I think the economic news has been a part in the forex because some specific news have any impact on price changes in forex, not just expert trader that must collect but all traders. Based on my experience while trading that did not follow the economic news release, I often lose because usually a few minutes before the release of economic news, especially that it has a high impact forex market into sideway, and when the economic news has been released that the price movement in forex is very high. If you have open positions and corresponding price movements so you can gain a lot, but if the price against your open position and you can get lost a lot