Here’s what we are looking for in tomorrow’s economic reports (February 24, 2020) — Good Luck Trading!

1. NZ Q4 Retail Sales (16:45 ET) No Trade — Tough call because even though credit card spending data was weaker forecasts are very low

2. German IFO (04:00 ET) Bearish EUR — Potential downside surprise. ZEW was significantly weaker. PMIs slightly weaker

Here’s what we are looking for in tomorrow’s economic reports (February 14, 2020) — Good Luck Trading!

1. NZ PMI Services (16:30 ET) Bullish NZD — Should be stronger given RBNZ optimism and uptick in PMI Manufacturing

2. JN Q4 GDP (18:50 ET) No Trade — GDP is expected to weaker but forecasts are very low – Trade data improved but household spending was weaker

We have just posted our weekly news trading calendar for the week of Feb 10, 2020. You can download the pdf and excel file by clicking on the Read More Link. These are soft biases on economic data and not trades that we directly trade or track like BK Swing and News.

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Here’s what we are looking for in tomorrow’s economic reports (Feb 4, 2020) — Good Luck Trading!

1. RBA Rate Decision (22:30 ET) No Trade — Rate cut will be a close call for RBA tonight

2. NZ Employment Report (16:45 ET) Bearish NZD — Manpower index shows improvement in employment index

Here’s what we are looking for in tomorrow’s economic reports (Feb 28, 2019) — Good Luck Trading!

1. Chinese PMIs (20:00 ET) No Trade – Chinese PMIs can be verey market moving but difficult to handicap

2. German CPI (08:00 ET) Bullish EUR – Potential upside surprise given uptick in GE PPI

3. CAD Current Account (08:30 ET) Bearish CAD – Potential downside surprise given sharp drop in trade balance

4. US Q4 GDP (08:30 ET) Bearish USD – Potential downside surprise given significantly weaker retail sales

5. AU PMI Mfg (16:45 ET) No Trade – Manufacturing PMI is difficult to predict but can be market moving

Here’s what we are looking for in tomorrow’s economic reports (Feb 27, 2019) — Good Luck Trading!

1. EZ Confidence (05:00 ET) Bearish EUR – Likely to be weaker given softer ZEW and IFO

2. CAD CPI (08:30 ET) Bearish CAD – Potential downside surprise given sharp drop in the price component of IVEY

3. US Trade Balance (08:30 ET) Bullish USD – Potential upside surprise given improvement in manufacturing activity

4. US Pending Home Sales & Durable Goods (10:00 ET) No Trade – Revisions are hard to predict but changes can be market moving

Here’s what we are looking for in tomorrow’s economic reports (Feb 26, 2019) — Good Luck Trading!

1. US Housing Starts & Building Permits (08:30 ET) Bearish USD – House prices are falling in the uS and the data is expected to reflect that

2. US Consumer Confidence (10:00 ET) Bullish USD – Potential upside surprise given rise in stocks and University of Michigan Index

3. US Fed Chair Powell Testimony (10:00 ET) No Trade – Biggest event of the day, tough call. Powell should be less hawkish but tariff extension could ease their concerns

4. NZ Trade Balance (14:45 ET) Bearish NZD – Potential downside surprise given weaker manufacturing PMI

Here’s what we are looking for in tomorrow’s economic reports (Feb 25, 2019) — Good Luck Trading!

1. NZ Retail Sales (16:45 ET) Bearish NZD – Potential downside surprise given weaker card spending at the end of last year

Here’s what we are looking for in tomorrow’s economic reports (Feb 22, 2019) — Good Luck Trading!

1. Ge GDP revisions (02:00 ET) No Trade – Revisions are difficult to predict bu changes will be market moving

2.GE IFO and EZ CPI (04:00 ET) No Trade – Hard to say whether IFO will be weaker since PMIs were stronger and ZEW was mixed. PPI is up so tough callp>

3. CAD Retail Sales (08:30 ET) Bullish CAD – Potential upside surprise given sharp rise in employment and uptick in wholesale sales