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2025-04-04T00:00:00+04:30 | USD | High Impact Expected | Unemployment Rate | 4.2% | 4.1% | 4.1% | Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (latest release) | Measures: Percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the previous month; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' less than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, usually on the first Friday after the month ends; | Next Release: May 2, 2025 | Why Traders Care: Although it's generally viewed as a lagging indicator, the number of unemployed people is an important signal of overall economic health because consumer spending is highly correlated with labor-market conditions. Unemployment is also a major consideration for those steering the country's monetary policy; | Also Called: Jobless Rate; |
2025-04-04T00:00:00+04:30 | GBP | Low Impact Expected | Housing Equity Withdrawal q/q | -13.4B | -10.8B | -13.4B | Source: Bank of England (latest release) | Measures: Change in the total value of new home-secured loans that are not used for home purchases or improvements; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released quarterly, about 90 days after the quarter ends; | Next Release: Jul 4, 2025 | Also Called: Equity Withdrawal, Housing Equity Injection; |
2025-04-04T03:00:00+04:30 | JPY | Low Impact Expected | Household Spending y/y | -0.5% | -0.9% | 0.8% | Source: Statistics Bureau (latest release) | Measures: Change in the inflation-adjusted value of all expenditures by consumers; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 35 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 9, 2025 | Why Traders Care: Consumer spending accounts for a majority of overall economic activity. It's one of the most important gauges of economic health due to the vast ripple effect consumer buying creates in the economy; |
2025-04-04T09:15:00+04:30 | CHF | Low Impact Expected | Unemployment Rate | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.7% | Source: SECO (latest release) | Measures: Percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the previous month; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' less than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 9 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 7, 2025 | FF Notes: This is the seasonally adjusted data (as most FF numbers are), not to be confused with the non-seasonally adjusted number reported by some news agencies; | Why Traders Care: Although it's generally viewed as a lagging indicator, the number of unemployed people is an important signal of overall economic health because consumer spending is highly correlated with labor-market conditions; | Also Called: Jobless Rate; |
2025-04-04T09:30:00+04:30 | EUR | Low Impact Expected | German Factory Orders m/m | 0.0% | 3.4% | -5.5% | Source: Destatis (latest release) | Measures: Change in the total value of new purchase orders placed with manufacturers; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 35 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 7, 2025 | Why Traders Care: It's a leading indicator of production - rising purchase orders signal that manufacturers will increase activity as they work to fill the orders; | Also Called: Industrial Orders, Manufacturing Orders; |
2025-04-04T10:15:00+04:30 | EUR | Low Impact Expected | French Industrial Production m/m | 0.7% | 0.5% | -0.5% | Source: INSEE (latest release) | Measures: Change in the total inflation-adjusted value of output produced by manufacturers, mines, and utilities; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 40 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 9, 2025 | Why Traders Care: It's a leading indicator of economic health - production reacts quickly to ups and downs in the business cycle and is correlated with consumer conditions such as employment levels and earnings; | Also Called: Industrial Output; |
2025-04-04T11:30:00+04:30 | EUR | Low Impact Expected | Italian Retail Sales m/m | 0.1% | 0.2% | -0.4% | Source: Istat (latest release) | Measures: Change in the total value of sales at the retail level; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 35 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 5, 2025 | Why Traders Care: It's the primary gauge of consumer spending, which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity; |
2025-04-04T12:00:00+04:30 | GBP | Medium Impact Expected | Construction PMI | 46.4 | 46.3 | 44.6 | Source: S&P Global (latest release) | Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the construction industry; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, on the third business day after the month ends; | Next Release: May 7, 2025 | FF Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction; | Why Traders Care: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy; | Derived Via: Survey of about 150 purchasing managers which asks respondents to rate the relative level of business conditions including employment, production, new orders, prices, supplier deliveries, and inventories; | Acro Expand: Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI); |
2025-04-04T16:00:00+04:30 | CAD | High Impact Expected | Employment Change | -32.6K | 10.4K | 1.1K | Source: Statistics Canada (latest release) | Measures: Change in the number of employed people during the previous month; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 8 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 9, 2025 | FF Notes: This is vital economic data released shortly after the month ends. The combination of importance and earliness makes for hefty market impacts; | Why Traders Care: Job creation is an important leading indicator of consumer spending, which accounts for a majority of overall economic activity; |
