The Federal Reserve releases US FOMC Meeting Minutes where fed officials provide in-depth insights into the economic and financial conditions that influenced their vote on where to set interest rates.
"Almost all participants thought that it would be desirable to announce before too long a plan to stop reducing the Federal Reserve's asset holdings later this year. Such an announcement would provide more certainty about the process for completing the normalization of the size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet," the document said.
Historical Data Table: FOMC Meeting Minutes | Economic Calendar for 22.02.2019 | ||||||||
Date | 26.09.2018 | 08.11.2018 | 19.12.2018 | 09.01.2019 | 20.02.2019 | 13:30 PM | CAD Core Retail Sales m/m | ||
Actual | - | - | - | - | - | 13:30 PM | CAD Retail Sales m/m | ||
Forecast | - | - | - | - | - | 15:30PM | EUR ECB President Draghi Speaks | ||
Initial Reaction on Main Pairs | Open Position Proportions on 21.02.2019 | ||||||||
Open Price | Close Price | % Change | Longs | Shorts | |||||
AUD/USD | 0.71774 | 0.71809 | 0.05% | AUD/USD | 71.41% | 28.59% | |||
EUR/USD | 1.13633 | 1.13664 | 0.03% | EUR/USD | 36.52% | 63.48% | |||
USD/JPY | 110.666 | 110.663 | 0.00% | USD/JPY | 43.95% | 56.05% | |||
NZD/USD | 0.68734 | 0.68746 | 0.02% | NZD/USD | 39.84% | 60.16% |