The main events of the day

Tuesday, January 30, is full of statistics on Japan, the euro area and the US. The market monitors the dynamics of the American currency and expect new drivers for movement in the market.

At 01:30 – data on expenditure in Japan:
– Household expenditure in Japan (m/m), the forecast is -0.6%, the previous value is 2.1%.
– Household expenditure in Japan (y/y), the forecast is 1.6%, the previous value is 1.7%.
– The ratio of the number of vacancies and job seekers in Japan, the forecast is 1.57, the previous value is 1.56.

At 01:50 – the volume of retail sales in Japan (y/y), the forecast is 2.1%, the previous value is 2.1%.

At 02:30 – the index of business confidence of Australia from NAB, the forecast is 12, the previous value is 6.

At 10:00 – the index of the leading economic indicators of Switzerland from KOF, the forecast is 110.9, the previous value is 111.3.

At 12:00 – preliminary data on the GDP of the eurozone:
– GDP of the euro area (q/q), the forecast is 2.7%, the previous value is 2.6%.
– Eurozone GDP (y/y), the forecast is 0.6%, the previous value is 0.6%.

At 15:00 – announcement of the consumer price index (CPI) in Germany (m/m), the forecast is -0.5%, the previous value is 0.6%.

At 16:00 – release of a composite housing price index S & P/CS Composite-20 (USA) excluding seasonal fluctuations (y/y), the forecast is 6.3%, the previous value is 6.4%.

At 17:00 – issue of the index of the US consumer confidence from CB, the forecast is 123.0, the previous value is 122.1.

At 17:30 – the speech of the head of the Bank of England Carney.

At 23:35 – weekly stocks of crude oil in the US according to the American Petroleum Institute (API), the previous value is 4.755M.

Hanzenko Anton