2025-04-04T18:55:00+04:30 | USD | High Impact Expected | Fed Chair Powell Speaks | null | null | null | Description: Due to speak about the economic outlook at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing Annual Conference, in Arlington. Audience questions expected; | Source: Federal Reserve (latest release) | Speaker: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell; | Usual Effect: More hawkish than expected is good for currency; | FF Notes: Fed Chair Feb 2018 - Feb 2026. Fed Governor May 2012 - Jan 2018. Volatility is often experienced during his speeches as traders attempt to decipher interest rate clues; | Why Traders Care: As head of the central bank, which controls short term interest rates, he has more influence over the nation's currency value than any other person. Traders scrutinize his public engagements as they are often used to drop subtle clues regarding future monetary policy; | Acro Expand: Federal Reserve (Fed); |
2025-04-04T19:30:00+04:30 | USD | Low Impact Expected | FOMC Member Barr Speaks | null | null | null | Description: Due to speak about Artificial Intelligence and Banking at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, and University of California Santa Cruz Fintech Conference. Audience questions expected; | Source: Federal Reserve (latest release) | Speaker: Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr; | Usual Effect: More hawkish than expected is good for currency; | FF Notes: FOMC voting member Jul 2022 - Jan 2032; | Why Traders Care: Federal Reserve FOMC members vote on where to set the nation's key interest rates and their public engagements are often used to drop subtle clues regarding future monetary policy; | Acro Expand: Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC); |
2025-04-04T20:15:00+04:30 | USD | Medium Impact Expected | FOMC Member Waller Speaks | null | null | null | Description: Due to speak about payments at the New York Fed Innovation Conference. Audience questions expected; | Source: Federal Reserve (latest release) | Speaker: Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller; | Usual Effect: More hawkish than expected is good for currency; | FF Notes: FOMC voting member Dec 2020 - Jan 2030; | Why Traders Care: Federal Reserve FOMC members vote on where to set the nation's key interest rates and their public engagements are often used to drop subtle clues regarding future monetary policy; | Acro Expand: Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC); |
2025-04-04T23:59:59+04:30 | CNY | Non-Economic | Bank Holiday | null | null | null | Description: Chinese banks will be closed in observance of Tomb Sweeping Day; | Usual Effect: Low liquidity and irregular volatility; | Next Release: May 1, 2025 | FF Notes: Most Forex brokers remain open for every holiday except Christmas and New Year's Day. Stock markets and banks have slightly different holiday schedules; | Why Traders Care: Banks facilitate the majority of foreign exchange volume. When they are closed the market is less liquid and speculators become a more dominant market influence. This can lead to both abnormally low and abnormally high volatility; |
2025-04-05T17:30:00+04:30 | NZD | Non-Economic | Daylight Saving Time Shift | null | null | null | Description: New Zealand exits DST and clocks are moved backward by 1 hour; | Frequency: Twice per year; | Acro Expand: Daylight Saving Time (DST); |
2025-04-05T19:30:00+04:30 | AUD | Non-Economic | Daylight Saving Time Shift | null | null | null | Description: Most Australian states exit DST and clocks are moved backward by 1 hour or 30 minutes, depending on the state; | Frequency: Twice per year; | Next Release: Sep 27, 2025 | Acro Expand: Daylight Saving Time (DST); |
2025-04-07T00:00:00+04:30 | EUR | Low Impact Expected | German Trade Balance | null | 18.4B | 16.0B | Source: Destatis (latest release) | Measures: Difference in value between imported and exported goods during the reported month; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 40 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 8, 2025 | FF Notes: This is the seasonally adjusted data (as most FF numbers are), not to be confused with the non-seasonally adjusted number reported by some news agencies. A positive number indicates that more goods were exported than imported; | Why Traders Care: Export demand and currency demand are directly linked because foreigners must buy the domestic currency to pay for the nation's exports. Export demand also impacts production and prices at domestic manufacturers; | Also Called: Foreign Trade; |
2025-04-07T00:00:00+04:30 | GBP | Low Impact Expected | Halifax HPI m/m | null | 0.2% | -0.1% | Source: Halifax Bank of Scotland (latest release) | Measures: Change in the price of homes financed by HBOS; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 5 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 8, 2025 | FF Notes: The exact release date is usually not announced by HBOS until shortly before it's released. There are 2 earlier reports on housing inflation, but this data is broad and based on HBOS's internal mortgage approval figures, which can lead sale-completion indicators by more than a month; | Why Traders Care: It's a leading indicator of the housing industry's health because rising house prices attract investors and spur industry activity; | Also Called: HBOS HPI; | Acro Expand: House Price Index (HPI), Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS); |
2025-04-07T00:00:00+04:30 | USD | Low Impact Expected | FOMC Member Kugler Speaks | null | null | null | Description: Due to deliver a speech titled "Inflation Dynamics and the Phillips Curve" at Harvard University lecture, via satellite. Audience questions expected; | Source: Federal Reserve (latest release) | Speaker: Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler; | Usual Effect: More hawkish than expected is good for currency; | FF Notes: FOMC voting member Sep 2023 - Jan 2026; | Why Traders Care: Federal Reserve FOMC members vote on where to set the nation's key interest rates and their public engagements are often used to drop subtle clues regarding future monetary policy; | Acro Expand: Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC); |
2025-04-07T03:00:00+04:30 | JPY | Low Impact Expected | Average Cash Earnings y/y | 3.1% | 3.1% | 1.8% | Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (latest release) | Measures: Change in the total value of employment income collected by workers; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 35 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 7, 2025 | Why Traders Care: Income is correlated with spending - the more disposable income consumers have, the more likely they are to increase spending; | Also Called: Labor Cash Earnings, Total Cash Earnings; |
