TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (December 16-20)

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Kim Ming Lam

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December 14, 2024

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TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (December 16-20)

TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (December 16-20)

Using Trading Central's "Economic Insight" investors can check out up-coming major economic data.

We are looking into the trading week of December 16-20:

We can select economic data of "High", "Medium" or "Low" importance, or any combination of such filters:

We can select which major economies to focus on:

There is no doubt that the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision on Wednesday (December 18) will be the market’s focus next week. 

According to CME Group’s “FedWatch” tool, the chance of the Fed cutting rates by 25 basis points as seen by traders has risen to 96%.

Also, according to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the key interest rate being cut to 4.50% from 4.75% is likely.

In the past 8 Fed’s rate decisions, within one hour from the event, EUR/USD rose in 63% of times (5 out of 8 events), marking a trading range of 49.48 pips on average.

Key Economic Data Forecasts:

(GMT+02:00 Central European Time) 

Happy Trading!

Source: Trading Central Economic Insight

Kim Ming Lam

Head of APAC Research
Ming graduated from Hong Kong University with a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He has been working in the financial services sector for over 10 years. He is currently tasked with providing clients with technical analysis views on forex and Asian stock indexes.

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