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Week commencing 22 April
Chris Beauchamp's insight
This week is one of those busy weeks that occurs about three times a quarter, as a rush of key economic data and big name earnings hit markets. Flash PMIs, the German IFO index and durable goods orders lead up to flash quarter 1 (Q1) Gross domestic product (GDP) for the US, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) rate decision and US PCE price data. Meanwhile earnings come through from the US, Europe and the UK, including UK and eurozone banks, and of course more of the big tech stocks, as Tesla, Alphabet and Microsoft report figures for the most recent quarter.
Economic reports
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Weekly view
1.30pm – US Chicago Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) index (March): expected to rise to 0.09. Markets to watch: USD crosses
8.30am – German PMI (April, flash): manufacturing Purchasing managers' index (PMI) forecast to rise to 42.3. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
9.30am – UK PMI (April, flash): services PMI expected to rise to 53.4 and manufacturing to rise to 50.7. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
2.45pm – US PMI (April, flash): manufacturing forecast to rise to 52 from 51.9, and services to rise to 51.8 from 51.7. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – US new home sales (March): forecast to rise 2.7% month-over-month (MoM). Markets to watch: USD crosses
Australia consumer price index (CPI) (Q1): prices expected to rise 3.4% Year over Year (YoY) and 0.7% Quarter on Quarter (QoQ), from 4.1% and 0.6%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
9am – German IFO index (April): forecast to rise to 88.9 from 87.8. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm – US durable goods orders (March): forecast to fall 1.2% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 19 April): stockpiles rose by 2.7 million in preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
1.30pm – US GDP (Q1, advance reading), initial jobless claims (w/e 20 April): growth expected to be 2.8% in Q1, from 3.4%, claims to rise to 213K. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – US pending home sales (March): forecast to rise 0.9% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
5am – BoJ rate decision: rates expected to remain at 0%, after the previous hike out of negative territory. Markets to watch: Nikkei 225, USDJPY
1.30pm – US PCE price index (March): forecast to rise 0.3% MoM and 2.6% YoY, from 0.3% and 2.5%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Monday
1.30pm – US Chicago Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) index (March): expected to rise to 0.09. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Tuesday
Tuesday 8.30am – German PMI (April, flash): manufacturing Purchasing managers' index (PMI) forecast to rise to 42.3. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
9.30am – UK PMI (April, flash): services PMI expected to rise to 53.4 and manufacturing to rise to 50.7. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
2.45pm – US PMI (April, flash): manufacturing forecast to rise to 52 from 51.9, and services to rise to 51.8 from 51.7. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3pm – US new home sales (March): forecast to rise 2.7% month-over-month (MoM). Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
Australia consumer price index (CPI) (Q1): prices expected to rise 3.4% Year over Year (YoY) and 0.7% Quarter on Quarter (QoQ), from 4.1% and 0.6%. Markets to watch: AUD crosses
9am – German IFO index (April): forecast to rise to 88.9 from 87.8. Markets to watch: EUR crosses
1.30pm – US durable goods orders (March): forecast to fall 1.2% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 19 April): stockpiles rose by 2.7 million in preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
1.30pm – US GDP (Q1, advance reading), initial jobless claims (w/e 20 April): growth expected to be 2.8% in Q1, from 3.4%, claims to rise to 213K. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses
3pm – US pending home sales (March): forecast to rise 0.9% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
5am – BoJ rate decision: rates expected to remain at 0%, after the previous hike out of negative territory. Markets to watch: Nikkei 225, USDJPY
1.30pm – US PCE price index (March): forecast to rise 0.3% MoM and 2.6% YoY, from 0.3% and 2.5%. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
|
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Full-year earnings |
Whitbread | Sainsbury's | |||
Half/ Quarterly earnings |
Verizon | Associated British Foods, General Motors, McDonald's, Alphabet, Tesla |
Lloyds, IBM, AT&T, Meta, Boeing, Ford |
AstraZeneca, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Intel Corp, Caterpillar, American Airlines, Microsoft |
NatWest, Exxon, Chevron, |
Trading update* |
Reckitt Benckiser | Unilever, Persimmon, WPP, LSE, Travis Perkins |
Pearson |
Dividends
FTSE 100: St James's Place, Rightmove, Legal & General, ConvaTec, Spirax-Sarco Engineering
FTSE 250: ME Group, Morgan Sindall, Derwent London, Shaftesbury, Murray Int’l, Greggs, Bakkavor, Tyman, Morgan Advanced Materials, Bodycote
Dividends are applied after the close of the previous day’s session for each market. So, for example, the FTSE 100 goes ex-dividend on a Thursday, but the adjustment is applied at the close of the previous day, e.g. Wednesday. The table below shows the days in which the adjustment is applied, not the ex-dividend days.
Index adjustments
|
Monday 22 April |
Tuesday 23 April |
Wednesday 24 April |
Thursday 25 April |
Friday 26 April |
Monday 29 April |
| FTSE 100 | 4.40 | |||||
| Australia 200 | ||||||
| Wall Street | ||||||
| US 500 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.19 |
| Nasdaq | 0.30 | 0.68 | 0.22 | |||
| Netherlands 25 | 2.49 | 0.67 | 0.7 | |||
| EU Stocks 50 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 5.4 | |
| China H-Shares | ||||||
| Singapore Blue Chip | 1.39 | 0.28 | 0.06 | |||
| Hong Kong HS50 | ||||||
| South Africa 40 | ||||||
| Italy 40 | ||||||
| Japan 225 |
* Please note these can change without notice
1 Dividend adjustments due to be posted on a bank holiday will usually be posted on the previous working day
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