Key Economic Releases for the Upcoming Trading Week

The upcoming week brings several major economic events that could impact the markets. The key highlights include interest rate decisions from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), as well as retail sales data from the UK and Canada. Additionally, the UK CPI report and the FOMC meeting minutes will be closely watched by market participants.

Economic Calendar

Monday, February 16

🔹 10:30 PM – AUD: RBA Interest Rate Decision (Forecast: 4.10% | Previous: 4.35%)
🔹 AUD: RBA Monetary Policy Statement
🔹 AUD: RBA Rate Statement

Tuesday, February 18

🔹 2:00 AM – GBP: Claimant Count Change (Forecast: 10.0K | Previous: 0.7K)
🔹 GBP: BOE Governor Bailey Speaks
🔹 8:30 AM – CAD: CPI m/m (Forecast: 0.0% | Previous: -0.4%)
🔹 CAD: Median CPI y/y (Forecast: 2.4% | Previous: 2.4%)
🔹 CAD: Trimmed CPI y/y (Forecast: 2.6% | Previous: 2.5%)
🔹 USD (Tentative): President Trump Speaks
🔹 7:30 PM – AUD: Wage Price Index q/q (Forecast: 0.8% | Previous: 0.8%)
🔹 8:00 PM – NZD: RBNZ Interest Rate Decision (Forecast: 3.75% | Previous: 4.25%)
🔹 NZD: RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement
🔹 NZD: RBNZ Rate Statement
🔹 9:00 PM – NZD: RBNZ Press Conference

Wednesday, February 19

🔹 2:00 AM – GBP: CPI y/y (Forecast: 2.8% | Previous: 2.5%)
🔹 2:00 AM – USD: FOMC Meeting Minutes
🔹 7:30 PM – AUD: Employment Change (Forecast: 19.7K | Previous: 56.3K)
🔹 AUD: Unemployment Rate (Forecast: 4.1% | Previous: 4.0%)

Thursday, February 20

🔹 8:30 AM – USD: Unemployment Claims (Forecast: 214K | Previous: 213K)
🔹 5:30 PM – AUD: RBA Governor Bullock Speaks

Friday, February 21

🔹 2:00 AM – GBP: Retail Sales m/m (Forecast: 0.3% | Previous: -0.3%)
🔹 3:15 AM – EUR: French Flash Manufacturing PMI (Forecast: 45.3 | Previous: 45.0)
🔹 EUR: French Flash Services PMI (Forecast: 49.0 | Previous: 48.2)
🔹 3:30 AM – EUR: German Flash Manufacturing PMI (Forecast: 45.4 | Previous: 43.4)
🔹 EUR: German Flash Services PMI (Forecast: 52.4 | Previous: 52.5)
🔹 4:30 AM – GBP: Flash Manufacturing PMI (Forecast: 48.5 | Previous: 48.3)
🔹 GBP: Flash Services PMI (Forecast: 50.8 | Previous: 50.8)
🔹 8:30 AM – CAD: Core Retail Sales m/m (Forecast: 1.7% | Previous: -0.7%)
🔹 CAD: Retail Sales m/m (Forecast: 1.8% | Previous: 0.0%)
🔹 9:45 AM – USD: Flash Manufacturing PMI (Forecast: 51.2 | Previous: 51.2)
🔹 USD: Flash Services PMI (Forecast: 53.2 | Previous: 52.9)
🔹 12:30 PM – CAD: BOC Governor Macklem Speaks

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