Forex calendar preview: US retail sales, jobless claims and PPI scheduled Oct 15

Scheduled events

Fred lists three US macro releases in the coming window. Retail sales is scheduled Thu Oct 15 (time not confirmed) and is flagged high importance by fred. Weekly jobless claims is scheduled Thu Oct 15 (time not confirmed) and is flagged medium importance by fred. bls lists the Producer Price Index scheduled Thu Oct 15, 12:30 UTC and flags it medium importance. All items are described in the respective publisher entries and are scheduled to be released in the coming three days.

• Thu Oct 15 (time not confirmed) — Retail sales (Census) (US) (source)
• Thu Oct 15 (time not confirmed) — Weekly jobless claims (DOL) (US) (source)
• Thu Oct 15, 12:30 UTC — Producer Price Index (US) (source)

Where markets stand

As of Oct 14, 14:00 UTC the five major pairs referenced the prior ECB fixing for their moves: EUR/USD was 1.1195, USD/JPY 158.45, GBP/USD 1.3267, USD/CHF 0.8334 and AUD/USD 0.7010 — they respectively rose 0.06%, 0.21%, 0.15%, 0.13% and 0.45% from the prior ECB fixing, per the European Central Bank. The UUP ETF was $29.12 as of Oct 14, 20:00 UTC and rose 0.34% from the prior close, per Finnhub.

Recent headlines

CoinDesk reported the Dutch central bank granted Qivalis an e-money license for a MiCA-compliant euro token. Forexlive published an analysis titled "What are the key levels in play for the US dollar after the hotter than expected CPI," and Yahoo ran a piece on potential stock-split candidates.

• Dutch central bank grants Qivalis e-money license for MiCA-compliant euro token — CoinDesk, Oct 14, 11:12 UTC
• What are the key levels in play for the US dollar after the hotter than expected CPI — Forexlive, Oct 14, 13:34 UTC
• 3 Trillion-Dollar Giants That Could Be the Next Big Stock-Split Plays — Yahoo, Oct 14, 20:35 UTC
• investingLive Asia-Pacific market news: dollar softer ahead of US CPI — Forexlive, Oct 14, 03:44 UTC

Sources and data

• CoinDesk (secondary source) — Dutch central bank grants Qivalis e-money license for MiCA-compliant euro token
• Forexlive (secondary source) — What are the key levels in play for the US dollar after the hotter than expected CPI
• Yahoo (secondary source) — 3 Trillion-Dollar Giants That Could Be the Next Big Stock-Split Plays
• European Central Bank (euro reference rates) (primary source) — market data
• Finnhub (market data) — market data
• U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Board via FRED (primary source) — Yields and dollar index
• U.S. Energy Information Administration via FRED (primary source) — calendar
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (primary source) — calendar
• Federal Reserve (primary source) — calendar
• Bank of England (primary source) — calendar

Market data as of Oct 14, 20:00 UTC; report generated Oct 15, 00:20 UTC. All times are UTC. Each table row shows its own timestamp and provider.

This report was produced by the MarketAlleys Research Desk using automated data processing and language tools from the sources listed above, and checked against our automated-content validation rules. It is for information only and is not investment advice.