By ForexTime
Since May 1, the Japanese Yen appreciated against all G10 currencies, and the USDJPY fell over 1% per month.
But before we take a deep dive into what forces may boost or weaken the yen, let’s have a glance at the list of key economic reports and events that could influence currency markets next week:
Monday, 15 May
- EUR: Eurozone industrial production
- JPY: Japan PPI April
- US: Empire Manufacturing and Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic’s speech
- Huw Pill, chief economist at the Bank of England
Tuesday, 16 May
- CAD: Canada April CPI
- CNY: China retail sales, industrial production
- Eurozone Q1 GDP and Germany ZEW survey Expectations
- GBP: UK jobless claims, unemployment
- USD: US April retail sales, industrial production, Fed speech
Wednesday, May 17
- EUR: Eurozone April CPI
- JPY : Japan Q1 GDP Industrial production
- GBP: BoE Governor Andrew Bailey speech
Thursday, May 18,
- Unemployment Change
- Initial Jobless Claims and Existing Home Sales
Friday, May 19,
- CAD: Canada March retail sales
- Japan April CPI
- EUR: ECB President Christine Lagarde speech
- USD: New York Fed president John Williams’ speech
- G7 Leaders Meet in Hiroshima
Here are 3 reasons to why.
