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Please note that all rates shown are midpoint indicative rates.
All Day JPY Bank Holiday
10:00pm EUR German ifo Business Climate
Forecast 88.6 Previous 88.4
3:50am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
2:30am USD Core PPI m/m
Previous -0.10%
2:30am USD Core Retail Sales m/m
Previous 0.70%
2:30am USD PPI m/m
Previous -0.10%
2:30am USD Retail Sales m/m
Previous 0.60%
4:00am USD Pending Home Sales m/m
Previous 0.00%
4:00am USD Richmond Manufacturing Index
Forecast -2 Previous -4
Tentative USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast 93.4 Previous 94.6
1:30pm AUD CPI y/y
Previous 3.50%
2:00pm NZD Official Cash Rate
Forecast 2.25% Previous 2.50%
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Rate Statement
3:00pm NZD RBNZ Press Conference
10:00pm EUR ECB Financial Stability Review
Tentative GBP Autumn Forecast Statement
2:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Previous 220K
2:30am USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/m
Previous 0.30%
2:30am USD Durable Goods Orders m/m
Previous 2.90%
Tentative USD Prelim GDP q/q
Tentative USD Prelim GDP Price Index q/q
Tentative USD Core PCE Price Index m/m
10:45am NZD Retail Sales q/q
Forecast 0.60% Previous 0.50%
All Day USD Bank Holiday
12:30pm JPY Tokyo Core CPI y/y
Forecast 2.70% Previous 2.80%
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast -0.20% Previous 0.30%
2:30am CAD GDP m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous -0.30%
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