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4:00am USD ISM Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 54.7 Previous 54.5
All Day JPY Bank Holiday
4:30pm AUD Cash Rate
Forecast 4.85% Previous 4.60%
4:30pm AUD RBA Monetary Policy Statement
4:30pm AUD RBA Rate Statement
5:30pm AUD RBA Press Conference
4:00am USD JOLTS Job Openings
Forecast 7.11M Previous 7.08M
All Day USD Congressional Elections
5:00am CAD BOC Gov Macklem Speaks
10:45am NZD Employment Change q/q
Forecast 0.40% Previous 0.50%
10:45am NZD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 5.50% Previous 5.60%
11:00pm EUR Core CPI Flash Estimate y/yForecast 2.50% Previous 2.50%
11:00pm EUR CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 4.00% Previous 3.80%
4:00am USD ISM Services PMI
Forecast 54.9 Previous 54.9
1:00am GBP BOE Monetary Policy Report
1:00am GBP Monetary Policy Summary
1:00am GBP MPC Official Bank Rate Votes
Forecast 7-0-2 Previous 3-0-6
1:00am GBP Official Bank Rate
Forecast 4.00% Previous 3.75%
1:30am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
2:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 197K Previous 194K
4:30am CAD BOC Gov Macklem Speaks
7:00am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
10:00am CAD Annual Budget Release
2:30am CAD Employment Change
Forecast 14.5K Previous -68.3K
2:30am CAD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 6.50% Previous 6.50%
2:30am USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.10%
2:30am USD Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 63K Previous 29K
2:30am USD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.20% Previous 4.20%
4:00am CAD Ivey PMI
Forecast 57.7 Previous 58.2
4:00am USD Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment
Forecast 47.8 Previous 48
4:00am USD Prelim UoM Inflation Expectations
Previous 4.70%
5:00am JPY BOJ Gov Ueda Speaks
All Day NZD Parliamentary Elections
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