mask Week Ahead | Trump and Xi, Trade Deal and UK Politics in Focus

24/ 11/ 2019

Week Ahead | Trump and Xi, Trade Deal and UK Politics in Focus

25th November 2019 – 29th November 2019

Monday

  • EUR- IFO - Business Climate (Nov)

This German business sentiment index is closely watched as an early indicator of current conditions and business expectations in Germany

 

Tuesday

  • USD- Fed's Chair Powell speech
  • AUD- RBA's Governor Lowe speech
  • USD- Consumer Confidence
  • USD- Housing Price Index (MoM) (Sep)

Jerome H. Powell is a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System  Lowe is the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia The Housing Price Index provides an estimated value of housing market conditions

 

Wednesday

  • GBP- Inflation Report Hearings
  • USD- Gross Domestic Product Annualized (Q3) PREL

The Treasury Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of HM Treasury, HM Revenue & Customs, and associated public bodies, including the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority. Changes in the GDP price index are followed as an indicator of inflationary pressure that may anticipate interest rates to rise

 

Thursday

  • EUR- Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) (Nov)

HICP is a measure of prices used by Governing Council of EU to define and assess price stability in the euro area as a whole in quantitative terms

 

Friday

  • EUR- Unemployment Rate s.a. (Nov)- Germany
  • EUR- Consumer Price Index - Core (YoY) (Nov) 
  • EUR- Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) (Q3) from Italy

The Unemployment Rate shows, in a percent basis, the amount of unemployed people in Germany, using seasonally adjusted data. A decrease in this indicator has positive implications for consumer spending which stimulates economic growth

The Consumer Price Index is a measure of price movements by the comparison between the retail prices of a representative shopping basket of goods and services. The core CPI is a key indicator to measure inflation and changes in purchasing trends

The Gross Domestic Product is a measure of the total value of all goods and services produced by Italy. The GDP is considered as a broad measure of economic activity and health