[Important events and data forecast this week: LPR quotation, Trump's inauguration and Bank of Japan interest rate decision]
1. Monday: ① Data: China's one-year loan market quotation rate until January 20; Germany's December PPI monthly rate. ② Event: The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos will be held until January 24;
Trump will be sworn in as the new US president. ③ Closed: Affected by Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the New York Stock Exchange will be closed for one day.
The trading of precious metals and US crude oil futures contracts under CME will end in advance at 03:30 on the 21st Beijing time, and the trading of stock index futures contracts will end in advance at 02:00 on the 21st Beijing time.
2. Tuesday: ① Data: UK's three-month ILO unemployment rate in November, December unemployment rate, and number of unemployment benefit applicants in December; Germany's ZEW economic sentiment index in January; Eurozone's ZEW economic sentiment index in January;
Canada's December CPI monthly rate.
3. Wednesday: ① Data: US December Conference Board Leading Index Monthly Rate. ② Events:
NYMEX New York crude oil February futures were affected by the transfer of positions and months. The last transaction on the floor was completed at 3:30 on January 22, and the last transaction on the electronic disk was completed at 6:00 in the morning; European Central Bank President Lagarde delivered a speech.
4. Thursday:
① Data: US API crude oil inventory for the week; China's December Swift RMB share in global payments; UK January CBI industrial order difference; Canada November retail sales monthly rate; Eurozone January consumer confidence index preliminary value;
US initial jobless claims for the week ending January 18; US EIA natural gas inventory for the week. ② Holidays: Due to the Spring Festival holiday, there is no market transaction on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, and only settlement and delivery business is handled.
5. Friday:
① Data: U.S. EIA crude oil inventory for the week; Japan's December core CPI annual rate; UK Gfk consumer confidence index for January; France, Germany, Eurozone, UK manufacturing PMI preliminary values for January, UK service PMI preliminary values for January; UK CBI retail sales difference for January;
US S&P global manufacturing and service PMI preliminary values for January; US University of Michigan consumer confidence index final values for January, US one-year inflation rate final values for January, US December existing home sales total annualized. ② Events:
The Bank of Japan announced its interest rate decision and economic outlook report, and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda held a monetary policy press conference
; European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde delivered a speech. ③ Holidays: Due to the Spring Festival holiday, there was no market trading at the Taiwan Stock Exchange, and only settlement and delivery business was handled.
6. Saturday: ① Data: The total number of oil rigs in the United States as of the week ending January 24.
