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3:00am USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast 80.5 Previous 81.9
1:15pm AUD RBA Gov Bullock Speaks
1:30pm AUD CPI m/m
Forecast 0.70% Previous 0.40%
1:30pm AUD CPI y/y
Forecast 4.20% Previous 4.00%
1:30pm AUD Trimmed Mean CPI m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.20%
2:00pm NZD Official Cash Rate
Forecast 3.00% previous 2.75%
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Rate Statement
3:00pm NZD RBNZ Press Conference
1:30am GBP Annual Budget Release
1:30am GBP Autumn Forecast Statement
2:45am CAD BOC Monetary Policy Report
2:45am CAD BOC Rate Statement
2:45am CAD Overnight Rate
Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.25%
3:30am CAD BOC Press Conference
7:00am USD Federal Funds Rate
Forecast 4.00% Previous 4.00%
7:00am USD FOMC Statement
7:30am USD FOMC Press Conference
1:30am USD Advance GDP q/q
Forecast 3.20% Previous 2.20%
1:30am USD Core PCE Price Index m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.20%
1:30am USD Advance GDP Price Index q/q
Forecast 3.50% Previous 6.10%
1:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 198K Previous 194K
2:15am EUR Main Refinancing Rate
Forecast 2.65% Previous 2.65%
2:15am EUR Monetary Policy Statement
2:45am EUR ECB Press Conference
12:30pm JPY Tokyo Core CPI y/y
Forecast 2.60% Previous 2.70%
Tentative JPY BOJ Policy Rate
Forecast <1.25% Previous <1.25%
Tentative JPY Monetary Policy Statement
Tentative JPY BOJ Outlook Report
Tentative JPY BOJ Press Conference
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.60%
10:00pm EUR German Prelim GDP q/q
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.30%
1:30am CAD GDP m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous 0.00%
1:30am USD Employment Cost Index q/q
Forecast 0.80% Previous 0.90%
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