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Calendar of Economic Releases

ByDirectfx admin 22/04/2025

Wednesday April 23rd
7:15pm EUR French Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 47.9 Previous 48.5
7:15pm EUR French Flash Services PMI
Forecast 47.7 Previous 47.9
7:30pm EUR German Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 47.5 Previous 48.3
7:30pm EUR German Flash Services PMI
Forecast 50.3 Previous 50.9
8:30pm GBP Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 44 Previous 44.9
8:30pm GBP Flash Services PMI
Forecast 51.5 Previous 52.5

Thursday April 24th
1:45am USD Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49 Previous 50.2
1:45am USD Flash Services PMI
Forecast 52.8 Previous 54.4
5:15am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks

Friday April 25th
12:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 222K Previous 215K
All Day NZD Bank Holiday
All Day AUD Bank Holiday
6:00pm GBP Retail Sales m/m
Forecast -0.40% Previous 1.00%
All Day EUR Italian Bank Holiday

Saturday April 26th
12:30am CAD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous 0.20%
12:30am CAD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast -0.40% Previous -0.60%

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Trade War/Brexit Overshadows Economic Data

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NZD/GBP Conversion:

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Markets focus on Central Bank meetings

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AUD/USD Transfer

ByDragana My Engine Lab 16/08/2024

The US Dollar (USD) has looked a tad soft this week across the board, against the Australian Dollar (AUD) the cross has improved from 0.6560 Monday to 0.6610 Friday with risk appetite improving led by US equities. Australian Jobs data pushed up the AUD Wednesday after figures showed an improvement to job numbers in July…

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AUD/GBP Transfer:

ByDirectfx admin 05/04/2023

The RBA paused its hiking run yesterday leaving the cash rate at 3.6%. This is the first time in 11 meetings going back to May last year the RBA have held policy steady. The decision was mostly “priced in” although we did see prices in the Australian Dollar (AUD), British Pound (GBP) fall lower to…

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