Week Ahead: EU Summit, ECB Meeting, U.S. Inflation

Key Macro Events

🇦🇺 Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison gives a speech on Ukraine at the Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank – Bloomberg (7)

🇺🇸 Apple holds its first product unveiling of 2022, kicking off what may be its biggest year ever in terms of new devices. A low-cost iPhone SE and updated Macs with Apple-made chips could be introduced – Bloomberg (8)

🇨🇳 CPI/PPI for February (9)

🇰🇷 South Korea will elect a new president, with incumbent Moon Jae-inlimited to a single five-year term. Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party and Lee Jae-myung of Moon’s Democratic Party are the leading candidates – Bloomberg (9)

🇦🇺 Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe to address the AFR Business Summit 2022. Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Guy Debelle will speak on a panel about the digital economy – Bloomberg (9)

🇮🇱 🇹🇷 Israel’s president visits Turkey amid heightened hopes that the once-close U.S. allies could resume talks on a pipeline project that could carry natural gas to Europe – Bloomberg (from 9 to 10)

🇪🇺 Emmanuel Macron, French president, will host a gathering of EU leaders in Versailles for an informal European Council summit – FT (from 10 to 11)

🇪🇺 ECB meeting with President Christine Lagarde holding a press conference (10)

🇺🇸 CPI for February (10)

🇨🇳 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold the annual news conference that comes after the weeklong National People’s Congress, fielding questions on subjects including the economy, social development and foreign relations – Nikkei (11)

🇦🇺 Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe speaks at the Banking 2022 conference – Bloomberg (11)

Earnings

Previews

Focus on U.S. Economic Calendar

Top 10 Macro/Financial Charts of the Previous Week – w9

What happened in the World Economy last Week – in charts – w9 (Bloomberg)

*Note: Previous reports can be found here