⚡️ Key Economic Events This Week — What Matters for Crypto? 📊
This week is packed with macro landmines, and crypto will be trading headline to headline.
🗓️ The Lineup:
• Monday: December Retail Sales
• Wednesday: January Jobs Report
• Thursday: Initial Jobless Claims + Existing Home Sales
• Friday: January CPI (Inflation) 🔥
• Plus: 5 Fed speakers + government shutdown updates
🎯 Biggest Market Mover for Crypto?
👉 Friday’s CPI Inflation data
Why CPI dominates:
• CPI directly shapes Fed rate-cut expectations
• Inflation surprise = instant liquidity repricing
• Risk assets (BTC, alts) react within minutes
• Volatility spikes are almost guaranteed
📉 Hot CPI → Risk-off → Crypto dumps
📈 Cool CPI → Rate cuts back on table → Crypto relief rally
📌 Secondary Risks to Watch:
• Jobs Report: Strong jobs = higher-for-longer narrative
• Fed Speakers: One hawkish line can erase days of gains
• Shutdown headlines: Liquidity + sentiment noise
🧠 Trader Mindset This Week
• Expect fake moves before CPI
• Size smaller, widen stops, or stay flat into data
• Volatility > direction
Macro decides the trend. Charts just show the reaction.
Which one are you watching closest this week? 👀