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