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Forex news this week: the high-impact economic calendar

Forex news this week, 2 to 6 November 2026: 4 high-impact releases and 2 rate decisions for the eight major currencies. Every high-impact release of this week is out.

A handful of releases a week move currencies, and the rest is noise dressed up as news. Members see what each one means for the currency and for the setups it sits on.

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By Mike, founder of MacroSetup. Page updated . Research last updated 6 November 2026, 21:12 Amsterdam time. Times in London, and in Amsterdam in the list below.

Forex news this week in short, 2 to 6 November 2026

High-impact releases for the eight majors, London time.

Monday 2 November
Nothing of high impact
Tuesday 3 November
RBA decision at 03:30, New Zealand labour market at 21:45
Wednesday 4 November
Eurozone inflation at 10:00
Thursday 5 November
BoE decision at 12:00
Friday 6 November
US jobs report at 13:30, Canada jobs report at 13:30
Rate decisions
Central bank decisions this week: the RBA on Tuesday 3 November and the Bank of England on Thursday 5 November.

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The week, release by release

In Amsterdam time with the UK time beside it, and each release linked to the page that explains it. Under a release, the prop firms whose own rules name it, so they restrict trading around it on at least one funded account type, with the minutes either side on their main programme. 6 of the 16 firms we track name releases in their rules; 10 go by Forex Factory's red folder, a list behind their login or no list at all, and we cannot check those release by release. So a release without a marker is not one that is free to trade.

Tuesday 3 November

  • 04:3003:30 UKAUDRBA decisionHigh impact
  • 22:4521:45 UKNZDNew Zealand labour marketHigh impact

Wednesday 4 November

  • 11:0010:00 UKEUREurozone inflationHigh impact

Thursday 5 November

Friday 6 November

High impact only, and only the eight majors. The consensus, the previous figure, what the number has to do to move the currency and which setups it lands on are in the app, next to the research itself.

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Which prop firms restrict trading around this week's news

Once you are funded, 13 of the 16 prop firms we track put a window around high-impact news on at least one account type, 2 cap what a trade in the window may make, and 1 sets no window. Where there is one, it runs from 2 to 10 minutes either side of the release.

Restricted on every funded account (3)

Restricted on some account types (10)

Allowed, with the profit capped (2)

No window (1)

Which releases count is each firm's own list, so a release we mark as high impact may not be on theirs, and the other way round. The minutes are the window either side on the firm's main funded programme. Every rule was read on the firm's own help page between 9 October 2026 and 24 October 2026. All 16 firms side by side.

Every release explained

What each release is, when it comes out, which line the market reads first and why the currency cares, with the currency's own move on the last release days. 65 releases for the eight majors.

How to read a forex economic calendar

A calendar lists what is coming, not what matters. Four habits turn it from a wall of rows into something you can act on.

  1. 1

    Read the number against the forecast, not the last one

    Markets have already priced the forecast. What moves a currency is the distance between the figure and what was expected, and the direction of that distance.

  2. 2

    Ask whether this is the number the bank is watching

    Inflation matters more when the bank says inflation is its problem. The same release for a bank focused on jobs can pass without a ripple.

  3. 3

    Check what else is on that day

    Two high-impact events on the same currency in one session, or a release an hour before a rate decision, is a different risk from either one alone.

  4. 4

    Know your own rules for the window

    If you trade a funded account, the minutes around a high-impact release are the minutes your firm has a rule about. That rule decides whether the trade counts at all.

The longer version of the first habit, with an example of a release that beat the forecast and sank the currency anyway, is in reading a release against expectations. The prop-firm rules are on the page for funded traders.

Questions about this week's forex news

What forex news is on this week?

Forex news this week, 2 to 6 November 2026: 4 high-impact releases and 2 rate decisions for the eight major currencies. By day, in London time: Tuesday 3 November, RBA decision at 03:30 and New Zealand labour market at 21:45; Wednesday 4 November, Eurozone inflation at 10:00; Thursday 5 November, BoE decision at 12:00; Friday 6 November, US jobs report at 13:30 and Canada jobs report at 13:30. Central bank decisions this week: the RBA on Tuesday 3 November and the Bank of England on Thursday 5 November. High impact only: the releases and decisions the central banks of the eight majors say they steer by.

Which news moves forex the most?

As a rule, central bank rate decisions, because they reset what it pays to hold a currency and what the market expects next. After those come the releases a bank says it steers by: inflation (CPI), the jobs report and growth. US releases touch the most trading, because the dollar is on one side of 89.2% of all currency trades (BIS Triennial Survey, April 2025). The eight central banks and their next meetings

When is the next Fed decision?

The Fed announces its next rate decision on Wednesday 9 December 2026 at 14:00 New York time, which is 19:00 in London. The date is from the Federal Reserve's own FOMC calendar, checked on 13 October 2026. The Fed calls each date tentative until the meeting before it. The Fed decision explained

When is the next ECB decision?

The ECB announces its next rate decision on Thursday 17 December 2026 at 14:15 Frankfurt time, which is 13:15 in London. The date is from the ECB's own meeting calendar, checked on 13 October 2026. The ECB decision explained

Can I trade these events on a funded prop firm account?

It depends on the firm and the account. Of the 16 prop firms we track, once you are funded 3 restrict trading around high-impact news on every account, 10 on some account types, 2 allow it with a cap on the profit and 1 sets no window. Where there is a window, it runs from 2 to 10 minutes either side of the release. Each rule was read on the firm's own help page, between 9 October 2026 and 24 October 2026. On this week's calendar, the rules of the 6 firms that name releases cover 2 of the 6: BoE decision and US jobs report. A release they do not name can still be on a firm's own list. All 16 firms side by side

Is this an alternative to the Forex Factory calendar?

It is a different job rather than a replacement. Theirs is the complete calendar and it is free, and it is better at being a calendar than anything else on the internet. Ours is the short list of what the central banks themselves say they are watching, next to a score per currency that changes when the number lands. The two side by side

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