Important events for the crypto market on April 18 from the economic calendar.

Today is the day of speeches by members of the US Federal Reserve. Traditionally, they have little impact on the market at the moment, but allow one to assess the mood in the department. Also today is the release of data on applications for unemployment benefits and the release of data on the balance sheet of the US Federal Reserve. But they will cause volatility in the market only if there is a strong difference from forecasts.

Daily schedule:

❗️ - 15:30 Kyiv time and Moscow time / 17:30 Astana time - Weekly number of initial applications for unemployment benefits in the USA. The labor market is important for the US Federal Reserve's interest rate actions.

- 16:05 Kyiv time and Moscow time / 18:05 Astana time and 16:15 Kyiv time and Moscow time / 18:15 Astana time - Speech by US Federal Reserve member Bowman (permanent chairman, closer to the “hawks”).

- 16:15 Kyiv time and Moscow time / 18:15 Astana time - Speech by US Federal Reserve member Williams (a member with “dovish” rhetoric and voting rights).

- 18:00 Kyiv time and Moscow time / 20:00 Astana time - Speech by US Federal Reserve member Bostic (with dovish rhetoric and voting rights).

- 23:30 Kyiv time and Moscow time / 01:30 new day Astana time - US Federal Reserve balance sheet. They will show how things are going in the financial sector, whether there is a possibility of “turning on the printing press.”