FX Economic Calendar

October 5 – October 10, 2025 Economic report/policy meeting  

 

October 6

Australia:  Westpac Consumer Confidence Change – October, Westpac Consumer Confidence Index - October  

Euro-Zone:  Retail Sales (YoY and MoM) – August, European Central Bank (ECB)’s Guindos Speech, Germany: Factory Orders (MoM) – August, France: Balance of Trade – August

Japan:  Household Spending (YoY and MoM) – August

Switzerland:  Unemployment Rate – September    

U.K.:  S&P Global Construction Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) – September, Halifax House Price Index (YoY and MoM) – September, Bank of England (BoE) Governor Bailey Speech

It is a national holiday in Australia, with no FX settlement due to banks being closed.

 

October 7

Canada:  Balance of Trade – August, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) s.a. – September

Euro-Zone:  European Central Bank (ECB) President Lagarde Speech, Germany: Industrial Production (MoM) – August

Japan:  Current Account – August

New Zealand:  Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RNBZ) Interest Rate Decision

U.S.:  Balance of Trade – August, Imports – August, Exports – August, API Crude Oil Stock Change – October 3, Federal Reserve’s Bostic, Bowman, Miran, and Kashkari all give economic speeches

 

October 8

Euro-Zone:  Germany: Balance of Trade – August, Exports (MoM) – August, European Central Bank (ECB) President Lagarde Speech   

U.K.:  RICS House Price Balance – September

U.S.:  Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting Minutes, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 30-Year Mortgage Rate – October 3, EIA Gasoline Stocks Change – October 3, EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change – October 3, Federal Reserve’s Barr, and Kashkari speeches

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) releases the minutes from its mid-September monetary-policy meeting. The FOMC cut the federal-funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4%-4.25% at that confab, with newly appointed Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran dissenting in favor of a half a point rate cut. Traders are fully expecting another quarter-point cut at the FOMC’s late-October meeting.

 

October 9

Australia:  Reserve Bank of Australia Bullock and Kent Speeches

Euro-Zone:  European Central Bank (ECB) Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts   

New Zealand:  Business New Zealand Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) - September

U.S.:  Initial Jobless Claims – September 27 and October 4, Continuing Jobless Claims – September 20 & 27, Jobless Claims 4-Week Average – September 27, Federal Reserve Chair Powell Speech, Federal Reserve’s Bowman, and Barr Speeches

 

October 10

Canada:  Employment Change – September, Unemployment Rate – September, Full Time Employment Change – September, Part Time Employment Change – September, Participation Rate – September  

Euro-Zone:  Italy: Industrial Production (MoM) - August   

Switzerland:  Consumer Confidence - September    

U.S.:  University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment – October, Monthly Budget Statement – September, Federal Reserve’s Goolsbee and Musalem Speeches

The University of Michigan releases its Consumer Sentiment survey for October. Consensus estimate is for a 54.5 reading, slightly less than September’s 55.1.  Consumers’ expectations for the year-ahead inflation was 4.7% in September, and 3.7% for longer-run inflation. There has been a deep disconnect for several years between a rising stock market and dour consumer sentiment.

 

Bold denotes likely market-moving newsflash which traders consider significant to foreign exchange levels or otherwise important/noteworthy information, i.e., market holiday’s which will affect standard settlement dates.