TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (JAN 5-9)

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Kim Ming Lam

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January 4, 2026

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TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (JAN 5-9)

Using Trading Central's "Economic Insight" investors can check out up-coming major economic data.

We are looking into the trading week of January 5-9:

We can select economic data of "High", "Medium" or "Low" importance, or any combination of such filters:

We can select which major economies to focus on:

The official U.S. jobs report for December, to be released on Friday (January 9), should be investors’ focus for the coming week.

According to the forecast of Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the U.S. economy is expected to add 12,000 Non-farm Payrolls in December, with the jobless rate ticking up to 4.7%.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to make two quarter-point interest-rate cuts in 2026. 

The Fed will announce its first rate decision this year on Wednesday, January 28.

Key Economic Data Forecasts:

(GMT+02:00 Hour) 

Happy Trading!

Source: Trading Central Economic Insight

Kim Ming Lam

Head of APAC Research
Ming graduated from Hong Kong University with a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He has been working in the financial services sector for over 10 years. He is currently tasked with providing clients with technical analysis views on forex and Asian stock indexes.

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