Newsquawk Daily Economic Releases - 22nd April 2026

Today's economic releases highlight key data points, including Japan's Balance of Trade, UK and South African inflation figures, and Eurozone Consumer Confidence.

Newsquawk StaffPublished 21 Apr 2026, 15:20 UTCOn the live feed at 15:00 UTC — 3 more headlines followed before this page went public

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15:10

Salzgitter (SZG GY) prelim Q1 2026 (EUR): Pretax 200-300mln, Revenue 2.3bln (exp. 2.4bln); Raises FY EBT to 200-300mln (prev. 75-175mln) and EBITDA to 625-725mln (prev. 500-600mln); affirms FY revenue view of 9.5bln

15:03

US Senator Tillis says the majority of Fed HQ overruns appear to be legitimate and the problem he has is the US AG putting Fed Chair Powell under investigation; reiterates have to end the DoJ investigation

15:00

Newsquawk Daily Economic Releases - 22nd April 2026

14:57

US Senator Tillis says that Fed Chair Nominee Warsh is not out of compliance when it comes to ethics. Supports Warsh's approach to independence.

14:53

Tesla (TSLA) California registrations -24% in Q1, according to California New Car Dealers Association

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Data: Japanese Balance of Trade (Mar), UK Inflation (Mar), South African Inflation (Mar), EZ Consumer Confidence (Apr)
Events: CBRT Policy Announcement (Apr), Bank of Indonesia Policy Announcement (Apr)
Speakers: ECB’s Elderson, Lane, Cipollone, Lagarde; BoE’s Breeden
Supply: Australia, Germany, US
Earnings: Vertiv, Boeing, GE Vernova, AT&T, Tesla, ServiceNow, IBM, L'Oreal, Danone, Accor, Akzo Nobel

Context

The significance of these releases lies in their potential to influence market sentiment and expectations surrounding central bank policy, particularly as inflation remains a focal point for both the BoE and ECB. Traders should closely watch the reactions across currencies and equities, especially in the context of the upcoming policy announcements and speeches.

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Recent headlines that moved markets

FX/28 Aug · 14:00 UTC

Fed Chair Warsh says Fed has more work to do unless confident underlying inflation is moving towards 2% objective

DXY, after we published+0.5%

DXY saw two-way action, before then moving to a high. - Immediately after the release, Fed market pricing moved to price in a 50% chance of a hike in September vs 36% pre-release.

FX/7 Sept · 06:00 UTC

Swedish CPIF Prel (Aug YY) 0.7% vs. Exp. 0.8% (Prev. 0.7%).

With EUR/SEK, after we published+0.3%

FX/4 Sept · 12:39 UTC

Airbus (AIR FP) reportedly reaches a pre-agreement with Spanish unions, Democrata reports.

Market, after we published+1.4%

FX/4 Sept · 12:30 UTC

US Non Farm Payrolls (Aug) 162K vs. Exp. 56K (Prev. 21K); 2-month net revision +55k; Birth-Death 154K.

- DXY, after we published−2.4%

FX/4 Sept · 12:30 UTC

US Non Farm Payrolls (Aug) 162K vs. Exp. 56K (Prev. 21K); 2-month net revision +55k; Birth-Death 154K.

- DXY, after we published+0.4%

FX/4 Sept · 08:30 UTC

BoE DMP (Aug): 1-year CPI expectation 3.1% (prev. 3.4%), 3-year CPI expectation 2.8% (prev. 2.8%).

Market, after we published+0.3%

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