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U.S. Federal Budget Balance

Latest Release

Jan 13, 2021

Actual

-144.0B

Forecast

-200.0B

-145.0B

The Federal Budget Balance measures the difference in value between the federal government's income and expenditure during the reported month. A positive number indicates a budget surplus, a negative number indicates a deficit.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the USD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the USD.

Importance:

Country:

Currency: USD

Source: Department of the Treasury

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Feb 10, 2021 (Jan)	14:00		-147.0B	-144.0B
Jan 13, 2021 (Dec)	14:00	-144.0B	-200.0B	-145.0B
Dec 10, 2020 (Nov)	14:00	-145.0B	-200.0B	-284.0B
Nov 12, 2020 (Oct)	14:00	-284.0B	-274.5B	-125.0B
Oct 16, 2020 (Sep)	13:00	-125.0B	-124.0B	-200.0B
Sep 11, 2020 (Aug)	13:00	-200.0B	-245.0B	-63.0B

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EUR/USD	1.2141	-0.0029	-0.24%
USD/JPY	103.77	0.00	0.00%
GBP/USD	1.3670	-0.0014	-0.11%
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EUR/USD

1.2141

-0.0029 -0.24%

Summary

Strong Buy

Moving Averages:

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Indicators:

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EUR/USD

1.2141

-0.0029 -0.24%

Summary

Strong Buy

Moving Averages:

Buy 9

Sell 3

Indicators:

Buy 7

Sell 0

GBP/USD

1.3670

-0.0014 -0.11%

Summary

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Sell 5

Indicators:

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0.00 0.00%

Summary

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Moving Averages:

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Sell 11

Indicators:

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AUD/USD

0.7711

-0.0006 -0.07%

Summary

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Moving Averages:

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Sell 3

Indicators:

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125.99

-0.29 -0.23%

Summary

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Moving Averages:

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Sell 0

Indicators:

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Silver

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Brent Oil

Summary

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Indicators:

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Natural Gas

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Indicators:

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Summary

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S&P 500

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FTSE 100

Summary

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Sell

Indicators:

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CAC 40

Summary

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Summary

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Alphabet A

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GBP/USD	1.3670	Strong Buy
USD/JPY	103.77	Strong Sell
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	Interest Rates	Next Meeting
BOC	0.25%	Mar 10, 2021
FED	0.00%-0.25%	Jan 27, 2021
BOE	0.10%	Feb 04, 2021
ECB	0.00%	Mar 11, 2021
SNB	-0.75%	Mar 25, 2021
RBA	0.10%	Feb 02, 2021
RBNZ	0.25%	Feb 10, 2021
BOJ	-0.10%	Mar 19, 2021
CBR	4.25%	Feb 12, 2021
RBI	4.00%	Feb 05, 2021
PBOC	4.35%
BCB	2.00%	Mar 17, 2021