What are the most important economic releases on the forex calendar this week?

The calendar lists high-impact releases without ranking one above another. Tomorrow at 07:00 UTC is German retail sales year over year, previous -0.4 and no estimate, and at 15:00 UTC US ISM manufacturing PMI, previous 54.5 and estimate 54.6. Tuesday has the RBA rate decision at 03:30 UTC, previous 4.6 and estimate 4.85, plus US midterms at 05:00 UTC; Wednesday has euro area inflation, ADP and ISM services; Thursday at 12:00 UTC has the Bank of England and a speech from ECB President Lagarde.

How could the US ISM Manufacturing index impact the US Dollar?

ISM manufacturing PMI is due tomorrow at 15:00 UTC, with a previous reading of 54.5 and an estimate of 54.6, and nothing here records how earlier releases moved the dollar, so the listing itself does not point to a direction. Nearby last prints include EUR/USD at 1.11591, between S1 at 1.11252 and the pivot at 1.11697, and USD/JPY at 157.536, between the pivot at 157.451 and R1 at 157.96.

What factors are driving EUR/USD at the start of the week?

EUR/USD last printed at 1.11591, down 0.17% on the day and down 0.39% over five days, daily trend down, between S1 at 1.11252 and the daily pivot at 1.11697. Tomorrow's German retail sales, Wednesday's euro area inflation and Thursday's Lagarde speech are the euro items scheduled, and as of the week to October 27 speculators were net short EUR/USD and added to that short. Those are the levels, the calendar and the positioning, not a proven cause of the last print.

Forex Calendar This Week: ISM, RBA and the BoE

Week ahead Neutral bias Nov 1, 2026, 21:38 UTC

James WhitmoreChief Market Strategist · ForexR analyst

Cash forex is shut and the lean is neutral: EUR/USD last printed at 1.11591 under the daily pivot, with German retail sales and ISM manufacturing first on the forex calendar this week.

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Instrument	Last	Day change	Pivot	Daily trend
EUR/USD	1.11591	-0.17%	1.11697	Down
Gold (XAU/USD)	3,876.68	-3.59%	3,924.32	Down
GBP/USD	1.33891	+0.11%	1.33975	Mixed
Bitcoin (BTC/USD)	77,834.40	+0.51%	77,219.34	Mixed
USD/JPY	157.536	-0.09%	157.451	Down
AUD/USD	0.70304	+0.05%	0.70284	Mixed
USD/CAD	1.39728	-0.11%	1.39681	Mixed
Ethereum (ETH/USD)	2,263.30	+0.48%	2,250.25	Down
Nasdaq 100 (US100)	28,382.4	-2.39%	28,498.0	Down
WTI Crude Oil (XTI/USD)	102.085	+0.04%	102.586	Up
Data as of 2026-11-01 21:30 UTC.

Where the last prints sit

Cash forex is shut, so these are the last prints before the close, not live quotes. Daily trends point in different directions, so the lean is neutral.

EUR/USD last printed at 1.11591, down 0.17% on the day and down 0.39% over five days, daily trend down, between S1 at 1.11252 and the pivot at 1.11697, with R1 at 1.12035. GBP/USD last printed at 1.33891, up 0.11% on the day and up 0.1% over five days, daily trend mixed and four-hour trend up, between S1 at 1.33619 and the pivot at 1.33975, with R1 at 1.34246.

USD/JPY last printed at 157.536, down 0.09% on the day and up 0.44% over five days, daily trend down, between the pivot at 157.451 and R1 at 157.96, with S1 at 157.027. AUD/USD last printed at 0.70304, up 0.05% on the day and down 0.06% over five days, daily and four-hour trends mixed, between the pivot at 0.70284 and R1 at 0.70442, with S1 at 0.70145. USD/CAD last printed at 1.39728, down 0.11% on the day and down 0.21% over five days, daily trend mixed and four-hour trend down, between the pivot at 1.39681 and R1 at 1.39953, with S1 at 1.39455.

Gold last printed at 3876.68, down 3.59% on the day and down 3.03% over five days, daily trend down, between S1 at 3822.39 and the pivot at 3924.32, with R1 at 3978.6. WTI last printed at 102.085, up 0.04% on the day and down 0.62% over five days, daily trend up, between S1 at 101.065 and the pivot at 102.586, with R1 at 103.607. Bitcoin last printed at 77834.4, up 0.51% on the day and down 2.38% over five days, daily trend mixed and four-hour trend down, between the pivot at 77219.34 and R1 at 77884.63, with S1 at 76771.51.

