The Week Ahead
Week Ahead, 14/04/2019
Monday
1.30pm – US Empire state mfg index (April): expected to rise
to 6 from 3.7. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Tuesday
2.30am – RBA meeting minutes: these will provide further
light on the RBA’s dovish tone. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
9.30am – UK employment data: unemployment rate to rise to 4%
from 3.9% for February, while the March claimant count rises by 5K from 27K in
February. Average hourly earnings including bonus to rise 3.2%. Markets to
watch: GBP crosses
10am – German ZEW index (April): economic sentiment index to
fall to -11 from -3.6. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
Wednesday
3am – China GDP(Q1): YoY growth to be 6.3% from 6.4%, and
4.7% from 4.1% QoQ. Markets to watch: China indices, CNH crosses
9.30am – UK CPI (March): prices to rise 1.8% YoY and 0.2%
MoM, from 1.9% and 0.5% respectively. Core CPI to rise 1.9% YoY from 1.8%.
Markets to watch: GBP crosses
10am – eurozone inflation (March): CPI to rise 0.3% MoM and
1.4% YoY. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm – US trade balance (February): deficit to widen to
$53.7 billion. Markets to watch: USD crosses
1.30pm – Canada CPI (March), trade balance (February): CPI
to rise 1.4% YoY from 1.5%, and trade deficit to narrow C$3.5 billion. Markets
to watch: CAD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude inventories (w/e 12 April): stockpiles
to rise by 7.3 million barrels from 7.02 million a week earlier. Markets to
watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
2.30am – Australia employment data (March): rate to rise to
5% from 4.9%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
8.15am – 9am – French, German, eurozone PMIs (April, flash):
German mfg PMI to rise to 45 from 44.1. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
9.30am – UK retail sales (March): sales to rise 3.3% YoY.
Markets to watch: GBP crosses
1.30pm – US retail sales (March): expected to rise 0.3% from
-0.2%. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
2.45pm – US mfg & services PMI (April, flash):
manufacturing PMI to fall to 51.8 from 52.4, and services PMI to fall to 52.6
from 55.3. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
Friday
Good Friday – US/UK markets closed
1.30pm – US housing starts & building permits (March):
starts to rise to an annual rate of 1.23 million while permits rise to an
annual rate of 1.29 million. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
1.30pm – Canada ADP employment report (March): 19K jobs
expected to have been created, from 36,200 a month earlier. Markets to watch:
CAD crosses
Companies Announcement :
Companies Announcement :
- *Citigroup
- *Goldman Sachs
- *Bank of America
- *Netflix
- *Johnson & Johnson
- *IBM
- *Morgan Stanley
- *PepsiCo
- *Unilever
- *Nestle
- *Schlumberger
*Philip Morris
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