Trade ideas thread - Wednesday, 21 May, insightful charts, technical analysis, ideas

A low key session ahead for data, but we have four Federal Reserve speakers lined up.

• 2100 GMT /1700 US Eastern time - Federal Reserve Board Governor Adriana Kugler gives commencement address before the Spring 2025 Berkeley Economics Commencement Ceremony
• 2300 GMT /1900 US Eastern time - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack give keynotes, and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic moderates a discussion before the 2025 Financial Markets Conference

On Tuesday we had:

• Fed's Bostic: More businesses say they can no longer delay tariff price hikes or job cuts
• Fed's Musalem: Hearing that businesses and households are holding back from decisions
• Fed's Musalem: Monetary policy currently is well positioned

This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.

The times in the left-most column are GMT.

The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.