Policy rates are due to be announced by the South African, Turkish, and Indonesian Central Banks this week. On speeches, Christine Lagarde is set to present at a couple of events, including the WEF. The Fed’s Clarida will give an update on the US economic outlook. Meanwhile, Governors of the BoE, the RBA, and the Bank of Portugal are also due to present.
Data
Inflation and GDP figures continue to roll in. CPI releases are due in the UK, Canada, Japan and the Euro area. On GDP, Japan and Norway will announce how they have fared during Q3. Elsewhere, Australia, Sweden and Russia will announce unemployment rates.
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Monetary Policy
Policy rates are due to be announced by the South African, Turkish, and Indonesian Central Banks this week. On speeches, Christine Lagarde is set to present at a couple of events, including the WEF. The Fed’s Clarida will give an update on the US economic outlook. Meanwhile, Governors of the BoE, the RBA, and the Bank of Portugal are also due to present.
Data
Inflation and GDP figures continue to roll in. CPI releases are due in the UK, Canada, Japan and the Euro area. On GDP, Japan and Norway will announce how they have fared during Q3. Elsewhere, Australia, Sweden and Russia will announce unemployment rates.
In the US, initial jobless claims and mortgage applications figures will come in. The US, alongside China, Japan and Russia, will also announce MoM industrial production figures. Japan will complement this data with PMI’s.
Finally, Japan, Italy, the US and the Euro Area will all release various trade-related data, including Japan’s trade balance and the EC’s current account balance. Retail Sales figures from the US, China, Russia, the UK and Canada are also due.
Sam van de Schootbrugge is a macro research economist taking a one year industrial break from his Ph.D. in Economics. He has 2 years of experience working in government and has an MPhil degree in Economic Research from the University of Cambridge. His research expertise are in international finance, macroeconomics and fiscal policy.
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