FED meeting and conference of the Swiss National Bank are the highlights next week

Monday
At 0:00 Australia: RBA Assist Gov Debelle Speaks
At 10:15 Switzerland: PPI
At 10:15 Switzerland: Retail Sales
At 14:30 USA: Empire State Manufacturing Index
At 15:15 USA: Industrial Production
At 20:45 Eurozone: ECB President Draghi Speaks
Tuesday
At 01:00 Japan: Monetary policy statement
At 02:30 Australia: Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
At 12:00 Eurozone: CPI
At 12:00 Germany: ZEW economic sentiment
At 14:30 Canada: Manufacturing Sales
At 14:30 USA: Building permits
At 14:30 USA: Housing starts
Wednesday
At 01:50 Japan: Trade Balance
At 11:30 Great Britain: Average Earnings Index
At 11:30 Great Britain: MPC Official Bank Rate Votes
At 11:30 Great Britain: Unemployment Rate
At 14:30 Canada: Wholesale Sales
At 16:30 USA: Crude Oil Inventories
At 20:00 USA: FOMC Statement
At 20:30 USA: FOMC Press Conference
At 23:45 New Zealand: GDP
Thursday
At 09:00 Switzerland: Trade Balance
At 10:30 Switzerland: Libor Rate
At 10:30 Switzerland: SNB Press Conference
At 14:30 USA: Unemployment Claims
At 14:30 USA: Current Account
At 16:00 USA: Philly Fed Manufacturing Index
Friday
At 01:50 Japan: Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
At 04:10 Australia: RBA Gov speaks
At 09:00 Germany: PPI
At 14:30 Canada: Core CPI
At 14:30 Canada: Core Retail Sales
At 16:20 USA: FOMC Member Lockhart Speaks

Monday

At 00:00 Asian session will begin with a statement by the Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Australia. Possible increase in volatility during statement

At 10:15 PPI in Switzerland. Do not expect changes in the values from the previous period of -0.6%. At the same time will be Release of data on retail sales in February, with no expected changes from the previous period by 2.2%

At 14:30 Empire State Manufacturing Index in the US. Forecast is 7.25 percentage points compared to 7.78 points in the previous period. We may see a short-term decline of the dollar, if the data justify

At 15:15 will be Release of data on industrial production in the US. Forecast is 0.3%, compared to 0.2% in the previous period. If the data justifies we may see a short-term increase of the dollar

At 20:45 statement of the governor of the ECB. Possible increase in volatility in the euro during statement

Tuesday

At 01:00 we expect a statement on monetary policy of Japan. Possible increase in volatility in the yen

At 2:30 Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes of the central bank of Australia. Possible increase in volatility in the Australian dollar after Release

At 12:00 Eurozone expect the consumer price index in February. Forecast -0.3% compared to -0.6% in the previous period

At 12:00 will be Release data ZEW economic sentiment in Germany. Forecast is 59.2 points compared to 53 points in the previous period. If the forecasts come true we may see a short-term increase of the euro

At 14:30 we expect Manufacturing Sales in Canada. Forecast is -1.1% compared to 1.7% in the previous period. If the data justify we can see a decrease in the Canadian dollar

At the same time will be Release of data for building permits in the United States and is forecast to 1.07 million. The next release is going to be housing starts, forecast is 1.05 million.

Wednesday

At 01:50 will be Release of data on trade balance of Japan. Forecast is -1.21 trillion compared to -0.41 trillion yen. If expectations justify we may see a decrease in the yen

11:30 Release of data for the index of average earnings in the UK. Forecast is 2.2% compared to 2.1% in the previous period. At the same time will leave the minutes of BoE. The next release is for the unemployment rate in the country, forecasts are for 5.6% compared to 5.7%. Data can cause sharp movements in pounds

At 14:30 will be Release of data on wholesale sales in Canada. Forecast is 2.1% compared to 2.5% in the previous period. If the forecasts come true we may see a decrease in the Canadian dollar

At 16:30 will be the release of the weekly crude inventories. No changes are expected in the values of the previous period by 4.5 million barrels

At 20:00 FOMC Statement. Possible sharp movements in the dollar

At 20:30 there will be a press conference of the FOMC, as a possible increase in volatility in the dollar during the press conference

At 23:45 will be Release of the GDP of New Zealand in the fourth quarter. Forecast is 0.7% compared to 1% if justified we may see a decrease in the New Zealand dollar

Thursday

At 9:00 will be the Release of the trade balance in Switzerland, no changes are expected from 3.43 billion Swiss francs

At 10:30 interest rates in Switzerland are not expected changes in the values of -0.75%. At the same time will start the press conference of the Swiss central bank. Possible increase in volatility during the press conference

At 14:30 will be Release of data on weekly unemployment claims in the US. Forecasts are for 290,000 to 289,000 in the previous period. At the same time will leave data for the current account in the US, the forecasts are -101 billion dollars compared to -100 billion dollars

At 16:00 Philly Fed Manufacturing Index. Forecasts are for 5.5 percentage points compared to 5.2 points in the previous period. If expectations justify we may see an increase in the dollar and indices

Friday

At 1:50 minutes of BoJ. Possible increase in volatility after Release

At 04:10 Statement by the President of the Central Bank of Australia. Possible increase in volatility during speech

At 09:00 will come the data PPI in Germany. Forecast is -2% compared to -2.2% for the previous period. If expectations are justified we may see short-term increase of euro

At 14:30 will be the release of the inflation in Canada. No changes are expected in the values from the previous period by 1.0%. At the same time will come the retail sales data and no changes are expected from -2.0%

16:30 Statement of the member of FOMC Lockhart. Possible increase in volatility in the dollar