Next week will be busy, as Markit is releasing the Manufacturing and Services Purchasing Managers Indices for top EU countries, the United Kingdom and the United States. Moreover, three top central banks will make rate statements and policy announcements. On Wednesday, at 14:30 GMT, the weekly US Crude Oil Inventories are expected to create oil price volatility. Since mid-August the event
On Tuesday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Consumer Price Index and Core Consumer Price Index data was published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index came in at 0.3% instead of the forecast 0.4%. Meanwhile, the Core Consumer Price Index revealed price growth of 0.1% instead of the expected 0.3%. The worse than forecast statistics caused
The week's notable events will start on Tuesday. At 12:30 GMT, the US statisticians are scheduled to publish the monthly Consumer Price Index and Core Consumer Price Index data. The EUR/USD has moved from 24.7 to 51.9 points in a span of ten minutes around the release since April 2021. On Wednesday morning, the Pound's traders are bound to watch
On Friday, at 12:30 GMT, Statistics Canada published their monthly employment data sets. The release consisted of the Employment Change and the Unemployment Rate. The Employment Change came in at 90.2 thousand instead of the market forecast 67.2 thousand. Official Unemployment rate was 7.1% instead of 7.3%. The USD/CAD reacted to the news by declining 16 base points or 0.13%.
On September 9, the European Central Bank published its Monetary Policy Statement and Main Refinancing Rate. In general, the central bank kept its policy intact. Namely, monetary stimulus is bound to remain intact until the ECB reaches its 2% inflation target. However, the bank revealed that it would moderately lower the pace of asset purchases. This minor aspect boosted the
On September 8, the Bank of Canada published its Overnight Rate and published the BOC Rate Statement. In general, the central bank announced that it would continue its monetary stimulus program. In addition the bank commented on the economic recovery of the country. Quoting the statement: "The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at
On September 7, the Reserve Bank of Australia announced its Cash Rate and published a Rate Statement. In general, the central bank revealed that the economy of Australia would recover, which signals that demand for the Australian Dollar and its value would grow. However, the Delta variant of the coronavirus has delayed the recovery. Due to that reason the RBA
On Friday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Bureau of Labour Statistics published the US monthly employment data sets. The news that during the last month 235,000 people were employed instead of forecast 720,000 caused a sharp drop of the US Dollar. The EUR/USD currency exchange rate reacted to the event by sharply surging 37 base points or 0.31%. In regards
On Wednesday, at 12:15 GMT, the Automatic Data Processing National Employment Report was released. It revealed that instead of expected 640,000 new employed people in the US, there are 374,000. The EUR/USD surged by 22.4 base points in the aftermath of the announcement, as the US Dollar lost value.
The week will stand out with the Reserve Bank of Australia Rate Statement, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report and the monthly US and Canadian data releases. Events will start on Monday, as on that day at 14:00 GMT, the US ISM Manufacturing PMI would be published. On Tuesday, at 04:30 GMT, the Reserve Bank of Australia will make a rate
On July 28, the US Federal Reserve made a rate statement and issues its Federal Open Market Committee Statement. In general, the Fed kept its interest rate unchanged and the bank continues its quantitative easing program. Quoting the statement: "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and expects it will
On July 22, the European Central Bank published a monetary policy Statement. In general, the bank announced that the Eurozone is still in a crisis and still needs stimulus. Quoting the statement: "In its recent strategy review, the Governing Council agreed a symmetric inflation target of two per cent over the medium term. The key ECB interest rates have been close
Notable events start this week on Wednesday. At 12:30 GMT, the Canadian CPI is expected to impact all Canadian Dollar pairs. Later on, at 14:30 GMT, the weekly US Energy Information Administration Crude Oil Inventories data is bound to move crude oil prices and slightly impact commodity currencies. The top event of all will take place on Wednesday at 18:00 GMT. The
On July 16, the Bank of Japan published a Monetary Policy Statement and BoJ Outlook Report. In general, the bank kept its policy unchanged. However, the bank announced that it would reduce its 2021 Japan's economic growth forecast. In addition, the bank noted that due to increasing fuel prices it expects an increase in inflation. Quoting the statement: "At the Monetary
Despite the week starting on Wednesday for macroeconomic data releases, it is bound to be busy. Namely, the ten Markit PMI data sets on Friday are expected to cause volatility on EUR, USD and GBP pairs. Prior to the Friday's events, on Wednesday, expect crude oil prices to react to the US EIA crude oil inventories at 14:30 GMT. On Thursday,
On July 14, at 14:00 GMT, the Bank of Canada made a rate statement and published its Monetary Policy Report of July 2021. In general, the bank kept its interest rate unchanged. Although, the central bank adjusted its quantitative easing program. Quoting the statement: "The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound
On July 14, at 02:00 GMT, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand made a Rate Statement. In general, the bank once again kept its interest rate at 0.25%. However, the bank revealed in its statement that the bank would reduce monetary stimulus. Quoting the statement: "The Monetary Policy Committee agreed to reduce the current stimulatory level of monetary settings in order
On Wednesday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Dollar dropped due to higher than expected Producer Price Indices being released. For example, the EUR/USD surged almost 20 base points on the data release. The PPI came in at 1.00% instead of the market consensus 0.60%. Meanwhile, core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, was at 1.00% instead of forecast
The week is bound to be busy for macroeconomic data releases and central bank announcements. On Tuesday, the US Consumer Price Index at 12:30 GMT is expected to impact all USD traded assets and currency pairs. On Wednesday, at 02:00 GMT the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is set to publish it Official Cash Rate and release a Rate Statement. At 06:00
On July 6, at 04:30 GMT, the Reserve Bank of Australia published its cash rate and rate statement. In general, the bank left its cash rate unchanged. However, the AUD declined, as the bank revealed that it does not expect to change its interest rate until 2024. Quoting the statement: "The Board remains committed to maintaining highly supportive monetary conditions to
On Friday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Dollar declined in value due to the publication of US employment data. The EUR/USD surged by 27 base points in the five minutes following the release. The data release consisted of three data sets. The Average Hourly Earnings change, the Non-Farm Employment Change and the Unemployment Rate were released. The Average Hourly Earnings changed
The week's notable events will start with the Reserve Bank of Australia publishing its Official Cash Rate at 04:30 GMT on Tuesday. Expect large moves on all AUD pairs during the announcement. Also on Tuesday, the US ISM Services Purchasing Managers Index release at 14:00 GMT could cause a minor move on USD pairs. However, note that during most times the
On June 24, at 11:00 GMT, the Bank of England published a Monetary Policy Summary. The bank kept its Official Bank Rate at 0.10% and the Asset Purchase Facility remained at 895 billion GBP. Moreover, the Monetary Policy Committee voted, as the market had expected. Despite it, some parts of the statement caused a GBP sell off. The selloff could
The most notable event of the week will be at the end of it. Meanwhile, take into account other data releases that are scheduled to occur throughout the week. On Friday, at 12:30 GMT, all USD traded assets and currency pairs are bound to move due to the monthly US employment data. The data release will consist of US Average Hourly