Weekly Reports | Feb 13 2015
For a more comprehensive preview of next week's events, please refer to "The Monday Report", published each Monday morning. For all economic data release dates, ex-div dates and times and other relevant information, please refer to the FNArena Calendar.
By Greg Peel
The eurozone will report its first estimate of December quarter GDP tonight ahead of a long weekend for the US, with markets closed on Monday night for Presidents’ Day.
Next week will no doubt bring further fluctuations in the Greek saga and oil prices and the world will be watching to see just how long the latest ceasefire in Ukraine will hold, if at all.
Next week will also see China depart for the week-long New Year break beginning on Wednesday. The annual disruption begins.
Japan will release its first estimate of December quarter GDP on Monday, ahead of a BoJ policy meeting on Wednesday. The first ZEW investor sentiment survey for the eurozone post-ECB stimulus will be published next week, as will a flash estimate of zone PMIs for February.
Once returned from the long weekend, the US will see housing sentiment and starts, industrial production, PPI, leading economic indicators, a flash manufacturing PMI estimate, the Empire State and Philly Fed manufacturing indices and the minutes of the last Fed meeting.
The minutes of this month’s RBA meeting are due on Tuesday and markets will be looking for clues as to whether the central bank might follow up with another immediate cut.
The stock market will take centre stage nonetheless, as the earnings season shifts into top gear for the remainder of the month. Anything could happen and probably will. There are far too many companies reporting to bother offering highlights, so readers are referred to the FNArena calendar.
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