🗓 Key Events This Week
Short holiday week. Almost all meaningful data is packed into Tuesday. Liquidity drops hard after that.
✔️ Tuesday
• ADP employment change.
Early signal on labor conditions.
• US preliminary GDP
Broad growth read that can move yields and USD.
• Durable goods orders
Business investment and capex signal.
• Core durable goods orders
Cleaner view without transport noise.
• GDP price index
Inflation component inside GDP.
• CB consumer confidence Household sentiment and spending outlook.
• Richmond manufacturing index
Regional growth check.
⚠️ Wednesday
• Initial jobless claims
Weekly labor market update.
• US stock market closes early at 6:00 PM UTC.
❌ Thursday
• US stock market closed. Christmas holiday.
❌ Friday
• European bank holidays. Very thin liquidity.
Not a week to force trades.