[Important events and data forecast this week: The Federal Reserve leads the super central bank week, Tencent earnings and crude oil shifts to another month]
1. Monday: ① Data: China's total retail sales of consumer goods in January-February year-on-year, industrial added value above designated size in January-February year-on-year; US February retail sales monthly rate
, US March New York Fed manufacturing index, US March NAHB housing market index, US January commercial inventory monthly rate. ② Events: 387 billion yuan of 1-year medium-term lending facilities (MLF) expired
; The National Bureau of Statistics released a monthly report on residential sales prices in 70 large and medium-sized cities; The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the operation of the national economy; The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the situation of boosting consumption.
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Tuesday: ①Data: Germany's ZEW economic sentiment index in March; Eurozone's ZEW economic sentiment index in March, Eurozone's trade account in January after seasonal adjustment; Canada's CPI monthly rate in February; U.S. new housing starts in February, total U.S. building permits in February, U.S. import price index monthly rate in February, U.S. industrial output monthly rate in February. ②Financial reports: Xiaopeng Motors, China Unicom,
Xiaomi Group.
3. Wednesday: ①Data: U.S. API and EIA crude oil inventories for the week ending March 14; Japan's central bank target interest rate to March 19; Eurozone February CPI annual rate final value, Eurozone February CPI monthly rate final value. ②Events:
Domestic refined oil will open a new round of price adjustment window; Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda held a monetary policy press conference. ③Financial reports: Ping An of China, Tencent Holdings.
4. Thursday: ① Data: US Federal Reserve interest rate decision to March 19; Australia seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February; China's Swift RMB share in global payments in February; China's one-year loan market quotation rate to March 20
; Germany's PPI monthly rate in February; Switzerland's trade account in February; Switzerland's central bank policy rate to March 20; UK's three-month ILO unemployment rate in January, UK's unemployment rate in February, UK's unemployment claimants in February, UK's CBI industrial order difference in March; UK's central bank interest rate decision to March 20
; US initial jobless claims for the week ending March 15, US fourth quarter current account, US Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index in March, US February existing home sales total annualized, US February Conference Board leading indicator monthly rate, US EIA natural gas inventory for the week ending March 14. ② Events:
Federal Reserve FOMC announces interest rate decision and economic forecast summary, Fed Chairman Powell holds monetary policy press conference
; ECB President Lagarde speaks at the hearing of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee; Swiss National Bank announces interest rate decision. ③Financial reports: Pinduoduo, China Mobile. ④Holiday: Tokyo Stock Exchange closed for one day.
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Friday: ①Data: Japan's February national core CPI annual rate; UK Gfk consumer confidence index in March, UK CBI retail sales difference in March; Eurozone January seasonally adjusted current account, Eurozone March consumer confidence index preliminary value; Canada January retail sales monthly rate. ②Events:
German Bundestag lower house votes on debt brake reform
; Bank of Canada Governor Macklem delivers a speech; NYMEX New York crude oil April futures are affected by the transfer of positions and months, and the last transaction on the floor will be completed at 2:30 on March 21, and the last transaction on the electronic disk will be completed at 5:00 in the morning; FOMC permanent voting member and New York Fed Chairman Williams delivers a speech. ③Financial reports: Weilai Automobile, Meituan.
6. Saturday: ①Data: The total number of oil drilling rigs in the United States as of the week of March 21.
