Stockholm (Ekonamik) – Following the Fed meeting last week, FOMC members will be doing the rounds to provide some colour on the decision. On the heels of last week’s central bank meetings in the USA, UK, Norway and Indonesia, the Executive Board of the Riksbanken, in Sweden, will also meet.
Datawise, the week will begin with the publication of leading indicators in the USA by the Chicago and by the Dallas Fed. Initial inflation and unemployment figures for March will start being published for France and Germany at the end of the week.
On the background of all these events, all hell will break loose this week in London as the British government races to push Parliament to agree on a deal before the new deadline of April 12.
Finally, on Sunday, Ukraine will hold presidential elections, while in the Arab League will meet in Tunisia and discuss the readmittance of Syria, whose membership has been frozen since 2011.
| 25/03/2019 | Monday | ECB Speech (Coeure) (EU) |
| Fed Speech (Evans, Harker) (USA) |
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| Bond issuance (ESM, Latvia, Romania) |
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| Chicago Fed National Activity Index (USA) (Feb 2019) |
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| Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index (USA) (March 2019) |
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| UK Parliament to debate Brexit Amendments | ||
| 26/03/2019 | Tuesday | Riksbanken Meeting (Sweden) |
| GDP Growth (France) (2018Q4) (Final) |
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| Current Account Balance (Argentina) (2018Q4) |
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| Bond Issuance (Germany, Italy, UK, USA) |
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| Fed Speech (Harker, Rosenberg) (USA) |
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| UK Parliament to potentially hold third meaningful vote | ||
| 27/03/2019 | Wednesday | Unemployment Rate (Mexico) (February) |
| Current Account Balance (USA) (2018Q4) |
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| Bond Issuance (Germany, Sweden, USA) |
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| ECB Speech (Draghi, Praet, Hakkarianen, Lautenschläger, Guindos, Mersch) (EU) |
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| Fed Speech (George) (USA) |
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| UK Parliament to potentially hold "indicative votes" to see if a majority can be found for a different Brexit model. | ||
| 28/03/2019 | Thursday | US-China trade talks |
| GDP Growth (USA) (2018Q4) (Final) |
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| CPI Inflation (Germany) (March) |
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| ECB Speech (Guindos) (EU) |
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| Fed Speech (Quarles,Clarida, Bowman, Bostic, Williams, Bullard) (USA) |
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| Bond issuance (Hungary, Italy, USA) |
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| UK Parliament to potentially hold third meaningful vote | ||
| 29/03/2019 | Friday | US-China trade talks |
| GDP Growth (Spain, UK) (2018Q4) |
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| Unemployment Rate (Germany) (March) |
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| CPI Inflation (France, Inflation) (March) |
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| ECB Speech (Coeure) (EU) |
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| Fed Speech (Williams) (USA) |
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| Brexit - Original deadline for UK withdrawal from the EU | ||
| 31/03/2019 | Sunday | Ukrainian Election |
| Arab League meets in Tunisia |
