Calendar for the week
Monday, March 25, will be released a small amount of data for Germany and New Zealand.
- At 11:00 – data on business activity in Germany will be released: Germany’s business expectations index, assessment of the current situation in Germany and IFO business climate index in Germany.
- At 23:45 – data on the trade balance of New Zealand will be published.
On Tuesday, March 26, market attention will be focused on US construction data.
- At 09:00 – German consumer climate index (Gfk) (April) will be announced.
- At 11:30 – gross mortgage approvals in the UK will be published.
- At 14:30 – data on real estate in the United States: building permits issued (m/m) (Feb) and housing starts (Feb).
- At 16:00 – CB consumer confidence index (March) in the United States will be announced.
- At 22:30 – API weekly crude oil inventories will be published in the United States.
On Wednesday, March 27, the day is full of speeches, which will ensure high volatility throughout the day.
- At 03:00 – the RBNZ meeting results will be published: interest rate decision and the statement of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
- At 04:00 – a press conference of the RBNZ will be held.
- At 10:00 – the ECB President Draghi will speak.
- At 14:30 – data on the US trade balance will be released: export volume, import volume and trade balance (January).
- Also at 14:30 – the trade balance will be released (Jan.) Canada.
- At 16:30 – stocks of crude oil in the United States will be published.
On Thursday, March 28, market attention will be focused on US GDP data.
- At 02:00 – ANZ (Mar) New Zealand business confidence index will be announced.
- At 14:30 – data on the US GDP will be published: GDP (q/q) (Q4), GDP deflator (q/q) (Q4) and initial jobless claims.
- At 15:00 – German consumer price index (CPI) (m/m) (March) will be released.
- At 16:00 – pending home sales index (m/m) (Feb) in the United States will be released.
On Friday, March 29, the day is saturated with data on inflation in Japan and the Eurozone, and the GDP of Great Britain and Canada.
- At 01:30 – data for Japan will be released: the jobs/applications ratio (Feb), core consumer price index (CPI) in Tokyo (y/y) (Mar), industrial production (m/m) (Feb) and retail sales (y/y) (Feb).
- At 09:00 – German retail sales (m/m) (February) will be announced.
- At 10:00 – KOF leading indicators of Switzerland (March) will be released.
- At 10:55 – employment data in Germany will be released: German unemployment change (March) and German unemployment rate (March).
- At 11:30 – the UK GDP data will be announced: business investment (q/q) (Q4), current account balance (Q4) and GDP (y/y) (Q4).
- At 12:00 – inflation data in the eurozone will be released: consumer price index (CPI) in Italy (m/m) (March), core consumer price index (CPI) (y/y) and consumer price index (CPI) (y/y) (Mar.)
- At 14:30 – the US expenditures will be released: core price index for personal consumption expenditures (m/m) (January) and individual expenses (m/m) (January).
- Also at 14:30 – Canada’s GDP will be released.
- At 16:00 – new home sales (Feb) in the United States will be published.
- At 19:00 – number of Baker Hughes oil rigs in the United States will be released.
Hanzenko Anton