The main events of Friday!

On Friday, March 15, the day is full of data on the results of the Bank of Japan meeting, inflation in the eurozone and open vacancies in the United States.

At 05:00 – the Bank of Japan meeting results will be published:
– Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Report
– Interest rate decision, forecast -0.10%, previous value -0.10%.

At 10:55 – the speech of the Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda will take place.

At 12:00 – data on eurozone inflation will be issued:
– Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (y/y) (Feb), forecast 1.0%, previous 1.0%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (m/m) (Feb), forecast 0.3%, the previous value -1.0%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (y/y) (Feb), forecast 1.5%, previous value 1.5%.

At 14:30 –  data for the United States and Canada will be released:
– NY Empire State index of production activity  (March) USA, forecast 10.00,  previous value 8.80.
– Manufacturing sales (m/m) (Jan) of Canada,  forecast 0.4%,  previous value  -1.3%.

At 15:15 – data on industrial production in the United States:
– Industrial production (y/y),  previous value  3.8%.
– Industrial Production (m/m) (Feb), forecast 0.4%, previous value -0.6%.

At 16:00 – JOLTS job openings (January) in the US, forecast  7.310M,  previous value  7.335M.

At 19:00 –  number of Baker Hughes oil rigs in the United States will be released, previous value  834.

Hanzenko Anton