A quiet Friday on the macro front sees the latest Swiss Employment data and Gross Domestic Product figures which could cause volatility for the CHF. Generally speaking, better-than-expected figures could be viewed as bullish for the Franc, and worse numbers could be viewed as bearish. We wrap the week up with the US Federal Budget on Friday evening.
Finally, with the majority of US companies having already reported earnings, the focus is still on the UK. Among those reporting are Associated British Foods, HSBC, InterContinental Hotels, Anglo-American, BAE Systems, and Standard Chartered.
All times indicated are GMT.
ECONOMIC CALENDAR (all times are GMT)
Monday, 22nd February
01:30 CNY PboC Interest Rate Decision
09:00 GER IFO – Business Climate
09:00 GER IFO – Current Assessment
09:00 GER IFO – Expectations
13:30 USD Chicago Fed National Activity Index
15:30 USD Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business
21:45 NZD Retail Sales
21:45 NZD Retail Sales ex Autos
UK Company Announcements:
Associated British Foods
Dechra
US Company Announcements:
Agora
Tuesday, 23rd February
01:30 CNY House Price Index
07:00 GBP ILO Unemployment Rate
07:00 GBP Claimant Count Rate
07:00 GBP Claimant Count Change
07:00 GBP Average Hourly Earnings Including Bonus
07:00 GBP Average Hourly Earnings Excluding Bonus
07:30 CHF Producer and Import Prices
10:00 EUR Consumer Price Index
10:00 EUR Consumer Price Index – Core
13:55 USD Redbook Index
14:00 USD Housing Price Index
14:00 USD S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices
15:00 USD Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
15:00 USD Consumer Confidence
17:30 CAD BoC’s Governor Macklem Speech
21:30 USD API Weekly Crude Oil Stock
UK Company Announcements:
Croda International
HSBC Holdings
InterContinental Hotels
US Company Announcements:
Home Depot
Medtronic
Square
Intuit
Wednesday, 24th February
00:30 AUD Wage Price Index
00:30 AUD Construction Work Done
01:00 NZD RBNZ Interest Rate Decision
01:00 NZD RBNZ Rate Statement
02:00 NZD RBNZ Press Conference
07:00 GER Gross Domestic Product
09:00 CHF ZEW Survey – Expectations
15:00 USD New Home Sales
15:00 USD New Home Sales Change
UK Company Announcements:
Lloyds
Petrofac
US Company Announcements:
NVIDIA
TJX Companies
Bilibili
Thursday, 25th February
24hr EU Leaders Summit
00:00 NZD ANZ Business Confidence
00:00 NZD ANZ Activity Outlook
05:00 JPY Coincident Index
05:00 JPY Leading Economic Index
07:00 GER Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey
10:00 EUR Services Sentiment
10:00 EUR Business Climate
10:00 EUR Economic Sentiment Indicator
10:00 EUR Industrial Confidence
10:00 EUR Consumer Confidence
13:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims
13:30 USD Continuing Jobless Claims
13:30 USD Durable Goods Orders
13:30 USD Durable Goods Orders ex Defence
13:30 USD Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation
13:30 USD Gross Domestic Product Price Index Preliminary
13:30 USD Gross Domestic Product Price Index Annualised Preliminary
15:00 USD Pending Home Sales
15:30 USD EIA Natural Gas Storage Change
16:00 USD Kansas Fed Manufacturing Activity
20:00 USD Fed’s Williams Speech
21:00 NZD ANZ – Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence
21:45 NZD Imports
21:45 NZD Exports
21:45 NZD Trade Balance
23:30 JPY Tokyo Consumer Price Index
23:30 JPY Tokyo CPI ex Fresh Food
23:30 JPY Tokyo CPI ex Food & Energy
23:50 JPY Retail Trade
23:50 JPY Large Retailer Sales
23:50 JPY Industrial Production Preliminary
UK Company Announcements:
Anglo American
BAE Systems
Centrica
Drax
Evraz
Grafton Group
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Howden Joinery
Inchape
Mondi
Serco
St James Place
Standard Chartered
US Company Announcements:
Salesforce.com
Airbnb
American Tower Corporation
NetEase
Moderna
Workday
Autodesk
Vmware
Dell Technologies
Friday, 26th February
24hr EU Leaders Summit
05:00 JPY Construction Orders
05:00 JPY Housing Starts
07:00 GBP Nationwide Housing Prices
07:00 GER Import Price Index
07:30 CHF Employment Level
08:00 CHF Gross Domestic Product
08:00 CHF KOF Leading Indicator
13:30 USD Personal Consumption Expenditures – Price Index
13:30 USD Core Personal Consumption Expenditure – Price Index
13:30 USD Personal Income
13:30 USD Personal Spending
13:30 CAD Raw Materials Price Index
13:30 CAD Industrial Product Price
13:30 CAD Building Permits
14:45 USD Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index
15:00 USD Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
18:00 USD Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count
UK Company Announcements:
Man Group
Rightmove
US Company Announcements:
Draftkings