TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (July 15 - 19)

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Kim Ming Lam

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July 12, 2024

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TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (July 15 - 19)

TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (July 15 - 19)

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

We are looking into the trading week of July 15 - 19:

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:

Japan’s Core Inflation Rate (excluding fresh food prices) accelerated to 2.5% year on year in May. According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", Japan’s Core Inflation Rate for June, to be reported on Friday (July 19), may retreat to 2.4% year on year.

USD/JPY has just recently chalked up a 38-year high of 161.95. But it pulled back to levels below 160.00 on Thursday (July 11) when U.S. inflation data came in softer-than-expected.

In case Japan’s inflation is reported as stronger than expected, the yen should gain further strength, putting extra pressure onto USD/JPY.

In the past 12 Japan Inflation reports, within one hour from the event, USD/JPY rose in 50% of times (6 out of 12 reports), marking a trading range of 17.06 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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