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08
Jun

Commodities, Currencies, Equities, Indices, Insider

Weekly Market Outlook

The economic calendar for this week includes some key economic figures and events featuring leading countries. We start on Tuesday, with the EU GDP for the first quarter and Germany’s trade balance for April. Later in the day, markets will brace for the OPEC+ meeting, which will determine where the price of oil is heading from here. The Federal Reserve’s meeting on Wednesday is not likely to bring any interest rate changes. What is more important for markets in this context is whether policy makers will show determination to act in order to change the current flatness of the yield curve. We are closing the week on Friday, with the UK reporting some key figures for its economy.

01
Jun

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Weekly Market Outlook

A few economic data releases and official events deserve attention this week. The first one is the RBA interest rate decision scheduled for Tuesday. On the next day, a whole string of services PMIs are going to shed more light on the current economic situation in Europe. Markets will be closely watching the ECB meeting later in the day to see if any new monetary measures are being considered by the central bank’s members. We close the week on Friday with the US non-farm payrolls change and the unemployment rate report, with expectations set for further millions of job losses and unemployment skyrocketing to 20%.

26
May

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Weekly Market Outlook

The string of important economic and financial data releases this week starts on Tuesday with the US consumer confidence for May. On the next day, HP is expected to report its results, so investors will be carefully watching the numbers to see how the shift to work from home has affected the demand for the company’s goods. On Thursday, markets will be focused on the US gross domestic product for the first quarter, with many expecting to see a number worse than the -4.8% that the flash GDP suggested a few weeks ago. We will close the week on Friday with the April personal spending figure for the United States.

18
May

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Weekly Market Outlook

This week we kick off on Wednesday with the long-awaited US Fed meeting minutes, which will be scrutinized from investors keen to learn about the prospective additional easing measures of the Federal Reserve. On Thursday, the UK is delivering its May Flash PMI data, which will provide important insight into the state of economic activity in the country. On the corporate front, Nvidia is scheduled to report its earnings on Thursday. Investors will have the chance to see the flash PMIs of Germany and France on Friday morning. Finally, we will close the week with the UK back in the spotlight, with the release of its key retail sales data.

11
May

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Weekly Market Outlook

The release of high-priority pieces of economic data this week starts on Wednesday, when the UK is scheduled to report its Q1 GDP figure. Later in the day, Cisco Systems will publish its earnings report, so that investors will be carefully watching to assess how the company has been affected by the global economic turmoil. On Thursday and Friday, China is releasing its industrial production and retail sales numbers respectively. We close the week with Germany posting its gross domestic product data and the US giving account of its closely observed retail sales.

04
May

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Weekly Market Outlook

The week ahead will offer markets some important economic data releases and events. On Monday, we kick off with a big number of countries releasing their May purchasing manager indices. On the next day, the RBA holds its monthly interest rate meeting. Right in the middle of the week, a long string of PMI readings will give an indication of how the services sector did last month. The Bank of England’s Thursday meeting will be Andrew Bailey’s first in the hot seat. Eventually, we get to Friday when the long-awaited US employment report will be released to give information about the payrolls change and the unemployment rate in the biggest economy in the world.

27
Apr

Currencies, Indices, Insider

Weekly Market Outlook

This week is rich in key data releases in both Europe and in the US. On Wednesday, the United States will release its first quarter gross domestic product number. On the same day, there is a scheduled FED meeting, an event always carefully scrutinized by markets. The biggest EU economy, Germany, will release its unemployment data on Thursday, whereas almost three hours later in the day, the European Central Bank will hold its rate-meeting. Each of the listed economic figures and events has the potential to have a strong impact on forex and capital markets, so watch out carefully and brace for volatility!

21
Apr

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Weekly Market Outlook

This week is not rich in key economic and financial releases, so markets will focus on the developments on the coronavirus pandemic front and the monetary and fiscal policy response they receive. Among the more important pieces of data in the economic calendar are the March UK jobless claims on Tuesday, followed by the manufacturing and services flash PMI figures of Germany, France and the UK on Thursday. The US weekly jobless claims scheduled for the same day will provide another insight into the harsh state of the country’s labor market amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, the UK is reporting its March retail sales figures.

13
Apr

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Weekly Market Outlook

The week ahead will bring both high-priority economic data releases and key Q1 earnings figures of bellwether companies. We are opening and closing the week with China releasing its trade balance on Tuesday and GDP figures on Friday. The systemically important US banks are reporting their earnings for the first quarter of the year on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Bank of Canada Interest rate meeting is an event that will also be followed carefully by the markets right in the middle of the week. The US jobless claims will give investors one more missing part of the April jobs report puzzle. The mining giant, Rio Tinto, is scheduled to deliver its Q1 results on Thursday.

06
Apr

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Weekly Market Outlook

This week is rich in economic data releases and key top-level meetings. We kick off with the German factory orders and industrial production. The Reserve Bank of Australia meets on Tuesday to decide on its next monetary steps hoping to avoid the worst outcome for the country’s economy. The Fed minutes are keenly awaited by investors who will try to judge to what extent policy makers are on the same page concerning the response to the economic derailment caused by the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the UK is releasing a number of important pieces of data, including: GDP, manufacturing and industrial production, which will shed light into the current state of the economy. We close the week with the OPEC+ meeting. One of the most significant events for the next five days, it promises to determine the next major move for crude oil and for the US shale industry too.