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1 NZD buys:
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1 AUD buys:
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1 USD buys:
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AUD
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Please note that all rates shown are midpoint indicative rates.

Economic calendar

Find out what's on the calendar of economic releases

Monday

15th December

No Releases.

Tuesday

16th December

2:30am CAD CPI m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.20%
2:30am CAD Median CPI y/y
Forecast 2.90% Previous 2.90%
2:30am CAD Trimmed CPI y/y
Forecast 2.90% Previous 3.00%
2:30am CAD Common CPI y/y
Forecast 2.80% Previous 2.70%
2:30am USD Empire State Manufacturing Index
Forecast 9.8 Previous 18.7
8:00pm GBP Claimant Count Change
Forecast 22.3K Previous 29.0K
8:00pm GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y
Forecast 4.40% Previous 4.80%
9:15pm EUR French Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 48 Previous 47.8
9:15pm EUR French Flash Services PMI
Forecast 51.1 Previous 51.4
9:30pm EUR German Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 48.6 Previous 48.2
9:30pm EUR German Flash Services PMI
Forecast 53 Previous 53.1
10:30pm GBP Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.3 Previous 50.2
10:30pm GBP Flash Services PMI
Forecast 51.7 Previous 51.3

Wednesday

17th December

Tentative USD ADP Weekly Employment Change
Previous 4.8K
2:30am USD
Average Hourly Earnings m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.20%
2:30am USD
Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous 0.30%
2:30am USD
Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 50K Previous 119K
2:30am USD
Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous 0.20%
2:30am USD
Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.50% Previous 4.40%
3:45am USD
Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 52.3 Previous 52.2
3:45am USD
Flash Services PMI
Forecast 54 Previous 54.1
6:45am CAD
BOC Gov Macklem Speaks
8:00pm GBP
CPI y/y
Forecast 3.50% Previous 3.60%
10:00pm EUR
German ifo Business Climate
Forecast 88.1 Previous 88.1

Thursday

18th December

2:15am USD FOMC Member Waller Speaks
10:45am NZD
GDP q/q
Forecast 0.80% Previous -0.90%

Friday

19th December

1:00am GBP Monetary Policy Summary
1:00am GBP
MPC Official Bank Rate Votes
Forecast 0-5-4 Previous 0-4-5
1:00am GBP
Official Bank Rate
Forecast 3.75% Previous 4.00%
1:30am GBP
BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
2:15am EUR
Main Refinancing Rate
Forecast 2.15% Previous 2.15%
2:15am EUR
Monetary Policy Statement
2:30am USD
CPI y/y
Previous 3.00%
2:30am USD
Unemployment Claims
Forecast 224K Previous 236K
2:30am USD
Philly Fed Manufacturing Index
Forecast 3.2 Previous -1.7
Tentative USD
Core CPI m/m
Previous 0.20%
Tentative USD
CPI m/m
Previous 0.30%
2:45am EUR
ECB Press Conference
Tentative JPY
BOJ Policy Rate
Forecast <0.75% Previous <0.50%
Tentative JPY
Monetary Policy Statement
Tentative JPY
BOJ Press Conference
8:00pm GBP
Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.40% Previous -1.10%
2:30am USD
Unemployment Claims
Forecast 221K Previous 191K
8:00pm GBP GDP m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous -0.10%

Saturday

20th December

2:30am CAD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous 0.20%
2:30am CAD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous -0.70%
4:00am USD Existing Home Sales
Forecast 4.15M Previous 4.10M
4:00am USD Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment
Forecast 53.3 Previous 53.3

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News and updates

Read the latest market commentaries

17 Dec 2025

Global equity markets continue to lose risk appetite, suffering a decline in AI investment, as worries over a bubble remain. US Non-Farm Payroll numbers were bleak. The Government shut-down prevented the release of the important data, but the statistics finally caught up.

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16 Dec 2025

A heavy week of economic data releases promises a lot of action across markets. Non-Farm Payrolls will be finally released, following delays due to the extended Government shutdown, along with the US CPI inflation number.

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15 Dec 22025

US equity markets corrected Friday, coming off record highs, following the Fed’s decision to cut rates. The run stemmed from the continued swap out of the tech heavy NASDAQ, as AI questions remain unanswered.

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