Weekly Outlook: Feb 26 - Mar 02

Monday

Europe: the UK Nationwide HPI is due for release at 07:00 GMT. Gross mortgage approvals will come at 09:30 GMT. BoE MPC member Cunliffe is set to speak at 18:00 GMT.

United States: New home sales for January will be presented at 15:00 GMT, with a 642.000 rate seen and a 2.4 percent increase on the watch.

Tuesday

Europe: Germany’s Buba President Weidmann will offer a speech at 10:00 GMT. Traders will keep an eye on any remarks regarding monetary policy. A preliminary reading on the consumer price index for February will be available at 13:00 GMT.

United States: durable goods orders and trade balance figures for January are up at 13:30 GMT. The Conference Board will unveil its consumer confidence index for February at 15:00 GMT.

Asia: Japan’s industrial production and retail sales for January are up at 23:50 GMT.

Wednesday

Asia: China’s manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI for February will be out at 01:00 GMT.

Europe: Germany’s Gfk consumer climate for March is set for publishing at 07:00 GMT. The unemployment change and rate for February is due at 08:55 GMT. EU’s consumer price index for February will be released at 10:00 GMT.

United States: a preliminary reading on the gross domestic product for the fourth-quarter is up at 13:30 GMT. The Chicago PMI for February is expected at 14:45 GMT, with pending home sales coming only fifteen minutes later. The Energy Information Administration will present its weekly report on crude and refined products stockpiles at 15:30 GMT.

Thursday

Asia: Caixin manufacturing PMI for February is up at 01:45 GMT. Japan’s jobs/applications ratio and national core CPI for January are scheduled at 23:30 GMT.

Europe: Germany’s manufacturing PMI for February will be next at 08:55 GMT, followed by the Eurozone’s reading on the index at 09:00 GMT and the UK version at 09:30 GMT. The EU unemployment rate for January is scheduled at 10:00 GMT.

United States: Fed’s favorite inflation measure, the core PCE price index for January will be unveiled by 13:30 GMT. Initial jobless claims will be out by the same hour, along with personal spending figures. The manufacturing PMI for February is due at 14:45 GMT and the Institute for Supply Management will present its own PMI at 15:00 GMT.

Friday

Europe: Germany will release retail sales figures for January at 07:00 GMT. The construction PMI for February is due at 09:30 GMT.

United States: Michigan consumer expectations and sentiment for February are up at 15:00 GMT.

FortFS