Main Events of Friday

On Friday, April 27, the day is full of speeches by representatives of the world’s securities, but the market will be focused on the GDP data of the United Kingdom and the United States.

At 01:45 – data on the trade balance of New Zealand:
– New Zealand’s trade balance (y/y), the forecast is -2.900M, the previous value is -3.020M.
– Trade balance of New Zealand (m/m), the forecast is 270M, the previous value is 217M.

At 02:30 – data on Japan:
– The ratio of the number of vacancies and job seekers in Japan, the forecast is 1.59, the previous value is 1.58.
– Basic consumer price index (CPI) in Tokyo (Japan) (y/y), is forecast 0.8%, the previous value is 0.8%.

At 02:50 – data on production in Japan:
– The volume of industrial production in Japan (m/m), the forecast is 0.5%, the previous value is 2.0%.
– The volume of retail sales in Japan (y/y), the forecast is 1.5%, the previous value is 1.7%.

At 04:30 – data on Australia:
– Producer Price Index (PPI) in Australia (q/q), the forecast is 0.4%, the previous value is 0.6%.
– Producer Price Index (PPI) in Australia (y/y), the previous value is 1.7%.

At 09:00 – data on real estate in the UK:
– The index of housing prices Nationwide in the UK (y/y), the forecast is 2.6%, the previous value is 2.1%.
– The index of housing prices Nationwide in the UK (m/m), the forecast is 0.2%, the previous value is -0.2%.

At 10:55 – data on employment in Germany:
– Change in the number of unemployed in Germany, the forecast is -15K, the previous value is -19K.
– The unemployment rate in Germany, the forecast is 5.3%, the previous value is 5.3%.

At 11:00 – the speech of the chairman of the National Bank of Switzerland, Jordan.

At 11:30 am – preliminary data on UK GDP:
– UK GDP (q/q), the forecast is 0.3%, the previous value is 0.4%.
– UK GDP (y/y), the forecast is 1.4%, the previous value is 1.4%.

At 15:30 – data on US GDP:
– US labor cost index (q/q), the forecast is 0.7%, the previous value is 0.6%.
– US GDP (q/q), the forecast is 2.0%, the previous value is 2.9%.
– US GDP deflator (q/q), the forecast is 2.2%, the previous value is 2.3%.

At 16:45 – the index of business activity (PMI) in Chicago (USA), the forecast is 57.9, the previous value is 57.4.

At 17:00 – the speech of the head of the Bank of England Carney.

At 20:00 – a number of drilling rigs in the US from Baker Hughes, the previous value is 820.

Hanzenko Anton