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Economic calendar: Wednesday, October 21, 2026

3 releases, 2 of them high impact: when each comes out, what’s expected, what came out, and what it meant.

High impact Medium impact · All times Eastern (New York). Forecasts and results from the Forex Factory calendar.

Time (ET)Cur.EventActualForecastPrevious
2:00 AM🇬🇧 GBP CPI y/y 3.5%3.4% 3.1%
UK CPI runs hot: 3.5% vs 3.4% UK September CPI rose 3.5% y/y, above the 3.4% forecast and up from 3.1%. Core CPI, PPI, RPI and borrowing figures were not stated in the data.
9:00 AM🇬🇧 GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks –– –
5:45 PM🇳🇿 NZD CPI q/q –0.8% 1.5%
What to watch: NZ quarterly CPI is forecast at 0.8%, down from 1.5% last quarter. The print shapes RBNZ rate expectations and is the main driver for NZD/USD in the Asian session. Context headlines are mostly US corporate news.

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