Weekly Market Analysis page 43

Key events:         USA – Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Feb) USA – Crude Oil Inventories On Tuesday, March 28, the world stock indices were trading without a single trend. In Japan and Hong Kong trading ended on the rise, while Chinese indices closed in a slight minus. European indices were adding…

Key events: Australia - Retail Sales (MoM) (Feb) UK - BoE Gov Bailey Speaks Eurozone - ECB President Lagarde Speaks USA - CB Consumer Confidence (Mar) European markets started the week on a positive note after a sell-off at the end of last week, as the banking sector concerns of the past few days…

Key events:         UK – BoE Gov Bailey Speaks This week will help determine what the Federal Reserve's (Fed) next rate decision will be. The U.S. central bank faces the difficult task of striking a balance between its ongoing fight against inflation and mounting signs of financial instability.…

Key events:         UK – Retail Sales (MoM) (Feb) UK – Composite PMI    UK – Manufacturing PMI    UK – Services PMI   Eurozone – EU Leaders Summit      USA – Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Feb) Canada – Core Retail Sales (MoM) (Jan) The Bank of England raised its rate by 25 points to 4.25%,…

Key events:         Switzerland - SNB Interest Rate Decision (Q1)     Switzerland - SNB Press Conference      Eurozone - EU Leaders Summit        UK - BoE Interest Rate Decision (Mar) UK - BoE MPC Meeting Minutes      USA - Building Permits   USA - Initial Jobless Claims USA - New Home Sales (Feb…

Key events:         UK – CPI (YoY) (Feb) Eurozone – ECB President Lagarde Speaks      USA – Crude Oil Inventories USA – FOMC Economic Projections      USA – Fed Interest Rate Decision USA – FOMC Press Conference The Federal Reserve began its two-day monetary policy meeting yesterday while the…

Key events:         Australia – RBA Meeting Minutes      Canada – Core CPI (MoM) (Feb) Eurozone – ECB President Lagarde Speaks      USA – Existing Home Sales Credit Suisse was sold to local rival UBS in a $3 billion deal that shocked bondholders by wiping out $17 billion in minority debt,…

Key events: Eurozone - ECB President Lagarde Speaks   We could not but notice that the financial world has gone wild lately. Markets are behaving as if the end of the world is already here. U.S. banks, European and Japanese banks lost $459 billion of their value this month so far, and most…

Key events:         Eurozone – CPI (YoY) (Feb) Yesterday's ECB decision was crucial as it gave the first glimpse of what bank stress means for monetary policy. And it meant nothing special – good news for the markets. The ECB decided not to blow up the banking problems and announced a 50bp rate…

Key events:         USA – Building Permits (Feb)    USA – Initial Jobless Claims USA – Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Mar) Eurozone – ECB Monetary Policy Statement      Eurozone – ECB Interest Rate Decision (Mar)   Eurozone – ECB President Lagarde Speaks The U.S. stock market fell after…

Key events:         China – Industrial Production (YoY) (Feb) UK – Spring Statement      USA – Core Retail Sales (MoM) (Feb) USA – PPI (MoM) (Feb)   USA – Retail Sales (MoM) (Feb) USA – Crude Oil Inventories   New Zealand – GDP (QoQ) (Q4) The U.S. consumer inflation report was the most important…

Key events: UK - Average Earnings Index +Bonus (Jan)     UK - Claimant Count Change (Feb)     USA - Core CPI (MoM) (Feb)           USA - CPI (MoM) (Feb)           USA - CPI (YoY) (Feb) Amid the fallout from the biggest U.S. banking meltdown since the 2008 global financial crisis, investors will…