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Retail Sales (y/y) | high | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Philadelphia Fed Survey | med | 36.7 | 10.0 | 17.0 | |
| 13:30 | USD | Unemployment Claims | med | 210.0k | 210.0k | 206.0k* | |
| 15:00 | USD | CB Leading Index (m/m) | low | 0.8% | 0.4% | -0.3% | |
| 15:00 | EUR | Consumer Confidence | med | -6.6 | -8.2 | -8.1 | |
| 16:30 | JPY | PMI manufacturing | med | 47.6 | 48.8 | ||
| 18:20 | USD | Fed's Barkin speaks at Harvard | low | ||||
| 23:00 | NZD | RBNZ Governor Speech | med | ||||
| 23:30 | JPY | Natl CPI (y/y) | high | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | |
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