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THE FOREX DATASOURCE TOP 30 LIST
There are certainly many important macroeconomic events and it is never easy to pick some events over others. Sometimes, multiple important events are released at the same time and Forex Datasource relied on its experience and analisys to identify the few that were the most relevant. For additional details into the selection process, please review our Methodology page.

All of these events scored a four or greater in our scale of 10 for at least one major currency pair. This means that consistently over time, these 100 macroeconomic events had a significant level of impact on one or multiple currency pairs - This list also includes the Top 30 events.

Ranking Origin Event G-7 Scale
1USNonfarm Payrolls9
2USFOMC Rate Decision8
3USConsumer Price Index (MoM)6
4USCPI Ex Food & Energy (MoM)6
5USTrade Balance5
6USAdvance Retail Sales5
7USImport Price Index (MoM)5
8USHousing Starts5
9USNet Long-term TIC Flows5
10USPPI Ex Food & Energy (MoM)5
11USISM Manufacturing5
12USGDP Annualized4
13USPersonal Spending4
14USPersonal Income4
15USPending Home Sales 4
16USNew Home Sales (in K's)4
17USConstruction Spending MoM4
18USExisting Home Sales (in millions)4
19USConsumer Confidence4
20USU. of Michigan Confidence (P)4
21CALabor Productivity QoQ4
22CABank of Canada Rate4
23USDurable Goods Orders4
24USFactory Orders4
25USCurrent Account Balance4
26USInitial Jobless Claims4
27USFOMC Minutes4
28USU. of Michigan Confidence (F)4
29USBusiness Inventories4
30USHelp Wanted Index4
31CAWholesale Sales MoM3
32CAIndustrial Product Price MoM3
33USUnit Labor Costs (F)3
34USPhiladelphia Fed.3
35USNonfarm Productivity3
36USRichmond Fed Manufacturing Index3
37CAInt'l Securities Transactions3
38CABuilding Permits MoM3
39CAGross Domestic Product MoM3
40CAQuarterly GDP Annualized3
41CARetail Sales MoM3
42NZRBNZ Official Cash Rate3
43CACurrent Account (BOP)3
44UKGross Domestic Product3
45USUnit Labor Costs (P)3
46CALeading Indicators MoM3
47UKCPI (MoM)3
48UKRPI (MoM)3
49CAUnemployment Rate3
50UKBOE Rate Announcement3
51CAIvey Purchasing Managers Index3
52EUEuro-zone Current Account(QoQ)3
53AUConsumer Prices (YoY)3
54SZSNB 3-Month Libor Target Rate3
55NZGDP QoQ3
56UKCurrent Account3
57UKManufacturing Production mom3
58GEIFO - Business Climate3
59UKBank of England Minutes3
60UKRetail Sales (MoM)3
61UKBSA Mortgage Approvals SA3
62NZRetail Sales (MoM)3
63UKPublic Finances (PSNCR)3
64UKBank of England Quarterly Inflation Report3
65CAConsumer Price Index MoM3
66CACPI Excluding Core 8 MoM3
67UKVisible Trade Balance3
68UKClaimant Count Change2
69AUEmployment Change2
70AUWage Cost Index YoY2
71UKDCLG UK House Prices 2
72UKManu.Unit Wage Cost (3Ms/YoY)2
73UKILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)2
74UKAvg Earnings inc bonus 3M/YoY2
75UKIndustrial Production mom2
76CAHousing Starts2
77UKPublic Sector Net Borrowing2
78NZUnemployment Rate2
79AUProducer Price Index (QoQ)2
80JPGDP Annualized2
81NZConsumer Prices (YoY)2
82NZConsumer Prices (QoQ)2
83AURetail Sales2
84AUTrade Balance2
85AUConstruction Work Done2
86AUGross Domestic Product (YoY)2
87NZCurrent Account Balance2
88NZTrade Balance2
89AURBA Cash Target2
90JPNatl CPI YoY2
91JPTankan Lge Manufacturers Index2
92AUBuilding Approvals (YoY)2
93NZBuilding Permits MoM2
94AURBA Monthly Bulletin2
95AUCurrent Account Balance2
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