FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 27th April 2017

Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.

Data released so far:

• Australia: Export prices grew by 9.4 percent in the first quarter, while import prices grew by 1.2 percent.
   
• Japan: BoJ kept monetary policy steady at today’s meeting. The press conference is scheduled at 6:30 GMT.

Upcoming:

• Germany: GFK consumer confidence report will be released at 6:00 GMT. Consumer price inflation report will be released at 12:00 GMT.
   
• Switzerland: March trade balance report will be released at 6:00 GMT. 
   
• Spain: First quarter unemployment survey will be released at 7:00 GMT, along with April flash HICP report.
   
• Italy: Consumer and business confidence for April will be reported at 8:00 GMT.
   
• Portugal: Consumer and business confidence for April will be reported at 8:00 GMT, followed by trade balance at 8:30 GMT.
   
• United Kingdom: CBI will release trade survey report at 10:00 GMT. GFK consumer confidence report for April will be released at 23:00 GMT.
   
• Eurozone: Sentiment and confidence reports for April will be released at 10:00 GMT. ECB will announce interest rate decision at 11:45 GMT, followed by a press conference at 12:30 GMT.
   
• United States: Weekly jobless claims report will be released at 12:30 GMT, along with durable goods order report and goods trade balance report. Pending home sales report will be released at 14:00 GMT. EIA will release weekly natural gas inventory report at 14:30 GMT.
   
• New Zealand: March trade balance report will be released at 22:45 GMT.
   
• Japan: Tokyo and National inflation report will be released at 23:30 GMT, along with unemployment report for March and followed by flash industrial production numbers for March and retail trade details.
   
• Auction: U.S. will auction 7-year note at 17:00 GMT. Italy will auction 5-year and 10-year bonds.