Weekly Economic & Political Timeline – Sunday, Oct. 15

This week will see relatively thin news agenda like last week, with the key economic data due input coming from the United Kingdom and China. There is Central Bank input due from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England only. The market will probably be most active on Thursday.

U.S. Dollar

It will be a relatively quiet week for the greenback starting on Wednesday with releases of Building Permits and Crude Oil Inventories data. On Thursday we will get Unemployment Claims numbers.

British Pound

It will be an important week for the British Pound, starting on Tuesday with a release of CPI data and the testimony of the Governor of the Bank of England before the British Parliament. On Wednesday we will get Average Earnings Index numbers, followed on Thursday by Retail Sales data.

Chinese Yuan

It will be a significant quiet week for the Chinese Yuan. It all happens on Thursday, with releases of GDP and Industrial Production data.

Australian Dollar

It will be a significant week for the Aussie, starting on Tuesday with a release of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes. On Thursday we will get Employment Change and Unemployment Rate numbers.

Euro

It will be a quiet week for the Euro, with nothing due except some opening remarks from the President of the ECB at a conference on Wednesday.

Canadian Dollar

It will be a quiet week for the Loonie, albeit with important data due on Friday in the form of CPI and Core Retail Sales numbers.

New Zealand Dollar

It will be a quiet week for the Kiwi, with nothing due except CPI data on Tuesday.

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