Upcoming Market Updates: AUD, JPY, GBP, EUR, CAD

AUD: Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes, It’s a detailed record of the RBA Reserve Bank Board’s most recent meeting, providing in-depth insights into the economic conditions that influenced their decision on where to set interest rates.

JPY: Tertiary Industry Activity m/m, It’s a leading indicator of economic health – businesses are quickly affected by market conditions, and changes in their spending can be an early signal of future economic activity such as hiring, earnings, and investment.

GBP: Average Earnings Index 3m/y, It’s a leading indicator of consumer inflation – when businesses pay more for labor the higher costs are usually passed on to the consumer.

GBP: Claimant Count Change, it measures Change in the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits during the previous month.

GBP: Unemployment Rate, it measures Percentage of total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the past 3 months.

EUR: Trade Balance, it measures Difference in value between imported and exported goods and services during the reported month.

EUR: ZEW Economic Sentiment, it measures Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed German institutional investors and analysts.

EUR: German ZEW Economic Sentiment, it measures Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed German institutional investors and analysts.

CAD: Housing Starts, It’s a leading indicator of economic health because building construction produces a wide-reaching ripple effect. For example, jobs are created for the construction workers, subcontractors and inspectors are hired, and various construction services are purchased by the builder.

CAD: CPI m/m, it measures Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers.

CAD: Common CPI y/y, it measures Change in the price of goods and services, purchased by consumers, which have similar price variations over time.

CAD: Median CPI y/y, it measures Change in the median price of goods and services purchased by consumers.

CAD: Trimmed CPI y/y, it measures Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers, excluding the most volatile 40% of items.

CAD: Core CPI m/m, it measures Change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers, excluding the 8 most volatile items.

CAD: Foreign Securities Purchases, it measures Total value of domestic stocks, bonds, and money-market assets purchased by foreigners during the reported month.

CAD: Building Permits, it measures Annualized number of new residential building permits issued during the previous month.

CAD: Housing Starts, it measures Annualized number of new residential buildings that began construction during the previous month.

CAD: Capacity Utilization Rate, it measures Percentage of available resources being utilized by manufacturers, mines, and utilities.

CAD: Industrial Production m/m, it measures Change in the total inflation-adjusted value of output produced by manufacturers, mines, and utilities.