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27 February 2021
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Market focus
- U.S. consumer spending rises 2.4 percent in January, income surges 10 percent
- BoE's chief economist Haldane: We might see higher and more sustained rise in UK inflation than expected
- U.S. consumer sentiment slightly better than initially estimated in February
- Key events for next week: Eurozone, Britain, China and US PMI indices, RBA interest rate decision, Canada, Australia and Japan GDP, Eurozone and US unemployment rate, Canada and US trade balance
Forex is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week (except national holidays), and it can be broken up to the following four regional markets: Australia and Oceania, Asia, Europe, and America. A Forex trading session opens at 23:00 GMT on Sunday in Japan and closes at 22:00 GMT on Friday in the USA.
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| Pacific | Wellington | 19:00 | 04:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 |
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| Pacific | Sydney | 21:00 | 06:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 |
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| Asian | Tokyo | 23:00 | 08:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 |
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| Asian | Hong Kong, Singapore | 00:00 | 09:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 |
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| European | 06:00 | 15:00 | 09:00 | 18:00 | 9:00 | 18:00 | |
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| European | London | 07:00 | 16:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 |
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| American | New York | 12:00 | 21:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 |
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| American | Chicago | 13:00 | 22:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 |
