Which column on the economic calendar do you check first?

The economic calendar on FTC lists scheduled releases and central bank events. Each row shows the time, the currency, the impact level and the actual, forecast and previous figures, and the impact level says how much the event usually moves its currency. The calendar notes that high-impact releases, such as interest rate decisions and inflation or jobs reports, can move prices within seconds of the release. How to use an economic calendar explains how to read the listing, which is the first step before you decide what to look at.

The question for this thread is which column you check first, and what would make the calendar more useful for your routine. Would a view that shows only the releases for the pairs you trade help, and would times in your own time zone save you a step? Tell us which of these you would use, and what you would add.

We would like to hear how you use it:

• Which column do you check first: the time, the currency or the impact level?
• Do you filter by the pairs you trade, or by the currencies in them?
• What would make the calendar easier to use during a busy week?
• Which release do you wish the calendar showed that it does not?

Please share your own view and reasoning. Posts that promise a direction or sell signals will be removed.