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Key events this week
Time zone: UTC

Tuesday, April 28

N/A 🇯🇵 Japan - BoJ Interest Rate Decision
N/A 🇯🇵 Japan - BoJ Monetary Policy Statement
06:30 🇯🇵 Japan - BoJ Press Conference

08:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - ECB Bank Lending Survey

Wednesday, April 29

01:30 🇦🇺 Australia - Consumer Price Index (YoY) (Mar)
01:30 🇦🇺 Australia - Trimmed Mean CPI (YoY) (Mar)

12:00 🇩🇪 Germany - Consumer Price Index (MoM) (Apr)
12:00 🇩🇪 Germany - Consumer Price Index (YoY) (Apr)
12:00 🇩🇪 Germany - Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) (Apr)

N/A 🇳🇿 New Zealand - RBNZ's Breman speech

13:45 🇨🇦 Canada - BoC Interest Rate Decision
13:45 🇨🇦 Canada - BoC Monetary Policy Report
13:45 🇨🇦 Canada - BoC Monetary Policy Statement
14:30 🇨🇦 Canada - BoC Press Conference

18:00 🇺🇸 United States - Fed Interest Rate Decision
18:00 🇺🇸 United States - Fed Monetary Policy Statement
18:30 🇺🇸 United States - FOMC Press Conference

Thursday, April 30

01:30 🇨🇳 China - NBS Manufacturing PMI (Apr)
01:30 🇨🇳 China - NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI (Apr)
01:45 🇨🇳 China - Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Apr)

06:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Retail Sales (YoY) (Mar)

08:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) (Q1)
08:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Gross Domestic Product (YoY) (Q1)

09:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM) (Apr)
09:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) (Apr)
09:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Gross Domestic Product s.a. (QoQ) (Q1)
09:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Gross Domestic Product s.a. (YoY) (Q1)
09:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM) (Apr)
09:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) (Apr)

11:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - BoE Interest Rate Decision
11:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - BoE Minutes
11:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - BoE Monetary Policy Report
11:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - BoE Monetary Policy Summary
11:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - BoE MPC Vote Rate Cut
11:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - BoE MPC Vote Rate Hike
11:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - BoE MPC Vote Rate Unchanged

11:30 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - BoE's Governor Bailey speech

12:15 🇪🇺 Eurozone - ECB Main Refinancing Operations Rate
12:15 🇪🇺 Eurozone - ECB Monetary Policy Statement
12:15 🇪🇺 Eurozone - ECB Rate On Deposit Facility

12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM) (Mar)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY) (Mar)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Gross Domestic Product Annualized (Q1)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Gross Domestic Product Price Index (Q1)

12:45 🇪🇺 Eurozone - ECB Press Conference
23:30 🇯🇵 Japan - Tokyo Consumer Price Index (YoY) (Apr)
23:30 🇯🇵 Japan - Tokyo CPI ex Food, Energy (YoY) (Apr)

Friday, May 1

14:00 🇺🇸 United States - ISM Manufacturing PMI (Apr)
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RiskGuardian is a cBot built to help you stay in control of your trading by enforcing clear limits across your account. It doesn’t open trades – instead, it works in the background to protect your account from large drawdowns, overtrading and impulsive decisions.

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Key events this week
Time zone: UTC

Tuesday, May 5

04:30 🇦🇺 Australia - RBA Interest Rate Decision
04:30 🇦🇺 Australia - RBA Monetary Policy Statement
04:30 🇦🇺 Australia - RBA Rate Statement
05:30 🇦🇺 Australia - RBA Press Conference

06:30 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Consumer Price Index (YoY) (Apr)

14:00 🇺🇸 United States - ISM Services PMI (Apr)

22:45 🇳🇿 New Zealand - Employment Change (Q1)
22:45 🇳🇿 New Zealand - Unemployment Rate (Q1)

Wednesday, May 6

01:45 🇨🇳 China - Caixin Services PMI (Apr)

12:15 🇺🇸 United States - ADP Employment Change (Apr)

Thursday, May 7

01:30 🇦🇺 Australia - Trade Balance (Mar)

09:00 🇪🇺 Eurozone - Retail Sales (YoY) (Mar)

Friday, May 8

12:30 🇨🇦 Canada - Net Change in Employment (Apr)
12:30 🇨🇦 Canada - Unemployment Rate (Apr)

12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (Apr)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) (Apr)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Nonfarm Payrolls (Apr)
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🚨 High-impact news 🚨

In 1 hour, at 04:30 UTC, the 🇦🇺 Reserve Bank of Australia will announce its interest rate decision and release its monetary policy statement.

If the RBA is hawkish about the inflationary outlook of the economy and raises interest rates, it is usually bullish for the Australian Dollar (AUD). Likewise, if the RBA has a dovish view on the Australian economy and keeps interest rates unchanged or cuts them, it is seen as bearish for AUD.

The RBA press conference will follow at 05:30 UTC. Hawkish comments tend to boost the Australian Dollar (AUD), while a dovish message tends to weaken it.
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Indicator: Price Level DWM BT

Price Level DWM BT is a higher-timeframe levels indicator designed to display daily, weekly and monthly reference levels directly on your chart. It helps traders keep track of key market areas while maintaining a clean and minimal workspace.

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• Automatic plotting of daily, weekly and monthly levels
• Up to three higher-timeframe levels displayed simultaneously
• Separate colours for each timeframe
• Adjustable line thickness and label positioning
• Optional price labels for cleaner chart customisation
• Stable, non-repainting level calculations based on completed HTF data

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🗓 #EconomicCalendar
Key events this week
Time zone: UTC

Monday, May 11

01:30 🇨🇳 China - Consumer Price Index (YoY) (Apr)

Tuesday, May 12

06:00 🇩🇪 Germany - Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) (Apr)

09:30 🇦🇺 Australia - Budget Release

12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Consumer Price Index (MoM) (Apr)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Consumer Price Index (YoY) (Apr)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (MoM) (Apr)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY) (Apr)

Wednesday, May 13

03:00 🇳🇿 New Zealand - RBNZ Inflation Expectations (QoQ) (Q2)

12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY) (Apr)

Thursday, May 14

06:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) (Q1) PREL
06:00 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - Gross Domestic Product (YoY) (Q1) PREL

12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Retail Sales (MoM) (Apr)
12:30 🇺🇸 United States - Retail Sales Control Group (Apr)
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