Ethereum last printed at 2263.3, up 0.48% on the day and down 2.46% over five days, daily trend down, between the pivot at 2250.25 and R1 at 2267.41, with S1 at 2235.49. The Nasdaq 100 last printed at 28382.4, down 2.39% on the day and down 2.12% over five days, daily trend down, between S1 at 27972.6 and the pivot at 28498, with R1 at 28907.9.

Forex calendar this week by day

Every release on the economic calendar below is high impact, and none has an actual. Tomorrow at 07:00 UTC is German retail sales year over year, previous -0.4 and no estimate, and at 15:00 UTC ISM manufacturing PMI, previous 54.5 and estimate 54.6.

Tuesday at 03:30 UTC is the RBA interest rate decision, previous 4.6 and estimate 4.85, plus the rate statement and the monetary policy statement, and the press conference at 04:30 UTC. US midterm elections are at 05:00 UTC, and Governor Macklem speaks at 16:00 UTC.

Wednesday at 10:00 UTC brings the harmonized index of consumer prices month on month, previous 0.6 and no estimate, the year-on-year index, previous 3.8 and estimate 3.9, core year on year, previous 2.5 and estimate 2.5, and core month on month, previous 0.2 and no estimate. ADP employment change at 13:15 UTC is previous 90 and estimate 65, and ISM services PMI at 15:00 UTC is previous 54.9 and estimate 54.8.

Thursday at 00:30 UTC is the Australian trade balance month on month, previous 495 and no estimate. At 12:00 UTC the Bank of England publishes the policy summary, the minutes, the vote for a rate hike, previous 3 and estimate 7, and the vote for a rate cut, with no previous reading and no estimate, alongside a speech from ECB President Lagarde.

Levels next to those releases

A move back above the EUR/USD pivot at 1.11697 would put R1 at 1.12035 in view, and a move under S1 at 1.11252 would leave the pair below that support. GBP/USD brings R1 at 1.34246 into range only if it clears the pivot at 1.33975, and a move under 1.33619 would leave sterling below S1. USD/JPY is already above the pivot at 157.451, with R1 at 157.96 as nearby resistance and S1 at 157.027 if price falls back under that pivot.

AUD/USD is already above 0.70284, with R1 at 0.70442 and S1 at 0.70145, and USD/CAD is already above 1.39681, with R1 at 1.39953 and S1 at 1.39455. Gold puts R1 at 3978.6 in view only if it reclaims the pivot at 3924.32, and a loss of S1 at 3822.39 would leave it under that support. Bitcoin is already above the pivot at 77219.34, with R1 at 77884.63 overhead, and the same style of map is on the pivot point calculator.

Positioning, yields and the bottom line

As of the week to October 27, positioning was net short EUR/USD, and speculators added to net short EUR/USD; net short GBP/USD, and speculators reduced net short GBP/USD; net short AUD/USD, and speculators added to net short AUD/USD; net long USD/CAD, and speculators reduced net long USD/CAD; and net short USD/JPY, and speculators added to net short USD/JPY. It also showed net long Gold (XAU/USD), and speculators reduced net long Gold (XAU/USD); net long WTI Crude Oil (XTI/USD), and speculators reduced net long WTI Crude Oil (XTI/USD); net long Nasdaq 100 (US100), and speculators reduced net long Nasdaq 100 (US100); and net long Bitcoin (BTC/USD), and speculators added to net long Bitcoin (BTC/USD), a positioning snapshot rather than a forecast.

US Treasury yields at the October 30 close, set against October 29, were 4.16% at three months, 4.56% at the two-year, down 5 basis points, and 4.94% at the ten-year, down 4 basis points, with the two-year to ten-year gap at 38 basis points. That yield set is context only.

FX Street titles sit with gold and silver, and FXEmpire with silver. Forexcom titles take up the Australian dollar and the euro, while ExchangeRates looks along the yen.

The bottom line is neutral. Split daily trends, and a calendar running from tomorrow's German retail sales and ISM manufacturing through Thursday's Bank of England releases, do not settle a direction for these last prints.