Markets in anticipation of the FOMC meeting minutes next week

Monday:
At 08:00 Japan: Leading indicators
At 10:00 Spain: Unemployment change
At 15:30 USA: FOMC member Dudley speaks
At 17:00 Canada: Ivey PMI
At 17:00 USA: ISM non-manufacturing PMI

Tuesday:
At 04:30 Australia: Retail sales
At 07:30 Australia: Cash rate
At 10:15 Spain: Services PMI
At 11:30 Great Britain: PMI

Wednesday:
At 01:00 Japan: Monetary policy statement
At 02:50 Japan: Current Account
At 09:00 Germany: Factory orders
At 12:00 Eurozone: Retail sales
At 17:30 USA: Crude oil inventories
At 21:00 USA: FOMC meeting minutes

Thursday:
At 09:00 Germany: Trade balance
At 11:30 Great Britain: Trade Balance
At 14:00 Great Britain: Official bank rate
At 15:30 USA: Weekly jobless claims
At 15:30 Canada: Building permits

Friday:
At 04:30 Australia: Home loans
At 04:30 China: CPI
At 11:30 Great Britain: Manufacturing production
At 15:30 Canada: Unemployment rate

Monday
European markets will be closed because of the Easter Monday

At 08:00 will come out the leading indicators data from Japan. Forecast is for 105.2% compared to 105.5% in the previous period

At 10:00 will come out data for the Spanish Unemployment change in Spain. No changes are expected in the values of – 13 500

At 15:30 FOMC member Dudley speaks. Possible increase in volatility of the dollar

At 17:00 will be the release of the Ivey PMI in Canada. No changes are expected in the values of 49.7 points

At 17:00 will be the release of the ISM non-manufacturing PMI in the US. No changes are expected in the values of 56.9 points

Tuesday

At 04:30 will be the release of the Retail sales data from Australia. No changes are expected in the values of 0.4%

At 07:30 will come out the Cash rate data from Australia. No changes are expected in the values of 2.25%. At the same time RBA will make a rate statement. Possible increase in volatility of the Australian dollar

At 10:15 will be the release of the Spanish Services PMI data. No changes are expected in the values of 56.2 points

At 11:30 will come out the Services PMI data in Great Britain. No changes are expected in the values of 56.7 points

Wednesday

At 01:00 we expect BOJ’s monetary policy statement. Possible increase in volatility of the yen

At 02:50 will come out the current account data in Japan. Forecast is for 0.61T yens, compared to 1.06T yens in the previous period. If expectations justify we may see short-term rise of the

At 09:00 will come out the Germany factory orders data. Forecast is for 1.5%, compared to -3.9% in the previous period. If expectations justify we may see short-term rise of the euro

At 12:00 will be the release of the retail sales data in the Eurozone. Forecast is for 0.1% compared to 1.1% in the previous period

At 17:30 will come out the crude oil inventories data from the US. No changes are expected in the values of 4.8 million barrels

At 21:00 will be the release of the FOMC meeting minutes. Possible increase in volatility of the dollar

Thursday

At 09:00 will come out the German trade balance data. No changes are expected in the values of 19.7B euros

At 11:30 will be the release of the trade balance data of Great Britain. Forecast is for 9.1B pounds, compared to -8.4B in the previous period

At 14:00 will come out the official bank rate data from Great Britain. No changes are expected in the values of 0.50%

At 15:30 will be the release of the weekly jobless claims. Forecast is for 271 000 compared to 268 000 in the previous period

At 15:30 will come out the building permits data from Canada. Forecast is for 5.1% compared to -12.9% in the previous period. If forecast justify we may see rise in the Canadian dollar

Friday

At 04:30 will be the release of the home loans data in Australia. Forecast is for 3.1% compared to -3.5% in the previous period. If expectations justify we may see rise in the Australian dollar

At 04:30 will be the release of the CPI data from China. Forecast is for 1.3% compared to 1.4% in the previous period. If forecast justify we may see decline in AUD and NZD

At 11:30 will be the release of the manufacturing production in Great Britain. Forecast is for 0.4% compared to -0.5% in the previous period. If expectations justify we may see raise in the pound

At 15:30 will come out the unemployment rate data from Canada. No changes are expected in the values of 6.8%