Calendar of Economic Releases

Monday February 5th
1:00pm USD Fed Chair Powell Speaks

Tuesday February 6th
4:00am USD ISM Services PMI
Forecast 52
Previous 50.6
All Day NZD Bank Holiday
4:30pm AUD Cash Rate
Forecast 4.35%
Previous 4.35%
4:30pm AUD RBA Rate Statement
5:30pm AUD RBA Press Conference

Wednesday February 7th
6:45am CAD BOC Gov Macklem Speaks
10:45am NZD Employment Change q/q
Forecast 0.30%
Previous -0.20%
10:45am NZD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.30%
Previous 3.90% Read more

Economic Releases Calendar

Wednesday Jan 31st
4:00am USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast 113.9
Previous 110.7
4:00am USD JOLTS Job Openings
Forecast 8.73M
Previous 8.79M
1:30pm AUD CPI q/q
Forecast 0.80%
Previous 1.20%
1:30pm AUD CPI y/y
Forecast 3.70%
Previous 4.30%
1:30pm AUD Trimmed Mean CPI q/q
Forecast 0.90%
Previous 1.20%
2:30pm CNY Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.2
Previous 49
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.10%
Previous 0.10% Read more

Economic Releases Calendar

Tuesday January 23
Tentative JPY Monetary Policy Statement
Tentative JPY BOJ Outlook Report

Wednesday January 24
10:45am NZD CPI q/q 0.50% 1.80%
9:15pm EUR French Flash Manufacturing PMI 42.5 42.1
9:15pm EUR French Flash Services PMI 46.1 45.7
9:30pm EUR German Flash Manufacturing PMI 43.7 43.3
9:30pm EUR German Flash Services PMI 49.1 49.3
10:30pm GBP Flash Manufacturing PMI 46.7 46.2
10:30pm GBP Flash Services PMI 53 53.4

Thursday January 25th
3:45am CAD BOC Monetary Policy Report
3:45am CAD BOC Rate Statement
3:45am CAD Overnight Rate 5.00% 5.00%
3:45am USD Flash Manufacturing PMI 47.6 47.9
3:45am USD Flash Services PMI 51 51.4
4:30am CAD BOC Press Conference Read more

Calendar of Economic Releases

Tuesday January 16th
All Day USD Bank Holiday
8:00pm GBP Claimant Count Change
Forecast 18.1K
Previous 16.0K

Wednesday January 17th
2:30am CAD CPI m/m
Forecast -0.30%
Previous 0.10%
2:30am CAD Median CPI y/y
Forecast 3.40%
Previous 3.40%
2:30am CAD Trimmed CPI y/y
Forecast 3.50%
Previous 3.50%
2:30am USD Empire State Manufacturing Index
Forecast -4.9
Previous -14.5
4:00am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
3:00pm CNY Industrial Production y/y
Forecast 6.80%
Previous 6.60%
8:00pm GBP CPI y/y
Forecast 3.80%
Previous 3.90% Read more

Calendar of Economic Releases

Tuesday December 19th
1:30pm AUD Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
Tentative JPY Monetary Policy Statement
Tentative JPY BOJ Policy Rate
Forecast -0.10%
Previous -0.10%
Tentative JPY BOJ Press Conference

Wednesday December 20th
2:30am CAD CPI m/m
Forecast -0.20%
Previous 0.10%
2:30am CAD Median CPI y/y
Forecast 3.30%
Previous 3.60%
2:30am CAD Trimmed CPI y/y
Forecast 3.30%
Previous 3.50%
2:30am CAD Common CPI y/y
Forecast 4.00%
Previous 4.20%
2:30am USD Building Permits
Forecast 1.46M
Previous 1.49M
2:15pm CNY 1-y Loan Prime Rate
Forecast 3.45%
Previous 3.45%
2:15pm CNY 5-y Loan Prime Rate
Forecast 4.20%
Previous 4.20%
8:00pm GBP CPI y/y
Forecast 4.30%
Previous 4.60% Read more

Calendar of Economic Releases

Tuesday December 5th
4:30pm AUD Cash Rate
Forecast 4.35%
Previous 4.35%
4:30pm AUD RBA Rate Statement

Wednesday December 6th
4:00am USD ISM Services PMI
Forecast 52.2
Previous 51.8
4:00am USD JOLTS Job Openings
Forecast 9.31M
Previous 9.55M
1:30pm AUD GDP q/q
Forecast 0.40%
Previous 0.40%

Thursday December 7th
12:00am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
2:15am USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 126K
Previous 113K
4:00am CAD BOC Rate Statement
4:00am CAD Overnight Rate 5.00% 5.00% Read more

Calendar of Releases

Tuesday November 28th
4:18pm AUD RBA Gov Bullock Speaks

Wednesday November 29th
4:00am USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast 101
Previous 102.6
1:30pm AUD CPI y/y
Forecast 5.20%
Previous 5.60%
2:00pm NZD Official Cash Rate
Forecast 5.50%
Previous 5.50%
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Rate Statement
3:00pm NZD RBNZ Press Conference
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast -0.10%
Previous 0.00%
9:00pm EUR Spanish Flash CPI y/y
Forecast 3.70%
Previous 3.50% Read more

Calendar of Economic Releases

Tuesday November 21
7:45am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
12:00pm AUD RBA Gov Bullock Speaks
1:30pm AUD Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes

Wednesday November 22
2:30am CAD CPI m/m
Forecast 0.20%
Previous -0.10%
2:30am CAD Median CPI y/y
Forecast 3.60%
Previous 3.80%
2:30am CAD Trimmed CPI y/y
Forecast 3.60%
Previous 3.70%
8:00am USD FOMC Meeting Minutes
9:35pm AUD RBA Gov Bullock Speaks Read more

Calendar of Economic Releases

Monday November 13th
Tentative CNY New Loans
Forecast 660B
Previous 2310B

Tuesday November 14th
All Day CAD Bank Holiday
1:30pm AUD NAB Business Confidence
Previous 1
8:00pm GBP Claimant Count Change
Forecast 15.0K
Previous 20.4K
8:00pm GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y
Forecast 7.50%
Previous 8.10% Read more

This Week’s Key Points

Key Points:

The Federal Reserve has priced in 100 points of cuts in 2024, this has been paired back to 75 points- the USD rallied on the news.
China’s biggest bank ICBC has been hit by a ransomware attack which has affected Chinese Treasuries.
Israel has agreed to 4-hour humanitarian passes in Gaza every day to allow people to get out and trucks carrying supplies to get in. There will be no military operations during these times. 80,000 people were evacuated through this 4-hour window yesterday. Meanwhile Israel attacks have hit a children’s hospital in Gaza particularly worrying as hospitals are considered “safe places”. Read more