Weekly Economic & Political Timeline

This week will see a much lighter news agenda, with major central bank input expected only from the Swiss National Bank, but there will be a British government budget release and some important U.S. inflation retail sales data released.

The market will probably be most active on Tuesday and Wednesday.

U.S. Dollar

It will be a normal week for the greenback, starting on Tuesday with a release of CPI data. On Wednesday we will get Retail Sales and PPI numbers, as well as Crude Oil Inventories. Finally, Friday will bring a release of Building Permits data.

British Pound

It will be an important week for the Pound, with Tuesday seeing the release of the government’s annual budget.

Swiss Franc

It will be an important week for the Swissie, all due on Thursday with a release of the SNB’s Monetary Policy Assessment and LIBOR Rate.

Chinese Yuan

It will be an important week for the Chinese Yuan, with the release of Chinese Industrial Production data due on Wednesday.

New Zealand Dollar

It will be a normal week for the Kiwi, with a release of GDP data due on Thursday.

Canadian Dollar

It will be a quiet week for the Loonie, with nothing due except the Governor of the Bank of Canada giving a public speech on Tuesday.

Euro

It will be a quiet week for the Euro, with nothing due except the President of the European Central Bank giving a public speech at a conference on Wednesday.