Economic calendar for the week ahead

The last week of April will be full of interesting macro data and financial results in the midst of the new season of reports in the US.

On Monday we can expect  the Markit Manufacturing PMI in Germany and France for April and also the manufacturing and services PMIs for the euro area.  Later on will be released  the manufacturing and services PMIs in the United States.
Tuesday will bring Australia’s CPI, the German IFO assessment and expectations for April and the housing price index with new homes sales figures in the USA.
On Wednesday the most important news for the markets will be data on crude oil reserves in the United States.
Markets in Australia and New Zealand will not work because of the wounded death of all servants and perished in various wars, conflicts, and moratorium missions.
Later in the evening the BoC Governor Poloz will hold a speech.
Thursday will be a very busy day. The GfK Consumer confidence survey for Germany is due.
The most significant event for the day will be the European Central Bank's decision on key interest rates  and additional explanations are expected from the subsequent press conference.
The United States will provide updated data on initial and continuing jobless claims. New Zealand will release information on the country's trade balance in March, as well as imports and exports.
Friday will bring BoJ interest rate decision and a press conference will follow.  Unemployment data will be released from Germany and GDP estimates are due from UK and USA.

Within the week, the more interesting companies from the United States, which will announce their financial results for the first quarter of the year, are: Alphabet, Whirlpool, Caterpillar, Coca-Cola, Sansata Technologies Holding, Xerox, Facebook, Paypal Holdings, Twitter, Visa, Domino’s Pizza and General Motors.

The week ahead

While some people are dancing hot samba in Rio De Janeiro, others are preparing for the long celebration of the Lunar New Year. For those who are lack of festive mood, the economic calendar for the week ahead will unfold mostly data on GDP and CPI.

Japan celebrates a national holiday today and the macro agenda from the rest of the world do not offer much except  the numbers on Consumer Price Index in Switzerland.

On Tuesday we can expect the announcement of the British Produce Price Index, Consumer Price Index y/y and m/m and Retail Price Index data. From the US the FOMC Member Mester speech is due.

 Wednesday will be very busy day, but the focus will be on Japan's GDP data for Q4. Further on  we may expect GDP data from Germany, Italy and  the Eurozone. In the afternoon  releases from USA are due on Retail Sales, basic CPI and CPI on Food&Energy.

Thursday will bring employment data from Australia and the RBA’s Governor Philip Lowe speech . The more important news that will  come from the US are the Philadelphia Fed figures and the jobless claims release.

A long weekend will start for South Korea, China and Hong Kong due to the Lunar New Year celebration.

Friday are due the British retail sales data for January the building permits for January in the USA.

The earnings season continues this week the with the financial reports of MetLife, PepsiCo, Western Union, Cisco systems, T-Mobile USA and TripAdvisor.

Volatile week ahead

For the week ahead one of the most intriguing events will be the progress on the tax reform in the US. Of course, OPEC meeting is on the headlines along with Fed’s Chair nominee Powell’s confirmation hearing and JEC testimony from Yellen.

This  Monday we will have release of new homes sales figures in USA and FOMC Member Kashkari speech.

Tuesday will bring data on consumer confidence survey in Germany, BoE’s Bank stress results and financial stability report as well as several bankers’speeches in USA.

On Wednesday, the highly anticipated meeting between oils ministers from OPEC will take place in Vienna. Next on the agenda for the day will follow macro data for the euro area, consumer prices index in Germany, GDP Q3 numbers in USA and Fed’s Beige book report. Additionally, Fed Chair Yellen will give her final JEC testimony.

On Thursday will be announced the outcome from the OPEC meeting. Further on are due data on business activity in China - industry and services sectors, retails sales numbers and unemployment rate in Germany. Eurostat will publish inflation data for the euro area. Within Unites States we can expect data on personal expenditure index.

Friday are expected several Markit’s Manufacturing PMI reports.  

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