Newsquawk Weekly Economic Calendar - 30th-3rd April 2026
NOTE: UK clocks switch from GMT to BST on Sunday 29th March. As such, the NY-London differential will return to its usual 5 hours.
Monday
- Data: Spanish Retail Sales (Feb), EU Consumer Inflation Expectations (Mar), German Inflation Prelim. (Mar), US Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index (Mar)
- Speakers: Fed's Williams
Tuesday
- Data: Japanese Tokyo CPI (Mar), Retail Sales (Feb), Unemployment Rate (Feb), Chinese NBS PMIs (Mar), German Retail Sales (Feb), Import Prices (Feb), Unemployment Rate (Mar), UK GDP Final (Q4), French/Italian/EZ Inflation Prelim. (Mar), Canadian GDP Prelim. (Feb), US JOLTS (Feb), Australian Manufacturing PMI Final (Mar)
- Events: RBA Minutes (Mar)
- Speakers: Fed's Goolsbee
- Supply: Australia, Japan, Germany
- Earnings: Nike
Wednesday
- Data: Japanese Tankan Survey (Q1), Chinese RatingDog Manufacturing PMI (Mar), Global Manufacturing PMI Finals (Mar), EZ Unemployment Rate (Feb), US ADP Employment Change (Mar), Retail Sales (Feb), ISM Manufacturing PMI (Mar), Atlanta Fed GDP
- Events: BoC Minutes (Mar), CBR Minutes (Mar)
- Speakers: ECB's Cipollone; Fed's Musalem
- Supply: Germany
Thursday
- Data: South Korean Inflation (Mar), Australian Trade Balance (Feb), Swiss Inflation (Mar), US Challenger Job Cuts (Mar), Initial Jobless Claims (Mar/28), Trade Balance (Feb), Canadian Trade Balance (Feb)
- Events: UK DMP
- Supply: Japan, France
Friday
- Holidays: Good Friday
- Data: Japanese Services/Composite PMI Final (Mar),Chinese RatingDog Services/Composite PMI (Mar), US Employment Report (Mar), US Services/Composite PMI (Mar), ISM Services PMI (Mar)
- Credit Ratings: Scope Ratings on Portugal
Context
This week's economic calendar highlights key data releases that could significantly impact markets, especially in the U.S. with the Employment Report and various PMIs due on Friday. Traders should particularly focus on the inflation and employment metrics as these will inform the Federal Reserve's policy stance and market expectations around interest rates. Additionally, movements in major currencies and commodities could reflect the market's reaction to these economic indicators throughout the week.
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