The week's high-impact events, per currency
A handful of releases a week move currencies, and the rest is noise dressed up as news. Below are the high-impact events of this trading week for the eight majors, with the times. Members see what each one means for the currency and for the setups it sits on.
Compiled with the research, Wed Sep 23, 2026, 3:14pm. Times in Amsterdam and London.
This trading week
Thursday 24 September
- 03:3002:30 UKAUDAU jobsHigh impact
- 09:3008:30 UKCHFSNB decisionHigh impact
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.
How to read an 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
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
Ask whether this is the number the bank is watching
Inflation matters more when the bank says inflation is its problem. The same release on a bank focused on jobs can pass without a ripple.
- 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
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 the calendar
What counts as a high-impact event?
Central bank decisions and the releases the bank itself steers on: inflation, the labour market, growth and, for some currencies, wages or the trade balance. This page lists only those, for the eight majors, for this trading week.
How do I read a release?
Against the forecast, not against last month. The forecast is what the market has already paid for, so the move comes from the gap between the figure and that expectation, and from whether the number is one the central bank says it is watching. Reading a release against expectations
Why does a currency sometimes fall on a good number?
Because the good number was already priced, because the detail underneath was weak, or because the risk mood that day is stronger than the release. A calendar shows you the moment, never the reaction.
Can I trade around these events on a funded account?
That depends on your firm, and most of them restrict a window of 2 to 5 minutes either side once you are funded. The rules of six firms are on our page for prop traders, each with a link to the firm's own help page. Prop firm news rules
Does the calendar show the consensus and the previous figure?
Not on this page. Members see the consensus, the previous figure, what the number has to do to move the currency and which setups it lands on, because that is the part that takes the work.