Weekly Economic & Political Timeline - 11 February 2018

This week will see a very light news agenda, with no major central bank input, and a few data items of importance concerning primarily the U.S.A.

The market will probably be most active on Wednesday.

It is a public holiday in Japan on Monday and in China on Thursday and Friday.

 

U.S. Dollar

It will be a normal week for the greenback, starting on Wednesday with a release of CPI and Retail Sales data, as well as Crude Oil Inventories. On Thursday, we will get PPI data, followed on Friday by Building Permits.

 

British Pound

It will be a quiet week for the Pound, starting on Tuesday with a release of CPI data. On Friday there will be a release of Retail Sales data.

 

Australian Dollar

It will be a quiet week for the Aussie, starting on Thursday with a release of Employment Change and Unemployment Rate data. On Friday the Governor of the RBA will be testifying before Parliament.

 

New Zealand Dollar

It will be a very quiet week for the Kiwi, with nothing due except a release of Inflation Expectations data on Wednesday.