This Weeks Economic Calendar

Why does this matter? Because news drives currencies up and down, and when holding a position it’s very good to know what’s up coming that could affect the traded currency. The time stamps below are in GMT -5.0.

Time
Cur.
Event
Forecast
Previous

Sunday, January 05

20:45
CNY
Chinese HSBC Services PMI

52.5

Monday, January 06

Holiday
Japan – Half Day Trading ODE

03:13
EUR
Spanish Services PMI
51.5
51.5

03:43
EUR
Italian Services PMI
48.7
47.2

03:48
EUR
French Services PMI
47.4
47.4

03:53
EUR
German Services PMI
54.0
54.0

03:58
EUR
Services PMI
51.0
51.0

04:28
GBP
Services PMI
60.0
60.0

10:00
USD
ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI
54.5
53.9

10:00
USD
ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment

52.5

16:45
NZD
Trade Balance
-26M
-168M

19:30
AUD
Trade Balance
-0.300B
-0.529B

Tuesday, January 07

03:55
EUR
German Unemployment Rate
6.9%
6.9%

03:55
EUR
German Unemployment Change
-1K
10K

08:30
CAD
Trade Balance

0.08B

08:30
USD
Trade Balance
-40.00B
-40.60B

08:30
CAD
Exports
41.00B
40.47B

10:00
CAD
Ivey PMI
55.0
53.7

Wednesday, January 08

06:00
EUR
German Factory Orders (MoM)
1.5%
-2.2%

08:15
USD
ADP Nonfarm Employment Change
200K
215K

16:45
NZD
Building Consents (MoM)

-0.6%

19:30
AUD
Building Approvals (MoM)
-1.0%
-1.8%

19:30
AUD
Retail Sales (MoM)
0.3%
0.5%

21:00
CNY
Chinese CPI (YoY)
-1.3%
3.0%

21:00
CNY
Chinese PPI (YoY)
-1.2%
-1.4%

21:00
CNY
Chinese CPI (MoM)
2.8%
-0.1%

Thursday, January 09

04:30
GBP
Trade Balance
-9.45B
-9.73B

06:00
EUR
German Industrial Production (MoM)
1.5%
-1.2%

07:00
GBP
Interest Rate Decision
0.50%
0.50%

07:00
GBP
BoE QE Total
375B
375B

07:45
EUR
Interest Rate Decision
0.25%
0.25%

08:15
CAD
Housing Starts
190.0K
192.2K

08:30
CAD
Building Permits (MoM)
-3.0%
7.4%

08:30
USD
Initial Jobless Claims
335K
339K

Friday, January 10

01:45
CHF
Unemployment Rate s.a.
3.2%
3.2%

01:45
CHF
Unemployment Rate n.s.a.
3.4%
3.2%

03:15
CHF
Swiss CPI (MoM)
-0.1%

04:30
GBP
Industrial Production (MoM)
0.4%
0.4%

04:30
GBP
Manufacturing Production (MoM)
0.4%
0.4%

08:30
USD
Average Hourly Earnings (MoM)
0.2%
0.2%

08:30
CAD
Employment Change
14.0K
21.6K

08:30
USD
Nonfarm Payrolls
197K
203K

08:30
USD
Unemployment Rate
7.0%
7.0%

08:30
CAD
Unemployment Rate
7.0%
6.9%

08:30
USD
Average Weekly Hours
34.5
34.5

08:30
USD
Private Nonfarm Payrolls
197K
196K