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Reports and publications
The primary sources professionals watch: central bank decisions, macro statistics, forecasts of international organisations and company financial reports.
FOMC statements and minutes
Why it matters: The rate decision and signals about future policy — the main event for the dollar and markets.
Beige Book
Why it matters: An overview of the economy across the 12 Fed districts: what businesses say about demand, prices and hiring.
Monetary policy decisions
Why it matters: Euro area rates and the President’s press conference — the key to euro moves.
Monetary Policy Report
Why it matters: The UK inflation and growth forecast; moves the pound.
Employment Situation
Why it matters: NFP and the unemployment rate — the most anticipated monthly report.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Why it matters: The main inflation gauge; Fed decisions depend on it.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Why it matters: The growth rate of the world’s largest economy.
World Economic Outlook
Why it matters: Growth forecasts for the world and individual countries, and the main risks.
Global Economic Prospects
Why it matters: Forecasts for emerging and advanced economies, commodity markets.
Triennial Central Bank Survey
Why it matters: The most complete study of the global FX market: turnover, currencies, trading centres.
Commitments of Traders (COT)
Why it matters: Positions of large participants in currency, gold, oil and index futures.
Weekly Petroleum Status Report
Why it matters: US crude and gasoline inventories — the main weekly guide for oil.
Gold Demand Trends
Why it matters: Gold demand: jewellery, investment, central bank purchases.
EDGAR: 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K filings
Why it matters: The official filings database of all US public companies — the primary source for any stock.
Links lead to the organisations’ official websites.
Earnings season of the largest US companies
US public companies report once a quarter. The months in which companies usually publish results are marked: stock and index volatility rises on those days.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Investor relations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppleAAPL | IR | ||||||||||||
| MicrosoftMSFT | IR | ||||||||||||
| AlphabetGOOGL | IR | ||||||||||||
| AmazonAMZN | IR | ||||||||||||
| MetaMETA | IR | ||||||||||||
| TeslaTSLA | IR | ||||||||||||
| NVIDIANVDA | IR |
Typical schedule based on past years; companies announce exact dates in advance on their investor relations websites.
How to read a company’s financial report
01
Revenue
How much the company sold in the quarter. Is it growing faster than analysts expected?
02
Earnings per share (EPS)
Net profit divided by the number of shares. The key figure compared with the forecast.
03
Guidance
What the company expects next quarter. It often moves the price more than the report itself.
04
Cash flow
How much real cash the business generated. Profit can be massaged; cash flow is harder to fake.
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