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This week is a classic “two-speed” setup: Europe sets the inflation narrative at 12:00 PM , Asia drives the early risk pulse with Australia GDP + China PMIs , and then the USD closes the week with payrolls, earnings, and retail . If you trade FX, this is a week where time-of-day matters  as much as the data. The main event  is Friday 3:30 PM USD (Nonfarm Payrolls + Earnings + Retail Sales)  — the kind of cluster that can flip markets three times in minutes. Monday (Mar 2): US manufacturing...

This week is about inflation signals and central-bank tone , with a late-week mega cluster on Friday afternoon  that can whip EUR, USD rates, CAD  in the same hour. Expect traders to stay nimble: speeches set the bias early, then CPI/PPI/GDP data decide whether markets fade or extend the move. The main event : Friday 3:00 PM EUR Feb Preliminary CPI/HICP  — it’s the cleanest “policy signal” on the slate and lands right into a high-vol window. Monday, February 23 7:30 PM — EUR: ECB’s President...

This week is basically a USD macro two-step: jobs first (Wednesday), inflation next (Friday) . If either print meaningfully surprises, expect a fast repricing in front-end yields  that bleeds straight into USD FX and global risk . For EUR, you’ve got two “locked” Lagarde slots —low detail, high headline risk—so don’t ignore the tape even if the calendar looks light. Monday (Feb 9) — EUR headline risk on Lagarde 6:00 PM — EUR | ECB’s President Lagarde speech (locked) Numbers:  Locked (limited...