Market focus: events of the current week

Market focus: events of the current week ECB remains in the spotlight, but any of its decisions can only provide situational support to the euro. Short-term speculation is possible in Lagarde's speech. Statistics can have a real impact on the euro exchange rate only in the event of a significant deviation of the fact from the forecast.PBOC is expected to keep the interest rate. Investors are particularly interested in assessing the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese economy. Unexpected decisions are quite possible  in this case, both the dollar and all Asian assets will react.It is worth paying attention to the minutes of the last meeting of the RBA, the results of the next GlobalDairyTrade dairy auction, as well as Japanese statistics and the BOJ meeting. Speculators can only react during the press conference, although informational surprises from the monetary regulator are unlikely.specified time is GMT Offset 0Tuesday, 19AUD: RBA Meeting Minutes (01:30); RBA Governor Lowe Speaks (23:10)GBP: Average Earnings Index+Bonus, Claimant Count, Employment Change, Unemployment Rate (06:00); BoE Gov Bailey Speaks (17:45)EUR: CPI, Core CPI (09:00);USD: Building Permits, Housing Starts (12:30); API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (20:30)NZD: GlobalDairyTrade Price Index (15:00)Wednesday, 20GBP: CPI, PPI Input (06:00)USD: Existing Home Sales (14:00); Crude Oil, Cushing Crude Oil Inventories (14:30)NZD: Trade Balance (22:45)JPY: Trade Balance, Exports (23:50)Thursday, 21JPY: BoJ Outlook Report (03:00), Press Conference (Tentative)EUR: ECB Deposit Facility Rate, Interest Rate Decision, Monetary Policy Statement (12:15); Press Conference (12:30)USD: Initial Jobless Claims (12:30)Friday, 22GBP: Retail, Core Retail Sales (06:00); Composite, Manufacturing, Services PMI (08:30)EUR: Services, Manufacturing PMI (08:00)USD: Services, Manufacturing PMI (13:45)Profits to yall!