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The GDPs (gross domestic product) annual growth figures for several countries, are published during the coming week. When combined with several CPIs, these high impact economic calendar metrics, will be monitored carefully for signs of weakness and or stagflation in the various economies. Coming after the recent projections published by the IMF, who forecast a […]

On Wednesday August 9th at 21:00 hrs (GMT), the RBNZ will announce its interest rate decision. Thereafter, immediately after the announcement, the governor of the bank, Mr. Wheeler, will discuss the central bank’s decision in a news conference, during which he’ll outline the bank’s position and the overall management of the monetary policy which is

The week commencing Sunday August 6th is a relatively quiet week for high impact news events, however, traders need to maintain a high level of concentration during an extremely busy week for news releases. China releases a raft of data throughout the week, the stand out release is Wednesday’s CPI print and on Thursday the

With the USA close to what economists term “full employment” (the unemployment level is currently at 4.4%), “NFP day” has failed to create much activity in the forex markets, over recent months. However, with the U.S. dollar at recent lows versus its major peers and the current “risk on” mood of Wall Street, a significant

Tuesday’s high impact news events begin with the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) announcing their interest rate decision. Currently at 1.5% there is little expectation for a rise or cut, despite August representing the annual anniversary of the record low 1.5% rate. In the last monetary policy statement (accompanying the rate hold in July), the

On Friday afternoon, attention will focus on two GDP figures from North America; both Canada’s and the USA’s latest GDP growth figures are published at GMT 12:30pm. The forecasts, from the various economists polled by Reuters and Bloomberg, predicts GDP growth in both countries. Canada’s growth is predicted to come in 0.2% for May, maintaining

On Monday the IMF published fresh data with its projections for 2017 global growth, it revised its prediction for the UK’s growth, down from 2% to 1.7%. It must be noted that the IMF are notoriously over optimistic with regards to international growth and that the UK’s Q1 official ONS growth figure came in at

Will the ECB maintain its zero rate policy, when it announces its rate setting decision on Thursday, or will Mario Draghi raise rates, from the floor they’ve been on since early 2016? Will the ECB also begin to taper further its asset purchase scheme, currently running at €60b per month? These questions will be answered

The upcoming French presidential election, what you need to know and how it may affect the euro and European markets. When The first round of the French presidential election takes place this Sunday, April 23rd, the second and final round two weeks later, on May 7th. Although technically a candidate could win by securing 50%