Week’s main events (March 4 – March 8)
It will be a volatile week. The main event this week for investors will be the US nonfarm payrolls. Signs of cooling in the US labor market may increase the likelihood of a rate cut from the Fed in late April. The Bank of Canada (BoC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will meet this week. Both banks are expected to keep rates unchanged, so the focus will be on the bank’s inflation forecasts and officials’ press conference speeches. Before Friday’s jobs report, Jerome Powell (US Fed Chair) will appear before a House committee on Wednesday and a Senate panel on Thursday to present the central bank’s report on monetary policy. Given recent data pointing to the economy’s strength, Powell is expected to reiterate that policymakers will take a cautious approach when deciding whether to start cutting interest rates.
- – Switzerland Consumer Price Index (m/m) at 09:30 (GMT+2);
- – US FOMC Member Harker Speaks (m/m) at 18:00 (GMT+2).
- – Australia Services PMI (m/m) at 00:00 (GMT+2);
- – Japan Tokyo Core CPI (m/m) at 01:30 (GMT+2);
- – Japan Services PMI (m/m) at 02:30 (GMT+2);
- – China Caixin Services PMI (m/m) at 03:45 (GMT+2);
- – Germany Services PMI (m/m) at 10:55 (GMT+2);
- – Eurozone Services PMI (m/m) at 11:00 (GMT+2);
- – UK Services PMI (m/m) at 11:30 (GMT+2);
- – Eurozone Producer Price Index (m/m) at 12:00 (GMT+2);
- – US ISM Services PMI (m/m) at 17:00 (GMT+2);
- – US FOMC Member Barr Speaks (m/m) at 19:00 (GMT+2);
- – US FOMC Member Barr Speaks (m/m) at 22:30 (GMT+2).
- – Australia GDP (q/q) at 02:30 (GMT+2);
- – German Trade Balance (m/m) at 09:00 (GMT+2);
- – German Retail Sales (m/m) at 09:00 (GMT+2);
- – UK Construction PMI (m/m) at 11:30 (GMT+2);
- – Eurozone Retail Sales (m/m) at 12:00 (GMT+2);
- – UK Spring Forecast Statement at 14:30 (GMT+2);
- – US ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (m/m) at 15:15 (GMT+2);
- – Canada BoC Interest Rate Decision at 16:45 (GMT+2);
- – Canada BoC Rate Statement at 16:45 (GMT+2);
- – Canada Ivey PMI (m/m) at 17:00 (GMT+2);
- – US JOLTs Job Openings (m/m) at 17:00 (GMT+2);
- – US Fed Chair Jerome Powell Testifies at 17:00 (GMT+2);
- – Canada BoC Press Conference at 17:30 (GMT+2);
- – US Crude Oil Reserves (w/w) at 17:30 (GMT+2);
- – US FOMC Member Daly Speaks (m/m) at 19:00 (GMT+2).
- – Australia Trade Balance (m/m) at 02:30 (GMT+2);
- – China Trade Balance (m/m) at 05:00 (GMT+2);
- – Switzerland Unemployment Rate (m/m) at 08:45 (GMT+2);
- – Eurozone ECB Interest Rate Decision at 15:15 (GMT+2);
- – Eurozone ECB Monetary Policy Statement at 15:15 (GMT+2);
- – US Initial Jobless Claims (w/w) at 15:30 (GMT+2);
- – US Trade Balance (m/m) at 15:30 (GMT+2);
- – Canada Trade Balance (m/m) at 15:30 (GMT+2);
- – Eurozone ECB Press Conference at 15:45 (GMT+2);
- – US Fed Chair Jerome Powell Testifies at 17:00 (GMT+2);
- – Eurozone ECB President Lagarde Speaks at 17:00 (GMT+2);
- – US Natural Gas Storage (w/w) at 17:30 (GMT+2);
- – US FOMC Member Mester Speaks (m/m) at 18:30 (GMT+2).
- – German Industrial Production (m/m) at 09:00 (GMT+2);
- – German Producer Price Index (m/m) at 09:00 (GMT+2);
- – Eurozone GDP (q/q) at 12:00 (GMT+2);
- – US FOMC Member Williams Speaks (m/m) at 14:00 (GMT+2);
- – US Nonfarm Payrolls (m/m) at 15:30 (GMT+2);
- – US Unemployment Rate (m/m) at 15:30 (GMT+2);
- – Canada Unemployment Rate (m/m) at 15:30 (GMT+2).
by 2024.03.04
, Open Account