2025-04-07T05:00:00+04:30 | AUD | Low Impact Expected | ANZ Job Advertisements m/m | null | null | -1.4% | Source: ANZ (latest release) | Measures: Change in the number of jobs advertised in the major daily newspapers and websites covering the capital cities; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, usually the first Monday after the month ends; | Next Release: May 5, 2025 | FF Notes: This data tends to have more impact when it's released ahead of the government employment data rather than after; | Acro Expand: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ); |
2025-04-07T08:30:00+04:30 | JPY | Low Impact Expected | Leading Indicators | null | 107.8% | 108.3% | Source: Cabinet Office (latest release) | Measures: Level of a composite index based on 11 economic indicators; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 35 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 8, 2025 | FF Notes: This index is designed to predict the direction of the economy, but it tends to have a muted impact because most of the indicators used in the calculation are released previously. There's a revised version of this indicator released about 20 days later, but it's not included for lack of significance. Source changed series from a diffusion index to a composite index as of Jun 2008 and changed series calculation formula as of Jul 2023; | Derived Via: Combined reading of 11 economic indicators related to employment, production, new orders, consumer confidence, housing, stock prices, money supply, and interest rate spreads; |
2025-04-07T09:30:00+04:30 | EUR | Low Impact Expected | German Industrial Production m/m | null | -0.9% | 2.0% | Source: Destatis (latest release) | Measures: Change in the total inflation-adjusted value of output produced by manufacturers, mines, and utilities; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 40 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 8, 2025 | Why Traders Care: It's a leading indicator of economic health - production reacts quickly to ups and downs in the business cycle and is correlated with consumer conditions such as employment levels and earnings; | Also Called: Industrial Output; |
2025-04-07T10:30:00+04:30 | CHF | Low Impact Expected | Foreign Currency Reserves | null | null | 735B | Source: Swiss National Bank (latest release) | Measures: Total value of foreign currency reserves held by the SNB; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' less than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, on the fifth business day after the month ends; | Next Release: May 7, 2025 | Why Traders Care: It provides insight into the SNB's currency market operations, such as how actively they are defending the franc's exchange rate against the euro; | Acro Expand: Swiss National Bank (SNB); |
2025-04-07T12:00:00+04:30 | EUR | Low Impact Expected | Sentix Investor Confidence | null | -8.9 | -2.9 | Source: Sentix (latest release) | Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed investors and analysts; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, on the first or second Monday of the current month; | Next Release: May 5, 2025 | FF Notes: Above 0.0 indicates optimism, below indicates pessimism; | Why Traders Care: It's a leading indicator of economic health - investors and analysts are highly informed by virtue of their job, and changes in their sentiment can be an early signal of future economic activity; | Derived Via: Survey of about 6,600 investors and analysts which asks respondents to rate the relative 6-month economic outlook for the Eurozone; |
2025-04-07T12:30:00+04:30 | EUR | Low Impact Expected | Retail Sales m/m | null | 0.5% | -0.3% | Source: Eurostat (latest release) | Measures: Change in the total value of inflation-adjusted sales at the retail level; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 35 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 7, 2025 | FF Notes: Tends to have a relatively muted impact because Germany and France, which account for about half of the Eurozone's economy, release earlier consumer spending data; | Why Traders Care: It's the primary gauge of consumer spending, which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity; |
2025-04-07T18:00:00+04:30 | CAD | Low Impact Expected | BOC Business Outlook Survey | null | null | null | Source: Bank of Canada (latest release) | Usual Effect: More hawkish than expected is good for currency; | Frequency: Released quarterly; | Next Release: Jul 21, 2025 | FF Notes: This report is highly respected given its source and timing in relation to interest rate decisions. It can also have predictive qualities regarding future economic conditions because the surveyed firms are selected in accordance with their composition of the nation's GDP; | Why Traders Care: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and changes in their sentiment can be an early signal of future economic activity such as spending, hiring, and investment; | Derived Via: Survey of about 1,000 businesses which asks respondents to rate the relative level of general business conditions, such as sales growth, investment in machinery, employment, inflation expectations, and credit conditions; | Also Called: Senior Loan Officer Survey; | Acro Expand: Bank of Canada (BOC); |
2025-04-07T22:30:00+04:30 | USD | Low Impact Expected | Consumer Credit m/m | null | 15.2B | 18.1B | Source: Federal Reserve (latest release) | Measures: Change in the total value of outstanding consumer credit that requires installment payments; | Usual Effect: 'Actual' greater than 'Forecast' is good for currency; | Frequency: Released monthly, about 35 days after the month ends; | Next Release: May 7, 2025 | Why Traders Care: It's correlated with consumer spending and confidence - rising debt levels are a sign that lenders feel comfortable issuing loans, and that consumers are confident in their financial position and eager to spend money; |
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