Welcome, Traders!
It is Monday 30th / Tuesday 31st of January, depending on where you are.
Here are some things to expect ahead of the APAC session today.
Sentiment
The US dollar rose against all of its peers in the group of ten as traders shifted to a risk-off mode at the start of a week that includes the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision and earnings from major technology firms.
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6:30 PM ET
Japanese Unemployment Rate for December
Median Forecast: 2.5% | Prior: 2.5% | Range: 2.6% / 2.4%
Japanese Jobs/Applicants Ratio for December
Median Forecast: 1.36 | Prior: 1.35 | Range: 1.38 / 1.34%
6:50 PM ET
Japanese Industrial Output Prelim MoM SA for December
Median Forecast: -1% | Prior: 0.2% | Range: 0.5% / -2%
7:30 PM ET
Australian Retail Sales MoM Final for December
Median Forecast: -0.2% | Prior: 1.4% | Range: 0.8% / -4.5%
8:30 PM ET
Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI for January
Median Forecast: 50.1 | Prior: 47.0 | Range: 52.0 / 48.5%
Good luck!