Weekly Economic & Political Timeline – Sunday, June 25

There are very few high-impact news items scheduled this week, with a sparse agenda like last week. Volatility should be expected to remain very low. The market will probably be most active on Thursday. Thursday is a public holiday in Italy.

U.S. Dollar

It will be a reasonably busy for the greenback, starting on Monday with Core Durable Goods Orders. Tuesday will bring CB Consumer Confidence data, and the Chair of the Federal Reserve will also be speaking at a lecture event later that day. Wednesday will see the release of Crude Oil Inventories. Finally, the most substantial data is released on Thursday in the shape of Final GDP and Unemployment Claims numbers.

British Pound

It will be an interesting week for the Pound, with the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report due for release on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Governor of the Bank of England will be speaking at a panel event. Finally, Friday will see the release of Current Account data.

Canadian Dollar

Not much from the Loonie this week, with the Governor of the Bank of Canada due to participate in a panel discussion on Wednesday. There will be a release of GDP data on Friday.

Euro

It will be a quiet week for the Euro, with the President of the European Central Bank speaking at a forum event on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Japanese Yen

It will be a quiet week for the Yen, with the Governor of the Bank of Japan speaking at a forum event on Wednesday.

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