The trading week will kick off at a calm pace due to national holidays in the United States and the United Kingdom. However, volatility is set to surge sharply in the second half of the five-day period. The primary market triggers will be interest rate decisions in Oceania, the ECB report, and Thursday's release of the Fed's key inflation gauge, which is the core PCE price index. Market activity is expected to peak on Wednesday driven by central bank decisions and Thursday with the release of a massive block of US economic data.
US / UK
All Day: Memorial Day in the US and Bank Holiday in the UK. Major exchanges are closed, with no significant macroeconomic data releases expected. Thin market.
📅 Tuesday, May 26
Eurozone
8:00 a.m. GMT: ECB Financial Stability Review.
US
2:00 p.m. GMT: CB Consumer Confidence (May). (Forecast: 91.9; Previous figure: 92.8)
Australia
1:30 a.m. GMT: Weighted Median CPI QoQ (Q2). (Forecast: 0.8%)
New Zealand
2:00 a.m. GMT: RBNZ Interest Rate Decision. (Forecast: 2.25%; Previous figure: 2.25%)
Eurozone
5:00 p.m. GMT: European Central Bank Press Conference.
US (Mutiple Data Releases)
12:30 p.m. GMT: Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index MoM (April). (Forecast: 0.3%)
12:30 p.m. GMT: Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index YoY (April). (Forecast: 3.2%)
12:30 p.m. GMT: US GDP QoQ (Q1). (Forecast: 2.0%; Previous figure: 2.0%)
12:30 p.m. GMT: Initial Jobless Claims. (Forecast: 209K; Previous figure: 209K)
2:00 p.m. GMT: New Home Sales (April). (Forecast: 661K; Previous figure: 682K)
4:00 p.m. GMT: EIA Crude Oil Inventories. (Previous: -7.863M)
Germany
12:00 p.m. GMT: German CPI MoM (May). (Forecast: 0.6%)
Canada
12:30 GMT: Canadian GDP QoQ (Q1). (Forecast: -0.2%)
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