The main events of Friday!

On Friday, February 22, the day is full of speeches by representatives and governors of world central banks. In addition to speeches, the market’s attention will be focused on inflation data in Japan and the Eurozone, and Germany’s GDP.

At 00:30 – the speech of the RBA Governor Lowe.

At 01:30 – an inflation data in Japan will be released:
– National Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (y/y) (January), forecast 0.8%, previous value  0.7%.
– National CPI (m/m), previous value  -0.2%.

At 09:00 – German GDP data will be published:
– Germany’s GDP (y/y) (Q4),  forecast 0.9%, previous value 0.9%.
– Germany’s GDP (q/q) (Q4), forecast 0.0%, previous value 0.0%.

At 11:00 – data on business activity in Germany will be released:
– German business expectations index, forecast 94.2, previous value 94.2.
– German current assessment, forecast 103.9, previous value  104.3.
– German IFO business climate, forecast 99.0,  previous value  99.1.

At 12:00 – an inflation report in the euro area will be released:
– Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (y/y) (January), forecast 1.1%, previous 1.1%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (y/y) (January), forecast 1.4%, previous value 1.4%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (m/m) (January), forecast -1.1%, previous value 0.0%.

At 15:30 – the data on retail sales in Canada will be announced:
– Core retail sales (m/m) (December),  forecast -0.5%,  previous value -0.6%.
– Retail sales (m/m) (December), forecast 0.0%,  previous value  -0.9%.

At 17:30 – the ECB President Draghi will speak.

At 20:00 – the number of Baker Hughes oil rigs in the USA will be released, previous value  857.

Hanzenko Anton