Newsquawk Weekly Economic Calendar 27th April - 1st May 2026

The upcoming week presents a packed calendar with significant economic data releases and central bank events that could influence market sentiment.

Newsquawk StaffPublished 24 Apr 2026, 15:20 UTCOn the live feed at 15:00 UTC — 2 more headlines followed before this page went public

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15:07

Israel's PM Netanyahu says Hezbollah attacked them yesterday, and "we" will attack them today, Al Hadath reports; have begun a process toward achieving a peace between Israel and Lebanon

15:03

Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund to partner again with Live Nation (LYV), Semafor reports

15:00

Newsquawk Weekly Economic Calendar 27th April - 1st May 2026

14:51

US Secretary of State Rubio says memorandum of understanding on critical minerals with the EU marks an important step forward

14:49

Al Jazeera journalist says "My understanding is that the continuous media hype (leaks and rumors) from the Pakistani side is complicating the situation, and could lead to changing the venue of the talks"

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Monday

Data: German GfK Consumer Confidence (May), US Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index (Apr)
Supply: EU, US

Tuesday

Data: Spanish/Italian Retail Sales (Mar), Italian PPI (Mar), US ADP Weekly Employment Change, US House Price Index (Feb), US CB Consumer Confidence (Apr), US Richmond Fed Index (Apr), US Dallas Fed Index (Apr)
Events: BoJ Policy Announcement (Apr), NBH Policy Announcement (Apr)
Speakers: BoJ Governor Ueda
Supply: Netherlands, US
Earnings: RobinHood, Bloom Energy, Visa, Booking.com, NXP Semiconductor, UPS, Coca-Cola, Spotify, General Motors, Centene, Airbus, Air Liquide, BP, Barclays

Wednesday

Data: Australian Inflation (Mar), Spanish HICP (Apr), German State/Nationwide HICP (Apr), EZ Economic Sentiment (Apr), US Durable Goods (Mar), US Housing Starts (Feb/Mar), Wholesale Inventories (Mar)
Events: Fed Policy Announcement (Apr), BoC Policy Announcement (Apr), BCB Policy Announcement (Apr)
Speakers: RBNZ Governor Bremen; BoC’s Macklem; Fed Chair Powell
Supply: Italy, Germany
Earnings: Microsoft, Amazon.com, Meta, Alphabet, Google, Ford, Qualcomm, Carvana, SoFi, Humana, Novartis, TotalEnergies, Santander, Iberdrola, GSK, Lloyds, Deutsche Bank, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas, Porsche AG

Thursday

Data: Japanese Retail Sales (Mar), Australian Export/Import Prices (Mar), Chinese NBS & RatingDog PMI (Apr), French GDP (Q1), German Retail Sales (Mar), German Import Prices (Mar), French Inflation (Apr), Spanish GDP (Q1), German Jobs (Apr), EZ GDP (Q1), EZ Unemployment Rate (Mar), US PCE Price Index (Q1/Mar), US GDP Growth Rate (Q1), Jobless Claims (Apr/25), US Chicago PMI (Apr)
Events: ECB Policy Announcement (Apr), BoE Policy Announcement & MPR (Apr), CBRT Minutes (Apr)
Speakers: BoE Governor Bailey; ECB President Lagarde
Supply: Australia, Japan
Earnings: Apple, SanDisk, Reddit, Amgen, Caterpillar, ConocoPhillips, Eli Lilly, Schneider Electric, BNP Paribas, SocGen, Credit Ag, Air France, BBVA, ING, DHL, BASF, Volkswagen, MTU Aero, Puma

Friday

Data: Japanese Tokyo CPI (Apr), Global Manufacturing Final PMIs (Apr), US ISM Manufacturing (Apr)
Supply: Japan
Earnings: Chevron, Colgate, Exxon, Moderna, Estee Lauder, NatWest

Context

Key reports including US GDP growth, PCE Price Index, and various PMIs will be crucial in determining the economic outlook and may lead to volatility, particularly if there are notable deviations from expectations. Investors should closely monitor central bank announcements, especially from the Fed and ECB, as these will likely impact interest rate expectations across markets.

Central Banks · last 90 days

Recent headlines that moved markets

CENTRAL BANKS/20 Aug · 07:30 UTC

Riksbank maintains its rate at 1.75% as expected; assesses that the probability of a rate increase later this year remains; there is considerable uncertainty and developments call for vigilance

Market, after we published+0.3%

SEK was little changed after the announcement was broadly as expected; EUR/SEK moved higher from 11.01 to a peak of 11.02. Ten minutes post-announcement, EUR/SEK moves a little higher, moving to a peak just below 11.03.

CENTRAL BANKS/13 Aug · 08:00 UTC

Norges Bank maintains its rate at 4.25% as expected; may still become necessary to raise the policy rate

Market, after we published+0.6%

CENTRAL BANKS/12 Aug · 09:07 UTC

The PBoC is to conduct overnight reverse repos on August 14th and between August 17th-19th

EQUITIES/8 Sept · 05:24 UTC

Saudi Energy Minister says a number of energy facilities and utilities were hit; are temporarily halting some operations.

Equity indices, after we published−0.3%

ENERGY/8 Sept · 05:23 UTC

Saudi Energy Minister says a number of energy facilities and utilities were hit; are temporarily halting some operations.

Brent Nov'26, after we published+1.0%

ENERGY/3 Sept · 08:03 UTC

Russian President Putin says that Russia and Ukraine should agree first; he notes that there is an opportunity to reach a peace agreement.

with Brent Nov, after we published−1.3%

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