Where market news comes from
"CPI hotter than expected" doesn't start on a squawk, a wire or X. It starts as an official release from a government statistics agency or a central bank, published at a fixed time. Everyone else, squawks included, relays it from there.
Watch the live scored feedThe primary sources behind macro headlines
| Release | Publisher | Usual time |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Price Index (CPI) | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (schedule) | 8:30 a.m. ET |
| Jobs report (nonfarm payrolls, unemployment) | BLS: Employment Situation | 8:30 a.m. ET, usually first Friday |
| Producer Price Index (PPI) | BLS | 8:30 a.m. ET |
| JOLTS job openings | BLS | 10:00 a.m. ET |
| GDP, PCE inflation, personal income | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (schedule) | 8:30 a.m. ET |
| FOMC rate decision | Federal Reserve | 2:00 p.m. ET statement; 2:30 p.m. press conference |
| ECB rate decision | European Central Bank | 14:15 CET; press conference 14:45 |
| Bank of England rate decision | Bank of England | 12:00 UK time |
| Bank of Canada rate decision | Bank of Canada | 9:45 a.m. ET |
| Bank of Japan policy decision | Bank of Japan | No fixed time; usually around midday Tokyo |
| Enforcement actions, rule changes | U.S. SEC press releases | Unscheduled |
Times are the publishers' usual practice. Always check the official calendar for a specific date.
What squawks and wires add
For scheduled data, a squawk's job is speed and context: reading the number, the consensus and the revisions aloud. For unscheduled news such as officials' comments, geopolitics and company events, wires and squawks add their own reporting, and no public feed fully replaces that.
How QuantSquawk uses primary sources
QuantSquawk polls the public feeds of the BLS (CPI, jobs, PPI, JOLTS, ECI), BEA, Federal Reserve, ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, Bank of Canada and SEC press releases, alongside public news feeds.
Each headline gets an AI-estimated market-impact score from −100 to +100. Every score is hashed and timestamped in Bitcoin, so it can be verified and graded on the public ledger.
Scores are AI estimates for information only, not investment advice. QuantSquawk claims no hit rate, and public feeds can lag the moment of release.
FAQ
What time is the CPI release?
8:30 a.m. Eastern, from the BLS, on the date listed at bls.gov/schedule.
Where do squawk services get their news?
Scheduled macro numbers come from official publishers (BLS, BEA, central banks). Squawks relay them quickly and add their own reporting for unscheduled news.
Can I get these releases for free?
Yes. Every publisher above posts its releases publicly. QuantSquawk's free feed collects and scores them in one place, with no account needed.
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