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Economic Calendar: Currencies
List of important economic releases
Time
Impact
Currency
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Apr 18, 2024
01:30
AUD
Full Time Employment Chg
{previous}
79.4K
{forecast}
{actual}
27.9K
In Australia, full time employment change refers to the change in the number of employed persons who usually work 35 hours or more a week (in all jobs) and those who, although usually working fewer than 35 hours a week, work 35 hours or more during the reference week.
01:30
JPY
BoJ Noguchi Speech
{previous}
{forecast}
{actual}
In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a guideline for money market operations in inter-meeting periods and this guideline is written in terms of a target for the uncollateralized overnight call rate.
01:30
AUD
RBA Bulletin
{previous}
{forecast}
{actual}
In Australia, interest rates decisions are taken by the Reserve Bank of Australia's Board. The official interest rate is the cash rate. The cash rate is the rate charged on overnight loans between financial intermediaries, is determined in the money market as a result of the interaction of demand for and supply of overnight funds.
01:30
AUD
Part Time Employment Chg
{previous}
38.2K
{forecast}
{actual}
-34.5K
In Australia, persons employed part time are those employed persons who usually worked less than 35 hours a week in all jobs.
01:30
AUD
Unemployment Rate
{previous}
3.7%
{forecast}
3.9%
{actual}
3.8%
In Australia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
01:30
AUD
Participation Rate
{previous}
66.7%
{forecast}
{actual}
66.6%
The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population.
01:30
AUD
Employment Change
{previous}
117.6K
{forecast}
7.2K
{actual}
-6.6K
In Australia, employment change refers to the absolute change in the number of persons who work for pay or profit, or perform unpaid family work. Estimates include both full-time and part-time employment.
03:35
JPY
52-Week Bill Auction
{previous}
0.1051%
{forecast}
{actual}
0.1657%
05:00
SGD
1-Year T-Bill Auction
{previous}
3.45%
{forecast}
{actual}
3.58%
05:00
JPY
Tertiary Industry Index MoM
{previous}
-0.5%
{forecast}
0.8%
{actual}
1.5%
The activity index of the tertiary industry helps to understand an overall picture of industrial activities, inclusive of all business categories in the tertiary industry. The composite index is a general indicator in which the indexes to express the activity in respective business categories are consolidated with weight in terms of the scale of relative importance of each business category (value added). Wholesale Trade is the most important sector and accounts for 15 percent of tertiary activity, followed by Medical, Health Care & Welfare and Living & Amusement-related Services (12 percent each), Information & Communications (11 percent), Retail Trade and Transport & Postal Activities (10 percent each), Finance and Insurance (9 percent), Real Estate (8 percent), Business-related Services (7 percent), and Electricity, Gas, Heat Supply & Water and Goods Rental and Leasing (3 percent each).
06:00
CHF
Balance of Trade
{previous}
CHF2.3B
{forecast}
{actual}
CHF2.8B
Switzerland has been running consistent trade surpluses. The biggest trade surpluses are recorded with the US, India, the UK, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore; and the largest deficits were recorded with the UAE, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Thailand.
07:15
EUR
ECB Guindos Speech
{previous}
{forecast}
{actual}
In the Euro Area, benchmark interest rate is set by the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. The primary objective of the ECB’s monetary policy is to maintain price stability which is to keep inflation below, but close to 2 percent over the medium term. In times of prolonged low inflation and low interest rates, ECB may also adopt non-standard monetary policy measures, such as asset purchase programmes. The official interest rate is the Main refinancing operations rate.
08:00
EUR
Current Account s.a
{previous}
€39.3B
{forecast}
€45.2B
{actual}
€29.5B
08:00
EUR
Current Account
{previous}
€24.8B
{forecast}
{actual}
€31.6B
Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid).
09:00
EUR
Construction Output YoY
{previous}
-0.3%
{forecast}
{actual}
-0.4%
The production index in construction measures the evolution of output within the construction sector, including building construction and civil engineering.
09:00
EUR
3-Year OAT Auction
{previous}
2.71%
{forecast}
{actual}
2.85%
09:00
EUR
5-Year OAT Auction
{previous}
2.64%
{forecast}
{actual}
2.83%
11:00
ZAR
Building Permits YoY
{previous}
-13.5%
{forecast}
{actual}
-17.6%
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) conducts a monthly building statistics survey collecting information regarding building plans passed and buildings completed, financed by the private sector, from the largest local government institutions in South Africa. According to these institutions, they are not always notified about low-cost housing projects and therefore do not include the bulk of low-cost dwelling-houses. The monthly survey represents approximately 90 percent of the total value of buildings completed. The statistical unit for the collection of information is a local government institution. Local government institutions include district municipalities, metropolitan municipalities and local municipalities.
11:30
TRY
Foreign Exchange Reserves
{previous}
$68.75B
{forecast}
{actual}
$70.19B
In Turkey, Foreign Exchange Reserves refer to gross foreign exchange reserves held or controlled by the country's central bank, excluding gold.
12:30
USD
Philly Fed Business Conditions
{previous}
38.6
{forecast}
{actual}
34.3
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index is based on The Business Outlook Survey of manufacturers in the Third Federal Reserve District. Participants report the direction of change in overall business activity and in the various measures of activity at their plants: employment, working hours, new and unfilled orders, shipments, inventories, delivery times, prices paid, and prices received. The index above 0 indicates factory-sector growth, below 0 contraction.
