The main events of Wednesday!
On Wednesday, February 6, the day is saturated with data, especially in the afternoon.
At 03:30 – the speech of the RBA Governor Lowe.
At 09:00 – German factory orders (m/m) (December) will be released, forecast 0.3%, previous value -1.0%.
At 15:30 – the US data will be released:
– Building permits, forecast 1,290M, previous value 1,328M.
– Core retail sales (m/m), forecast 0.0%, previous value 0.2%.
– Export volume, previous value 211.05B.
– Import volume, previous value 266.53B.
– Nonfarm productivity (q/q) (Q4), forecast 1.7%, previous value 2.3%.
– Labor costs (q/q) (Q4), forecast 1.7%, previous value 0.9%.
Also at 15:30 – construction permits (m/m) (December) in Canada will be announced, forecast -0.4%, previous value 2.6%.
At 17:00 – Ivey business activity index (PMI) (Jan) in Canada will be released, forecast 56.0, previous value 59.7.
At 17:30 – will publish data on oil inventories in the United States:
– Crude oil inventories, forecast 1.601M, previous value 0.919M.
– Cushing (Oklahoma) crude oil inventories, previous value -0.145M.
At 21:00 – the US federal budget balance will be published, forecast -8.0B, previous value -205.0B.
At 23:45 – employment data in New Zealand will be announced:
– Employment change (q/q) (Q4), forecast 0.3%, previous value 1.1%.
– Unemployment rate (Q4), forecast 4.1%, previous value 3.9%.
Hanzenko Anton