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Economic Indicators for the United States

Overview - There are thousands of different reports released in the US relevant to the Foreign Exchange Market. Below we have laid out the market's most watched. You will find detailed definitions, comprehensive analysis and an explanation of how each report may affect the market.

Economic Report Type
Balance of Payments
GDP and Output Report
Confidence and Sentiment Reports
Prices, Wages and Sales Figures
Monetary Policy - Money and Interest Rates
Employment
Housing

Rarely affects markets
Moderate market impact
Tends to move markets on release

 

Balance of Payments
Current Account Balance - United States Tends to move markets on release
Trade Balance - United States Tends to move markets on release
Net Foreign Security Purchases - United States Tends to move markets on release
Goods And Services Imports - United States Rarely affects markets
Export Price Index - United States Rarely affects markets

 

GDP and Output Report
Gross Domestic Product - GDP - United States Tends to move markets on release
ISM Manufacturing - United States Tends to move markets on release
Philadelphia Fed Survey - United States Tends to move markets on release
Empire State Manufacturing Survey - United States Tends to move markets on release
Durable Goods Orders - United States Tends to move markets on release
Business Inventories - United States Rarely affects markets
Wholesale Inventories - United States Rarely affects markets
Factory Orders - United States Rarely affects markets
Industry Productivity and Costs - United States Rarely affects markets
Capacity Utilization - United States Rarely affects markets
Industrial Production - United States Rarely affects markets
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Survey Rarely affects markets
Chicago PMI - United States Rarely affects markets
ISM Non-Manufacturing - United States Rarely affects markets
EIA Crude Oil Stocks - United States Rarely affects markets
Monthly Budget Statement - United States Rarely affects markets

 

Confidence and Sentiment Reports - United States
Consumer Confidence - United States Tends to move markets on release
University of Michigan Sentiment - United States Tends to move markets on release
ABC Consumer Comfort Index - United States Rarely affects markets
Fed Beige Book - United States Rarely affects markets
Leading Indicators - United States Rarely affects markets
ISM Non-Manufacturing - United States Rarely affects markets
Empire State Manufacturing Survey - United States Tends to move markets on release
Chicago PMI - United StatesISM Non-Manufacturing - United States Rarely affects markets
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Survey - United States Rarely affects markets
Philadelphia Fed Survey - United States Tends to move markets on release

 

Prices, Wages and Sales Figures - United States
Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Deflator - United States Tends to move markets on release
Consumer Price Index and Core CPI - United States Tends to move markets on release
Producer Price Index and PPI Core - United States Tends to move markets on release
Employment - Non-Farm Payrolls, Unemployment, Manufacturing Payrolls and Average Hourly Earnings - United States Tends to move markets on release
Personal Consumption Expenditure - United States Moderate market impact
Industry Productivity and Costs - United States Rarely affects markets
GDP Price Index - United States Rarely affects markets
ISM Manufacturing and Prices Paid - United States Tends to move markets on release
Personal Income - United States Tends to move markets on release
Import Price Index - United States Tends to move markets on release
Export Price Index - United States Tends to move markets on release
Advance Retail Sales - United States Tends to move markets on release

 

Monetary Policy - Money and Interest Rates - United States
FOMC Rate Decision - United States Tends to move markets on release
Minutes of FOMC Meeting - United States Tends to move markets on release
Fed Governor Speaks - United States Tends to move markets on release
Fed Chairman Speaks - United States Tends to move markets on release
Beige Book - United States Rarely affects markets

 

Employment - United States
Employment Situation - Non-Farm Payrolls, Unemployment, Manufacturing Payrolls and Average Hourly Earnings - United States
Tends to move markets on release
Unemployment Rate - United States Tends to move markets on release
Personal Income - United States Tends to move markets on release

 

- United StatesHousing
Building Permits - United States Rarely affects markets
Construction Spending - United States Rarely affects markets
Housing Starts - United States Rarely affects markets
MBA Mortgage Applications - United States Rarely affects markets
Pending Home Sales - United States Rarely affects markets
New Home Sales - United States Rarely affects markets
Existing Home Sales - United States Rarely affects markets
NAHB Housing Market Index - United States Rarely affects markets