Do you enjoy trading Sterling pairs? Then this Economic Calendar is for you as it’s full of UK publications.
A couple of UK releases for March open this agenda at 8:30 in the morning, including Trade Balance. The total trade deficit in both goods and services widened by point 4 billion to 6.4 billion Pounds in the three months to February 2018.
UK Manufacturing Production is the other item out at this time. Production slipped by point 2% in February and this was the first monthly decline since mid-2017.
Then it’s the high importance Bank of England Monetary Policy Announcement at 11 AM. Official bank rate has stood unchanged at a half a percent mark since being hiked by 25 basis points in November last year.
Another potential Sterling shaker will be released at 11 AM as well and it’s the Bank of England quarterly inflation report. The bank said in February release: “Our job is to meet the 2% inflation target. Inflation is currently above that target, because of the big fall in the pound following the Brexit vote.”.
After noon we head over the Atlantic, where the high importance US CPI stats for April are out at 12:30 PM GMT. The overall inflation slipped by point 1% month on month in March and this was the first contraction in almost a year.
US jobless claims will be available at the same time. Initial claims rose by two thousand in the week that ended April the 28th.
And Canadian New Housing Price Index for March is the final item out at 12:30 PM. Following two consecutive months of no change, new home prices were down by point 2% nationally. This was the first decrease at the Canada level since 2010.
Then there’s a bit of a gap as US Federal Budget Balance for April will be released at 6 PM GMT. Deficit widened in March to almost 209 billion US Dollars, which was 18% up from a year ago and the biggest gap on record for March.
New Zealand Manufacturing PMI for April is out next at 10:30 PM. Index slipped for the second month in a row in March, but it remains above the 50 level.
Australian Home Loans stats for March wrap up this agenda at 1:30 in the morning. Loans slipped in February to post the third decline in a row and this trend is expected to continue this time around as well.
I’m Jack Everitt and that’s all for Thursday’s report, but do click back for this week’s final release.

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