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Gap between exports and imports; the current account adds services and investment income. A deficit signals reliance on foreign financing; watched for the CAD, AUD, JPY and TRY. The impact is mostly small.

Gap between exports and imports; the current account adds services and investment income. A deficit signals reliance on foreign financing; watched for the CAD, AUD, JPY and TRY. The impact is mostly small.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

Household confidence surveys (Michigan, Conference Board, GfK, Westpac). The inflation-expectation sub-readings matter more than the headline; the Fed watches Michigan’s 1- and 5-year numbers. Currency and yields react.

Household confidence surveys (Michigan, Conference Board, GfK, Westpac). The inflation-expectation sub-readings matter more than the headline; the Fed watches Michigan’s 1- and 5-year numbers. Currency and yields react.

A summary of the last meeting’s discussion. The decision is already known; what matters is how split members were on rates. If it shifts expectations, the currency and yields move, usually modestly.

Gap between exports and imports; the current account adds services and investment income. A deficit signals reliance on foreign financing; watched for the CAD, AUD, JPY and TRY. The impact is mostly small.

Consumer spending in stores and online; consumption is the main growth engine in most large economies. In the US the ex-autos and “control group” readings are watched; the control group feeds into GDP.

Confidence surveys of managers or analysts: ZEW, Ifo, Tankan, NAB, NFIB. They arrive before hard data and hint at direction; surprises are small. ZEW and Ifo matter for the euro, Tankan for the yen, NAB for the Aussie.

Share of the labor force that is looking for work and can’t find it. It comes in the same report as employment change; even a 0.1-point miss can shift rate expectations in that country’s currency.

Output from factories, mines and utilities, plus capacity utilization. Monthly moves are small and often revised; it confirms or contradicts the manufacturing picture. Currency impact is limited.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

ADP’s private-sector payrolls estimate. Treated as an NFP preview, though its track record is patchy: unless the miss is large, the move fades quickly. The weekly version shows the recent average change in jobs.

Price change in the consumer basket; the core version strips out food and energy. It moves rate expectations most directly: a miss against consensus quickly moves that currency and its bond yields.

Price change in the consumer basket; the core version strips out food and energy. It moves rate expectations most directly: a miss against consensus quickly moves that currency and its bond yields.

Price change in the consumer basket; the core version strips out food and energy. It moves rate expectations most directly: a miss against consensus quickly moves that currency and its bond yields.

Price change in the consumer basket; the core version strips out food and energy. It moves rate expectations most directly: a miss against consensus quickly moves that currency and its bond yields.

Price change in the consumer basket; the core version strips out food and energy. It moves rate expectations most directly: a miss against consensus quickly moves that currency and its bond yields.

Price change in the consumer basket; the core version strips out food and energy. It moves rate expectations most directly: a miss against consensus quickly moves that currency and its bond yields.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

Weekly US crude, gasoline and distillate stocks (EIA on Wednesday, API on Tuesday evening). A bigger-than-expected draw lifts WTI and Brent, a build pushes them down; oil and the CAD react.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

Output from factories, mines and utilities, plus capacity utilization. Monthly moves are small and often revised; it confirms or contradicts the manufacturing picture. Currency impact is limited.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

Mortgage applications and average mortgage rates (MBA and Freddie Mac in the US). Mortgage rates track long-term bond yields. It rarely moves markets; it shows how much high rates are suppressing housing demand.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

House price indices (Case-Shiller, FHFA, Halifax, Nationwide). Case-Shiller lags by two to three months; housing costs feed into inflation from here. Market reaction is small.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

Total goods and services produced in a period, the official growth measure. It arrives after the period ends, so the first (advance) estimate moves markets most, revisions less. Misses show up in the currency and yields.

Total goods and services produced in a period, the official growth measure. It arrives after the period ends, so the first (advance) estimate moves markets most, revisions less. Misses show up in the currency and yields.

Total goods and services produced in a period, the official growth measure. It arrives after the period ends, so the first (advance) estimate moves markets most, revisions less. Misses show up in the currency and yields.

Total goods and services produced in a period, the official growth measure. It arrives after the period ends, so the first (advance) estimate moves markets most, revisions less. Misses show up in the currency and yields.

Gap between exports and imports; the current account adds services and investment income. A deficit signals reliance on foreign financing; watched for the CAD, AUD, JPY and TRY. The impact is mostly small.

Gap between exports and imports; the current account adds services and investment income. A deficit signals reliance on foreign financing; watched for the CAD, AUD, JPY and TRY. The impact is mostly small.

Output from factories, mines and utilities, plus capacity utilization. Monthly moves are small and often revised; it confirms or contradicts the manufacturing picture. Currency impact is limited.

Output from factories, mines and utilities, plus capacity utilization. Monthly moves are small and often revised; it confirms or contradicts the manufacturing picture. Currency impact is limited.

Applications for unemployment benefits, the fastest read on layoffs. Weekly in the US (Thursdays), monthly in the UK. The weekly series is noisy, so the 4-week average is what counts.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

New, existing and pending home sales. The data most sensitive to mortgage rates; pending sales lead existing ones. Bond yields mostly set the direction, and it rarely moves the market itself.

New, existing and pending home sales. The data most sensitive to mortgage rates; pending sales lead existing ones. Bond yields mostly set the direction, and it rarely moves the market itself.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

Weekly US crude, gasoline and distillate stocks (EIA on Wednesday, API on Tuesday evening). A bigger-than-expected draw lifts WTI and Brent, a build pushes them down; oil and the CAD react.

Weekly US crude, gasoline and distillate stocks (EIA on Wednesday, API on Tuesday evening). A bigger-than-expected draw lifts WTI and Brent, a build pushes them down; oil and the CAD react.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

Change in the prices producers charge, seen as a lead indicator for consumer inflation. It rarely moves markets like CPI; it lands close to CPI and can reinforce or undermine expectations for that print.

Change in the prices producers charge, seen as a lead indicator for consumer inflation. It rarely moves markets like CPI; it lands close to CPI and can reinforce or undermine expectations for that print.

Gap between exports and imports; the current account adds services and investment income. A deficit signals reliance on foreign financing; watched for the CAD, AUD, JPY and TRY. The impact is mostly small.

Gap between exports and imports; the current account adds services and investment income. A deficit signals reliance on foreign financing; watched for the CAD, AUD, JPY and TRY. The impact is mostly small.

Net jobs added or lost in a month, released with the unemployment rate. It can move AUD, CAD and GBP sharply in the first minutes; the full-time versus part-time split gets watched too.

Net jobs added or lost in a month, released with the unemployment rate. It can move AUD, CAD and GBP sharply in the first minutes; the full-time versus part-time split gets watched too.

Change in the prices producers charge, seen as a lead indicator for consumer inflation. It rarely moves markets like CPI; it lands close to CPI and can reinforce or undermine expectations for that print.

Change in the prices producers charge, seen as a lead indicator for consumer inflation. It rarely moves markets like CPI; it lands close to CPI and can reinforce or undermine expectations for that print.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.

A central bank official’s speech. Remarks from the chair or governor can move rate expectations; those from non-voting members are mostly noise. The text isn’t known in advance, so spreads can widen mid-speech.