On Wednesday February 28th at 13:00pm GMT (U.K. time), the latest GDP figures relating to the USA economy will be published. There are two metrics released; the annualized year on year growth figure and the figure up to and including Q4. The forecast is that the YoY figure will fall to 2.5% from the 2.6% […]
On Wednesday February 28th, at 10:00am GMT (London time), the latest estimate for the Eurozone CPI (consumer price inflation) will be released. The forecast, obtained by taking a consensus opinion from many leading economists, predicts a fall to 1.2% YoY for February, from the 1.3% recorded up to January 2018. The monthly inflation figure for
On Thursday February 22nd, at 9:30am U.K. (GMT) time, the U.K.’s official statistics agency, the ONS will publish the latest GDP readings. Both the quarter on quarter and year on year gross domestic product readings will be released. The forecasts, obtained by the leading news agencies Bloomberg and Reuters, through polling their panels of economists,
On Wednesday February 14th at 13:30PM GMT (U.K. time), the USA BLS department publishes its latest findings regarding CPI (inflation) in the USA. There’s a series of CPI data released at the same time, but investors and analysts will concentrate on two key measures, the month on month and year on year CPI figures. Due
On February 13th at 9.30AM the U.K. statistics agency the ONS, will publish the latest inflation figures for the U.K. economy. The inflation figures include the: CPI, RPI, core inflation, input, output and house price inflation. It’s the main CPI figures, both month on month and year on year, that’ll be closely watched by analysts
On Thursday February 8th, at 12:00pm GMT (U.K. time) the central bank of the U.K. the Bank of England, will reveal their decision regarding interest rates. Currently the base rate is at 0.5%, and there is little expectation for a rise. The BoE also discuss and then reveal their decision regarding the U.K.’s current asset
On Friday February 2nd, at 13:30pm GMT (U.K. time), the BLS in the United States (bureau of labour statistics) will deliver the latest January NFP number; the non-farm payroll release reveals the amount of jobs created in the U.S. in a particular month, the tradition is for the number to be published the first Friday
On Wednesday 31st January at 19:00 GMT (U.K. time), the FOMC will reveal their decision regarding USA interest rates, after holding a two day meeting. The Federal Open Market Committee is a committee, within the Federal Reserve System, which has the responsibility under United States law of overseeing the nation’s open market operations, such as;
Both the U.K. and USA statistics agencies publish the last quarter GDP figures for 2017, on Friday January 26th. Both readings will be carefully monitored for any signs of economic weakness, or continued strength, as the year came to a close. The U.K. reading will be carefully watched for further signs that the impending Brexit
At 15:00 GMT (London time) on Wednesday January 17th, the BOC (Canada’s central bank), will end their monetary policy/rate setting meeting with an announcement regarding the key interest rate. The expectation, according to the economist panel polled by Reuters, is for a rise from the current rate of 1.00% to 1.25%. The central bank unexpectedly
