The economic calendar
An economic calendar lists scheduled events with their time, importance, previous value and forecast. High-impact events include central bank decisions, CPI, US jobs (NFP) and GDP.
Our economic calendar shows events for South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, the US, UK and eurozone in your time zone, and the pre-session page shows today's events.
Questions people ask
What is NFP?
Non-Farm Payrolls: the monthly US jobs report, usually on the first Friday of the month. It moves the dollar, gold and indices strongly.
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