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10:30am NZD Business NZ Services Index
Previous 48.3
10:45am NZD FPI m/m
Previous -0.40%
12:50pm JPY Prelim GDP Price Index y/y
Forecast 3.10% Previous 3.00%
12:50pm JPY Prelim GDP q/q
Forecast -0.60% Previous 0.50%
1:01pm GBP Rightmove HPI m/m
Previous 0.30%
5:30pm JPY Revised Industrial Production m/m
Forecast 2.20% Previous 2.20%
17th-24th CNY Foreign Direct Investment ytd/y
Previous -10.40%
11:00pm EUR EU Economic Forecasts
2:15am CAD Housing Starts
Forecast 275K Previous 279K
2:20am GBP MPC Member Mann Speaks
2:30am CAD CPI m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous 0.10%
2:30am CAD Median CPI y/y
Forecast 3.10% Previous 3.20%
2:30am CAD Trimmed CPI y/y
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.10%
2:30am CAD Common CPI y/y
Forecast 2.80% Previous 2.70%
2:30am CAD Core CPI m/m
Previous 0.20%
2:30am CAD Foreign Securities Purchases
Previous 25.92B
2:30am USD Empire State Manufacturing Index
Forecast 6.1 Previous 10.7
3:00am USD FOMC Member Williams Speaks
3:30am USD FOMC Member Jefferson Speaks
4:00am USD Construction Spending m/m
Forecast -0.20% Previous -0.10%
Tentative USD Federal Budget Balance
Forecast -215.3B Previous 198.0B
9:35am USD FOMC Member Waller Speaks
1:30pm AUD Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
2:00am GBP MPC Member Pill Speaks
Tentative USD Import Prices m/m
Tentative USD Capacity Utilization Rate
Tentative USD Industrial Production m/m
4:00am USD Factory Orders m/m
Previous -1.30%
4:00am USD NAHB Housing Market Index
Forecast 36 Previous 37
Tentative NZD GDT Price Index
Previous -2.40%
6:00am GBP MPC Member Dhingra Speaks
10:00am USD TIC Long-Term Purchases
Forecast 126.1B Previous 49.2B
10:30am USD API Weekly Statistical Bulletin
10:45am NZD PPI Input q/q
Previous 0.60%
10:45am NZD PPI Output q/q
Previous 0.60%
12:30pm AUD MI Leading Index m/m
Previous 0.00%
12:50pm JPY Core Machinery Orders m/m
Forecast 2.40% Previous -0.90%
12:50pm JPY Trade Balance
Forecast -0.13T Previous -0.31T
1:30pm AUD Wage Price Index q/q Forecast 0.80% Previous 0.80%
4:30pm USD FOMC Member Barr Speaks
8:00pm GBP CPI y/y
Forecast 3.60% Previous 3.80%
8:00pm GBP Core CPI y/y
Forecast 3.40% Previous 3.50%
8:00pm GBP PPI Input m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous -0.10%
8:00pm GBP PPI Output m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous 0.00%
8:00pm GBP RPI y/y
Forecast 4.30% Previous 4.50%
10:00pm EUR Current Account
Forecast 14.5B Previous 11.9B
10:30pm GBP HPI y/y
Forecast 3.10% Previous 3.00%
11:00pm EUR Final Core CPI y/y
Forecast 2.40% Previous 2.40%
11:00pm EUR Final CPI y/y
Forecast 2.20% Previous 2.10%
Tentative GBP 10-y Bond Auction
Previous 4.52|3.3
Tentative USD Building Permits
Tentative USD Housing Starts
4:30am USD Crude Oil Inventories
Previous 6.4M
6:30am CAD Gov Council Member Vincent Speaks
8:00am USD FOMC Meeting Minutes
8:00am USD FOMC Member Williams Speaks
2:00pm CNY 1-y Loan Prime Rate
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.00%
2:00pm CNY 5-y Loan Prime Rate
Forecast 3.50% Previous 3.50%
3:00pm AUD RBA Assist Gov Hunter Speaks
8:00pm CHF Trade Balance
Forecast 4.90B Previous 4.07B
8:00pm EUR German PPI m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous -0.10%
Tentative EUR Spanish 10-y Bond Auction
Previous 3.11|2.6
Tentative EUR French 10-y Bond Auction
12:00am EUR German Buba Monthly Report
12:00am GBP CBI Industrial Order Expectations
Forecast -30 Previous -38
2:30am CAD IPPI m/m
Previous 0.80%
2:30am CAD RMPI m/m
Previous 1.70%
2:30am USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m
Previous 0.30%
2:30am USD Non-Farm Employment Change
Previous 22K
2:30am USD Unemployment Rate
Previous 4.30%
2:30am USD Philly Fed Manufacturing Index
Forecast -1.4 Previous -12.8
Tentative USD Unemployment Claims
2:50am USD FOMC Member Hammack Speaks
4:00am EUR Consumer Confidence
Previous -14
4:00am USD Existing Home Sales
Forecast 4.11M Previous 4.06M
Tentative USD CB Leading Index m/m
4:30am USD Natural Gas Storage
5:00am USD FOMC Member Cook Speaks
6:40am USD FOMC Member Goolsbee Speaks
7:30am GBP MPC Member Dhingra Speaks
10:30am USD FOMC Member Paulson Speaks
10:45am NZD Trade Balance
Previous -1355M
11:00am AUD Flash Manufacturing PMI
Previous 49.7
11:00am AUD Flash Services PMI
Previous 52.5
12:30pm JPY National Core CPI y/y
Forecast 3.00% Previous 2.90%
1:01pm GBP GfK Consumer Confidence
Forecast -18 Previous -17
1:30pm JPY Flash Manufacturing PMI
Previous 48.2
3:00pm NZD Credit Card Spending y/y
Previous 0.20%
8:00pm GBP Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.50%
8:00pm GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing
Forecast 15.2B Previous 20.2B
9:15pm EUR French Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.1 Previous 48.8
9:15pm EUR French Flash Services PMI
Forecast 48.6 Previous 48
9:30pm EUR German Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.8 Previous 49.6
9:30pm EUR German Flash Services PMI
Forecast 54 Previous 54.6
9:30pm EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
10:00pm EUR Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.2 Previous 50
10:00pm EUR Flash Services PMI
Forecast 52.8 Previous 53
10:30pm GBP Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.3 Previous 49.7
10:30pm GBP Flash Services PMI
Forecast 52 Previous 52.3
12:00am GBP CBI Realized Sales
1:30am USD FOMC Member Williams Speaks
1:40am CHF SNB Chairman Schlegel Speaks
2:00am EUR German Buba President Nagel Speaks
2:30am CAD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast -0.30% Previous 0.70%
2:30am CAD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast -0.70% Previous 1.00%
2:30am CAD NHPI m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous -0.20%
2:30am USD FOMC Member Barr Speaks
2:45am USD FOMC Member Jefferson Speaks
3:00am USD FOMC Member Logan Speaks
3:45am USD Flash Manufacturing PMI
Previous 52.5
3:45am USD Flash Services PMI
Previous 54.8
4:00am USD Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment
Previous 50.3
4:00am USD Revised UoM Inflation Expectations
Previous 4.70%
4:40am GBP MPC Member Pill Speaks
Tentative USD Treasury Currency Report
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