-- 週五早盤，美元兌主要交易夥伴匯率漲跌互現——兌英鎊和日元走強，兌歐元和加元走弱——本週臨近尾聲，市場交投清淡，僅有聖路易斯聯邦儲備銀行中午前後公佈的第一季度GDP初步估值，以及美聯儲理事克里斯托弗·沃勒於美國東部時間下午2點發表講話。 下週的日程安排包括週二公佈的零售銷售數據、週四公佈的標普全球GDP初值，以及週二對凱文沃什的聯準會主席提名。 聯準會官員將在4月28日至29日聯邦公開市場委員會會議召開前保持一段時間的靜默期。 以下是周五前外匯市場活動的簡要概述： 歐元兌美元匯率從週四美國收盤時的1.1782升至1.1795，週四早盤同一時間點的匯率為1.1780。根據週五稍早公佈的數據，歐元區2月經常帳盈餘收窄幅度超出預期，而歐元區貿易收支在經歷了上月的逆差後，於2月份轉為順差。歐洲央行下次會議定於4月30日舉行。 英鎊兌美元匯率從週四美國收盤時的1.3530和周四早盤同一時間的1.3552跌至1.3523。週五沒有英國經濟數據公佈，但英國央行政策委員會成員休皮爾將於美國東部時間上午8:10發表演說。英國央行下次會議定於4月30日舉行。 美元/日圓匯率從週四美國收盤時的159.1420和週四早盤同一時間的158.9144上升至159.1633。日本方面沒有公佈任何經濟數據。日本央行下次會議定於4月27日至28日舉行。 美元兌加幣匯率從週四美國收盤時的1.3704跌至1.3679，週四早盤同一時段的匯率為1.3732。加拿大3月新屋開工數據將於美國東部時間上午8:15公佈，隨後將於上午8:30公佈2月份加拿大外債購買數據。加拿大央行下次會議定於4月29日舉行。
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