Initial jobless claims coming up next. Then it's a heavy slate of central bank speakers
<p>What's on the calendar today? We start with weekly initial jobless claims at the bottom of the hour. The consensus is 234K from 228K previously. There's a waiting game about when claims will finally break higher but no one is wagering on exactly when that will come.</p><p>After that, it's all about the talking heads:</p><ul><li>1300 GMT/ 9:00 am Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker speaks </li><li>1545 / 11:45 am Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speaks </li><li>1930 / 3:30 pm New York Fed President John Williams speaks as part of a Bloomberg markets forum</li><li>1945 / 3:45 pm Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks on his economic outlook</li><li>2055 / 4.55 pm Board Governor Bowman speaking</li><li>2300 / 7 pm Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks </li><li>2305 / 7:05 pm Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan speaks on the economy and monetary policy</li></ul><p>We also get Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem who will speak at 1715 GMT (1:55 pm ET). That will be an interesting one as the market tries to sort out if the BOC is done or not.</p><p>For more, see the<a href="https://www.forexlive.com/EconomicCalendar" target="_blank" rel="follow"> economic calendar</a>.</p>
This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.
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