The main events of Thursday!

March 29 the market expects “Super Thursday” because of the richness of news before the day off on the occasion of Good Friday. As a result, the trading floors of Europe and America will be closed. Against the background of a large number of news and a short week, Thursday may be very volatile.

At 00:45 –  construction permits in New Zealand (m/m), the previous value is 0.2%.

At 02:50 – the volume of retail sales in Japan (y/y), the forecast is 1.7%, the previous value is 1.5%.

At 03:30 – the lending to the private sector in Australia (m/m), the forecast is 0.3%, the previous value is 0.3%.

At 10:00 – the index of the leading economic indicators of Switzerland from KOF, the forecast is 107.3, the previous value is 108.0.

At 11:00 – data on employment in Germany:
– Change in the number of unemployed in Germany, the forecast is -15K, the previous value is -22K.
– The unemployment rate in Germany, the forecast is 5.3%, the previous value is 5.4%.

At 11:30 – data on the UK GDP:
– Business investment in the UK (q/q), the forecast is 0.0%, the previous value is 0.0%.
– Current account of the UK balance of payments, the forecast is -24.0D, the previous value is -22.8D.
– UK GDP (q/q), the forecast is 0.4%, the previous value is 0.4%.
– UK GDP (y/y), the forecast is 1.4%, the previous value is 1.4%.

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

At 15:30 – news block on the US:
– The basic price index of expenditures on personal consumption in the US (m/m), the forecast is 1.6%, the previous value is 1.5%.
– Basic price index of personal consumption expenditure in the USA (y/y), the forecast is 0.2%, the previous value is 0.3%.
– The number of initial applications for unemployment benefits in the US, the forecast is 230K, the previous value is 229K.
– Expenses of individuals in the USA (m/m), the forecast is 0.2%, the previous value is 0.2%.

Also, at 15:30 – data on Canada’s GDP:
– Canada’s GDP (m/m), the forecast is 0.1%, the previous value is 0.1%.
– Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) in Canada (m/m), the previous value is 3.3%.

At 16:45 – the index of business activity (PMI) in Chicago (USA), the forecast is 62.0, the previous value is 61.9.

At 20:00 – a number of drilling rigs in the US from Baker Hughes, the previous value is 804.

Hanzenko Anton