Rates & Currency Pairs

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New Zealand Flag
1 NZD buys:
Australia Flag
AUD
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United States Flag
USD
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Canada Flag
CAD
-
United Kingdom Flag
GBP
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European Union Flag
EUR
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Japan Flag
JPY
-
Switzerland Flag
CHF
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South Africa Flag
ZAR
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Australia Flag
1 AUD buys:
New Zealand Flag
NZD
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United States Flag
USD
-
Canada Flag
CAD
-
United Kingdom Flag
GBP
-
European Union Flag
EUR
-
Japan Flag
JPY
-
Switzerland Flag
CHF
-
South Africa Flag
ZAR
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United States Flag
1 USD buys:
New Zealand Flag
NZD
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Australia Flag
AUD
-
Canada Flag
CAD
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United Kingdom Flag
GBP
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European Union Flag
EUR
-
Japan Flag
JPY
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Switzerland Flag
CHF
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South Africa Flag
ZAR
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Please note that all rates shown are midpoint indicative rates.

Economic calendar

Weekly calendar of economic releases

Monday

21st July

10:45am NZD CPI q/q
Forecast 0.60% Previous 0.90%
All Day JPY
Bank Holiday
1:00pm CNY
1-y Loan Prime Rate Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.00%
1:00pm CNY
5-y Loan Prime Rate Forecast 3.50% Previous 3.50%

Tuesday

22nd July

1:30pm AUD Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
9:15pm GBP
BOE Gov Bailey Speaks

Wednesday

23rd July

12:30am USD Fed Chair Powell Speaks
2:00am USD
Richmond Manufacturing Index
Forecast -3 Previous -7

Thursday

24th July

2:00am USD Existing Home Sales
Forecast 4.01M Previous 4.03M
3:05pm AUD RBA Gov Bullock Speaks
7:15pm EUR
French Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 48.5 Previous 48.1

7:15pm EUR
French Flash Services PMI
Forecast 49.7 Previous 49.6
7:30pm EUR
German Flash Manufacturing PMI Forecast 49.4 Previous 49
7:30pm EUR German Flash Services PMI
Forecast 50 Previous 49.7

8:00pm EUR
Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.7 Previous 49.5
8:00pm EUR Flash Services PMI
Forecast 50.6 Previous 50.5
8:30pm GBP Flash Manufacturing PMI Forecast 48.1 Previous 47.7
8:30pm GBP Flash Services PMI
Forecast 52.9 Previous 52.8

Friday

25th July

12:15am EUR Main Refinancing Rate
Forecast 2.15% Previous 2.15%
12:15am EUR Monetary Policy Statement
12:30am CAD
Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast -0.10% Previous -0.30%
12:30am CAD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast -0.90% Previous 0.30%
12:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 229K Previous 221K
12:45am EUR ECB Press Conference
1:45am USD
Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 52.7 Previous 52.9
1:45am USD Flash Services PMI
Forecast 53 Previous 52.9
2:00am USD New Home Sales
Forecast 651K Previous 623K
11:30am JPY Tokyo Core CPI y/y
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.10%
6:00pm GBP Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 1.20% Previous -2.70%
8:00pm EUR German ifo Business Climate
Forecast 89.2 Previous 88.4

Saturday

26th July

12:30am USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous 0.50%
12:30am USD Durable Goods Orders m/m
Forecast -10.30% Previous 16.40%

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