The main events of Thursday!

On Thursday, February 7, the day is full of speeches and publications, among which the speech of the Fed Chairman and the Bank of England meeting results are worth highlighting .

At 02:00 – the speech of the Fed Chairman Mr. Powell will take place.

At 02:30 – NAB (quarterly) Australia Business Confidence Index will be released, previous value  3.

At 09:00 – data on Germany will be released:
– German industrial production (m/m) (December), forecast 0.7%,  previous value -1.9%.
– German trade balance (December),  previous value 19.0B.

At 11:00 – the monthly report of the ECB will be released.

At 12:00 – the EU economic forecasts will be announced.

At 14:00 – the results of the Bank of England meeting will be published:
– Bank of England Inflation Report.
– The total amount of the QE program of the Bank of England (Feb), forecast 435B,  previous value 435B.
– Interest rate decision (Feb),  forecast 0.75%, previous value  0.75%.
– Monetary Policy Committee meeting minutes.

At 15:30 –  initial jobless claims in the US will be released, forecast 221K,  previous value 253K.

Hanzenko Anton