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Macro and the economic calendar
Scheduled releases and rate decisions move futures and currencies. These articles explain how to read a calendar line, what CPI and payrolls measure, how policy rates act on currencies, and how to reduce exposure around these events.
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How to Read an Economic Calendar: Actual, Forecast, PreviousAn economic calendar shows when data and central bank decisions are due and what the market expects. How to read the actual, forecast and previous columns, revisions, impact ratings, units and time zones, and how to plan around releases.Read the article →How Central Bank Interest Rates Affect Currency MarketsCentral bank interest rates move currencies through expectations: what matters is the expected gap between two countries' rates and how each decision, statement and press conference changes it.Read the article →How US Inflation Reports Affect Futures and Forex MarketsUS inflation reports move futures and forex because they change expectations for Federal Reserve policy. What CPI and PCE measure, when they come out, and how a surprise travels from yields to the dollar, index futures and gold.Read the article →Nonfarm Payrolls: How the US Jobs Report Moves Futures and ForexNonfarm payrolls is the headline of the US jobs report. What the Employment Situation measures, how its two surveys work, why revisions matter, and how the release moves Treasury yields, the dollar, index futures and gold.Read the article →How Geopolitical Risk Moves Futures and Forex MarketsGeopolitical risk moves futures and forex through four channels: commodity supply, safe-haven demand, risk appetite and policy expectations. How oil, gold, currencies and volatility react, and why headlines are so hard to trade.Read the article →Sanctions, Tariffs and Trade Disputes: What Traders WatchSanctions and tariffs move futures and forex when they change commodity flows, export earnings, trade balances or inflation. Who imposes them, which markets react, which official data show the real effect, and why trade headlines are unreliable.Read the article →
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