The US congressional elections headline Tuesday’s calendar, a high-impact event timed at 15:16 UTC with no forecast or prior figure to anchor it β the outcome itself is the release, and it matters for the dollar. New Zealand’s quarterly jobs data closes the day as the second high-impact print. Around them sit Swiss inflation, US job openings, and remarks from the Bank of Canada.
Europe: Swiss CPI opens at 07:30 UTC
Switzerland’s CPI m/m lands first, at 07:30 UTC. It measures the monthly change in prices paid by Swiss consumers and is a medium-impact release for the franc.
The forecast is 0.0%, matching the previous 0.0% β flat on the month either way.
US afternoon: job openings, the vote, Macklem
JOLTS Job Openings follow at 15:00 UTC. The report counts unfilled positions across the US in the reference month, a read on labour demand, and rates medium impact for the dollar. The forecast is 7.15M openings against 7.08M previously, a slight uptick.
At 15:16 UTC the US congressional elections register as the day’s lone high-impact political event. No forecast or previous value applies β the result is the data.
At 16:00 UTC, Bank of Canada Governor Macklem speaks. There is no number attached; as central-bank communication it is medium impact for the Canadian dollar, with tone and wording doing the work.
New Zealand closes: jobs at 21:45 UTC
The final high-impact block arrives at 21:45 UTC, when New Zealand releases two labour figures together. Employment Change q/q, the quarterly change in the number of people employed, is forecast at 0.4%, down from 0.5% the prior quarter.
The Unemployment Rate, the share of the labour force without a job and actively seeking one, is seen at 5.5% β a tick below the previous 5.6%. Both print simultaneously, and both carry high impact for the New Zealand dollar.
Two high-impact events frame the session: the US vote in the afternoon and New Zealand’s jobs data in the evening. The Swiss CPI and Macklem’s remarks are the medium-impact markers in between.
