How do you build a macro view from scratch?
Starting from zero: growth, inflation, policy, flows — assembled into a currency view. The process is teachable, and everyone's version differs in the details.
Walk through yours:
- the inputs you gather first
- how you weigh them into a view
- how the view becomes trades
Background: GDP explained, CPI explained and interest rates.
Background: CPI explained: headline and core inflation for forex traders
The consumer price index is the inflation figure markets watch most closely. What it measures, why core CPI matters and how it links to interest rates.
What is the difference between headline and core CPI?
Headline CPI includes all items in the basket. Core CPI excludes food and energy, whose prices are volatile, to show the underlying trend in inflation.
What time is US CPI released?
At 8:30 a.m. New York time, usually around the middle of the month, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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