The main events of Friday!
On Friday, March 22, the day is full of data on business activity (PMI) in the Eurozone and the USA. Also on this day an inflation data in Japan and Canada will be published.
At 01:30 – an inflation data in Japan will be released:
– National Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (y/y) (Feb), forecast 0.8%, previous value 0.8%.
– National CPI (m/m), previous value 0.3%.
At 10:30 – data on business activity in Germany will be released:
– Index of business activity in the manufacturing sector (PMI) of Germany (Mar), forecast 48.0, previous value 47.6.
– Index of business activity in the services sector in Germany (Mar), forecast 54.8, previous value 55.3.
At 11:00 – data for the euro area will be published:
– Index of business activity in the manufacturing sector (PMI) (March), forecast 49.6, previous value 49.3.
– Markit Composite Business Activity Index (PMI) (Mar), forecast 52.0, previous value 51.9.
– Index of business activity in the services sector (Mar), forecast of 52.7, previous value 52.8.
At 14:30 – an inflation report in Canada will be published:
– Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (m/m) (Feb), previous value 0.3%
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (y/y) (Feb), previous value 1.5%.
– Core retail sales (m/m) (January), forecast of 0.2%, previous value -0.5%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (m/m) (Feb), forecast 0.6%, previous 0.1%.
– Retail sales (m/m) (January), forecast of 0.4%, previous value -0.1%.
At 15:45 – data on business activity in the United States will be released:
– Index of business activity in the manufacturing sector (PMI) (March), forecast of 53.6, previous value 53.0.
– Business activity index (PMI) in the services sector (Mar), forecast 56.6, previous value 56.0.
At 16:00 – data on real estate in the United States:
– Existing home sales (Feb), forecast 5.10M, previous value 4.94M.
– Existing home sales (m/m) (Feb), forecast 2.2%, previous value -1.2%.
At 19:00 – number of Baker Hughes oil rigs in the USA will be announced, previous value 833.
Hanzenko Anton